This brings up a question that has been bugging me.  Occasionally,
especially when I visit websites outside the U.S. I find references
to one or more "mirror sites" and the suggestion to access the one
closest to me geographically.  This makes no sense to me because
the beauty of cyberspace, I presume, is precisely the *absence*
of geographic restraints.  European sites take no more time to load
than my local provider 40 miles down the turnpike.  Now, I can see
having mirror sites for extremely popular locations because too many
people logging on to a single site might indeed clog access, and I
can see suggesting to try one of the other URLs if any one is
not accessible, but this business of thinking in terms of physical
space seems irrational.  Am I missing something?
 
Thanks, Ingrid
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