That sounds to me more like considering the use of sonic repellants rather than rat poison to keep the vermin out of the relays and providing latex gloves for removing the dead rats, rather than designing out the relays the rodents get into entirely. On October 24, 2002 at 17:29 sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan) wrote:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Barry Shein wrote:
Something I'd love to see is a blue-ribbon commission (meaning, made up of people with real clue) whose job it was to come up with a bird's-eye view of what the internet would look like if it were designed from scratch today.
How about a council?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,642876,00.asp October 21, 2002 Network Council to Urge New Practices By Caron Carlson
"A council of the largest telephone carriers and ISPs, charged by the federal government with preventing disruptions to the nation's telecommunications system, is preparing a checklist of procedures to protect networks from terrorism and natural disasters."
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