At 5:04 PM -0400 9/16/97, Tim Gibson wrote:
If I may be so bold here Michael, the TTL of steel is significantly less than so many other datagrams, many due to R.educed U.seable S.urface T.ransparancy.
We think that we have the R.U.S.T problem licked by using stainless steel BBs and by using a petroleum based liquid transport medium. We need the mass of steel in the datagrams to protect against backhoe fade. After a few backhoe operators get torn to shreds by a stream of IP packets from cut transport pipes, those big yellow machines will show a little more respect and watch where they stick their big yellow buckets.
I can see it now... " We have a BS-3 down due to oil change maintenance." ---------------------------------------- Per Engstrom IXC Communications Broadband Services Network Operations (512)427-3836 pengstrom@ixc-comm.net
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 10:00:28 -0500 From: Per Engstrom <PEngstrom@ixc-comm.net> Subject: RE: Physical transport media To: 'Michael Dillon' <michael@priori.net> Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
At 5:04 PM -0400 9/16/97, Tim Gibson wrote:
If I may be so bold here Michael, the TTL of steel is significantly less than so many other datagrams, many due to R.educed U.seable S.urface T.ransparancy.
We think that we have the R.U.S.T problem licked by using stainless steel BBs and by using a petroleum based liquid transport medium. We need the mass of steel in the datagrams to protect against backhoe fade. After a few backhoe operators get torn to shreds by a stream of IP packets from cut transport pipes, those big yellow machines will show a little more respect and watch where they stick their big yellow buckets.
I can see it now... " We have a BS-3 down due to oil change maintenance."
History. In the early 70's, our Honeywell main frame used 167 disk drives. They moved their heads with hydraulic pistons. We had to shut down the mainframe about once a year to change the oil.
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