As long as we are on a tear here..
A piece of trivia - Does anyone know where Hal the computer from 2001 got
it's name. Get right and you get the door prize. The pod bay door that is.
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen May"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
> I dunno. But it makes me think of "Open the pod bay doors HAL".
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Nalbandian"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: RE: POD, what is that? [7:10128]
>
>
> > I know this might veer off topic:
> >
> > Maybe I am biased (and partly curious), mostly due to working at a
company
> > that actually did refer to its building sub-units as "pods," and
> > subsequently its network subnets (with a scheme pretty much dictated by
> the
> > company campus' physical subdivisions) as "pods," but does the Cisco HQ
> > campus have multiple building "pods" as well? It is an actual term used
> in
> > architecture. Has it perhaps slipped over into being part of Cisco's
> > network terminology?
> >
> > Perhaps this preconception on my part had me thinking of the pods in the
> > BSCN book in this manner. I did notice, perhaps I am wrong, but the
> > individual "pods" in the Cisco book tend to have separate areas (in OSFP
> > scenarios This might seem like a stupid question, but sometimes having
> > english as my
> > >2nd language, makes it more difficult for me to understand what the
> writer
> > >is trying to tell me.
> > >
> > >I am in the middle of my BSCN book, and are now seeing the word POD
> showing
> > >up several times. It tells me that each POD has a number of routers,
and
> > >there are a certain amount of POD's.
> > >
> > >Reading the explanation at http://www.dictionary.com gave me NO answers
> to
> > >this one, and the closest thing I can guess my self to is that POD's
are
> > >kind of departments or subnets, unless the Prince Of Darkness has been
> > >involved with Cisco networks lately :-)
> > >
> > >Thanks for any replies to this one.
> > >
> > >Ole
> > >
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