""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 11:09 PM +0000 3/12/03, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > >According to CID "lingo" a collapsed backbone is a single router or switch > >acting as a backbone in a campus design model. It contrasts with a > >distributed backbone where routers or switches are spread out among floors > >or buildings, all connected together via something like FDDI. (Yes, CID > >still has FDDI in it!) > > > > But in a medical context, a collapsed backbone calls for careful > immobilization, followed by the ministrations of orthopedic and > neurological surgeons. > > Medical science, however, can only call for the hearse when the > backbone gets distributed.
I refer to my previous definition of collapsed backbone: an event that occurs to many males immediately after marriage. A distributed backbone is when the aforementioned male requires the support of numerous other male friends in order to stand up to his wife. :-) "Yes, Dear, I'll get off the computer now." Sorry, gotta go... John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65248&t=65225 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
