On Tuesday 05 February 2002 09:43, you wrote: > On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 10:34:40 -0500 > > "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> revealed these words to me: > > Chris Keelan wrote: > > > Oops. The dangers of plain text humour. There is no "metric" setting > > > for TCP/IP packet sizes. I was kidding. Back in the day SmartAss > > > SysAdmins used to blame slow performance on "fat electrons" which tend > > > to get stuck in the curves and bends of printed circuit boards. > > > "Sunspots" was another good pseudo explanation you'd offer to > > > particularly stupid users. e.g.: > > <snip> > > > > - Chris I personally like to blame gamma radiation.
> > Oops, the yolks on me <wiping face>... <smile> Guess my rather recent > > switch (2-3 years ago) to Linux shows. > > > > Reminds me of a friend who had just started working for a local > > Telecomms. company - a senior tech had told him to always make sure that > > the lines ran *down* into each house, because the "current" wouldn't flow > > uphill. ;-) > > > > Later... > > wow! at least im younger as my linux age is only 7 months old *slides to > the background so nobody will notice the flimsy alibi being woven* > > ciao!
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