Dennis Lee Bieber schreef: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:39:57 -0300, "Gabriel Genellina" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes >> hurtling down the highway" >> (Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Computer Networks, 1996; maybe the origin is much >> older) > > Considering how few "proper" "station wagons" were manufactured at > that time period... Volvo was about it -- all the other makers tended to > push "mini-vans"... Besides Volvo, I think the only current production > station wagon is the Dodge Magnum (and that looks more like a > chopped/channeled surfer hot-rod).
At least in Europe (including the Netherlands where Tanenbaum lives), station wagons were still popular then. Minivans have displaced them somewhat since then, but by 1996 there were still quite a few station wagons on the roads. There still are quite a few of them around; my boss just bought a new Saab 9-3 station wagon. Manufacturers who made (and make) station wagons include VW (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vw_passat_b3_v_sst.jpg), Mercedes (e.g. http://www.mediaweb06.com/diffusion/annonces/033f1ccd.jpg), BMW (e.g. http://www.degrifcars.com/images/BMW/Series3/b_Series3_break.jpg), Renault (e.g. http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbimages/zgas/models/id/9924/megane_break_1.9_rxe_d.jpg), Ford (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ford-Focus-wagon.jpg), Toyota (e.g. http://www.outrefranc.com/modeles/toyota/img/corollabreak3.jpg) and many others. -- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton Roel Schroeven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list