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Re: Physical transport media

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Tue Sep 16 18:07:32 1997

Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 17:39:18 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: rbarron@acrux.net
Cc: Michael Dillon <michael@priori.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <341EF41B.9A2@acrux.net>; from Rob Barron <rbarron@acrux.net> on Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 04:03:23PM -0500

On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 04:03:23PM -0500, Rob Barron wrote:
> Michael Dillon wrote:
> > I'm looking for venture capital for a new laser based technology called LTM.
> > This stands for Liquid Transport Medium and it consists of lasers which
> > holographically engrave datagrams on steel spheres the size of BB's which
> > are then injected into the transport pipes in conjunction with a clear
> [snip]
> 
> Added bonus:  If somebody digs up your cable with a backhoe, the guy
> will get pelted with BBs!   

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