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Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Adams)
Tue Sep 20 09:14:06 2011
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:13:07 -0500
From: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Mail-Followup-To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, nanog@nanog.org,
Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110920060028.GX6006@nntp.AegisInfoSys.com>
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Once upon a time, Henry Yen <henry@AegisInfoSys.com> said:
> A few (dozen) years ago, I was treated to a interesting demonstration where
> a coworker poured an oily fluid containing tiny metallic flakes on a patch
> of tape. The "bits" on the tape could be clearly seen by the naked eye,
> and could be decoded (ever so slowly!) using a magnifying glass.
Dad has a little magnifying glass above a tray of metallic particles
with a slot below that. He could pull a tape through the slot, tap the
device, and the particles would line up with the bits.
Of course, he also still has his NASA-issued slide rule still in his
desk at work. :-)
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Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
