[18516] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Backhoe news report (not operations related, maybe)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John M. Brown)
Sun Aug 2 10:21:58 1998
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 06:43:07 -0700
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
From: "John M. Brown" <jmbrown@ihighway.net>
Cc: nmisp@technet.nm.org, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <980731143536.706c@SDG.DRA.COM>
With NM being my home and being a member of the Internet
Community, I will make sure that they add Fiber Splicing
to the curriculum :) I have it on good source that they will
be putting some "test" fiber in the ground to verify the
accuracy of the GPS systems. :)
jmbrown@ihighway.net
At 02:35 PM 7/31/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Sorry, you can't configure your Cisco router with this, but it was
>too good to pass up.
>
>El Rito, NM -- The Taos News reports the Northern New Mexico Community
>College is offering a new course on operating backhoes. Prospective
>backhoe operators drove 800 miles to attend the class. The class
>includes one week with students practicing on three John Deer backhoes
>on projects near the school. Additional classes offered by NNMCC
>include global positioning systems, welding, computer applications
>and first aid. No word if NNMCC will be offering classes in fiber
>optic cable splicing.
>
>Backhoe operators trained in GPS, welding, and first aid. No fiber in
>the land will be able to hide from these trained backhoe warriors :-)
>--
>Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
