[23105] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A transAtlantic cable was severed.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Tue Feb 23 17:01:57 1999
In-Reply-To: <19990223162457.A6536@happy.cow.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:53:38 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@clark.net>
>On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 01:31:46PM -0500, David Lesher babbled:
>> Unnamed Administration sources reported that Henry Linneweh said:
>> >
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>> > According to this bbc article in Sci/Tech and Janet took a dump for 24
>> > hours
>> > as A direct result.
>>
>> There's an obvious problem. How could they locate both ends,
>> lift same, splice, and seal the cable in 24 hours?
>
>Specially trained sea monkeys?
>
Nahhh....the squid documentation hasn't kept up with its new capabilities:
"We're not just a web cache any more." Splicing goes faster with ten
tentacles.
