[35858] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Statements against new.net?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Howard C. Berkowitz)
Fri Mar 16 16:55:21 2001
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:04:45 -0500
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From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <hcb@clark.net>
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>Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com> asked,
>On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:01:46AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >
>> Somehow I think that's EXACTLY what the founding fathers had in mind:
>>
>> "The Congress shall have power to ... fix the standard of weights and
>> measures" U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Par. 5
>
>So which are the root servers, a unit of weight, or a unit of length?
>
Why limit oneself? It is reasonable to assume that the successful
deployment of a root server represents a milestone.
1 mile = 5280 feet
1 stone = 14 pounds
Therefore, a milestone is equal to 73920 foot pounds. Convert to
your preferred units.
