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RE: More on Sri Lanka fiber outage....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Tue Aug 24 00:06:22 2004
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:04:53 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <suresh@outblaze.com>
Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Suresh Ramasubramanian
> It's a break bulk ship - a large container vessel for shipping
> extra large or awkwardly sized cargo like coal / fertilizer /
> oil pipes etc Built in 1978 and has seen real hard use every
> day it's been in service as far as I can see from googling
> out the marine registry
Length / tonnage? Large cargo ships are worth a million or two in "bulk"
just for the raw steel, as long as it's not too rusted. The dismantling
of these (they beach full-speed at high-tide on the highest tide of the
month) is one of these areas where the boundary between work and slavery
is not completely clear.
Michel.
