[8594] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a generic water encapsulation technique [Re: floods]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex.Bligh)
Fri Apr 11 15:32:08 1997
To: peter@tdi.net
cc: "Kent W. England" <kwe@6sigmanets.com>, nanog@merit.edu, Hoisl@aol.com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:29:03 EDT."
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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 18:58:42 +0100
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net>
> available flow rate). AFR had one weakness, however: it relied upon a
> phenomena called precipitation shaping to keep the VFR storm water from
> interfering with the CFR sewage water. As the clouds and the ground
> didn't
> have enough buffering to do proper precipitation shaping, the result was
> a drain system which periodically suffered massive congestion, and all
> users were equally unhappy.
And so began the great "Asynchronous Torrent Mode" vs. "Practical Obviation
of Storms and Intermitent Precipitation" debate...
Alex Bligh
Xara Networks
