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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 5:54 pm
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Originally Posted by cjheck
Sorry, folks. It's actually smoke signals.
You think so? I though in MSP, tapping your foot in a restroom gets quick action.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 6:10 pm
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Originally Posted by cjheck
Sorry, folks. It's actually smoke signals.
And half-duplex smoke signals at that. They have to put out the fire at NW before they light one at KL, and vice-versa.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 6:43 pm
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
And half-duplex smoke signals at that. They have to put out the fire at NW before they light one at KL, and vice-versa.
That required a RFC to even get that going. Now on to the IEEE requirements to shore the whole thing up.
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Old Nov 28, 2007 | 7:05 pm
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If this thread had any constructive posts it would have been left open... but all it's doing now is taking up bandwidth.

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