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Re: A transAtlantic cable was severed.

  • From: Howard C. Berkowitz
  • Date: Tue Feb 23 16:57:03 1999 
>On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 01:31:46PM -0500, David Lesher babbled:
>> Unnamed Administration sources reported that Henry Linneweh said:
>> >
>> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> > Hash: SHA1
>> >
>> > 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.