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Re: 2511 line break


From: Richard Welty <rwelty () averillpark net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 19:40:59 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:22:25 -1000 Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:


There is also an infinite supply of idiots and mediocre network 
engineers. Breaking up stuff is easier than making it robust

Ettore Bugatti, maker of the finest cars of his day, was once asked
why his cars had less than perfect brakes.  He replied something
like, "Any fool can make a car stop.  It takes a genius to make a
car go."

interesting.

back when i was doing a lot of performance driving stuff (mostly
bmw club race track schools), i made the following observation:

you can tell someone has become an intermediate driver because
they start regularly trashing their brakes.

you can tell someone has become an advanced driver when they
learn how to go even faster while not trashing their brakes.

cheers,
  richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty () averillpark net
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
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