Re: MTU of the Internet?

[Joseph Malcolm <jmalcolm () uraeus com>]

David Bowie writes:
> Pardon my ruffled feathers, but IMHO this is not so!  The Butterfly was
> a fine example of a massively parallel computer.  It was, unfortunately,
> seldom deployed with the full complement of 128 processors.
>
> The only problem with the architecture was the "flexible-bus" technology
> which made maintenance a bit unweildy.  
>
> BTW - I believe that the C/30 probably has the best uptime record of any
> packet processor.  Many are documented as up 100% for years.  

Well, perhaps they should have a) chosen a different front end, and b)
provided better cooling. The one at FIX-East sat there for years,
cooking, with the Mac on top cooking with it. Gee, wonder why the Mac
would space out every so often?