Re: Statements against new.net?

[Simon Higgs <simon () higgs com>]

At 04:04 PM 3/16/01 -0500, Howard C. Berkowitz wrote:
> > Shawn McMahon <smcmahon () eiv com> asked,
> > On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:01:46AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >  >
> > >  Somehow I think that's EXACTLY what the founding fathers had in mind:
> > >
> > >  "The Congress shall have power to ... fix the standard of weights and
> > >  measures" U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Par. 5
> >
> > So which are the root servers, a unit of weight, or a unit of length?
>
> Why limit oneself? It is reasonable to assume that the successful 
> deployment of a root server represents a milestone.
>
> 1 mile = 5280 feet
> 1 stone = 14 pounds
>
> Therefore, a milestone is equal to 73920 foot pounds.  Convert to your 
> preferred units.

And we were talking to New.net today about 800lb gorillas in the 
marketplace. I wish I'd seen this sooner. :-)


Best Regards,

Simon Higgs

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