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Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ?


From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:31:42 -0500

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net> wrote:
"If three people died and the building burned down then the sprinkler
system didn't work. It may have sprayed water, but it didn't *work*."

That's not true.  If it sprayed water in the manner it was designed to,
then it worked.

That's like the old crack about ICBM interceptors. Why yes, our system
performed swimmingly in the latest test achieving nine out of the ten
criteria for success. Which criteria didn't it achieve? It missed the
target.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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