[ALUG] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: TCP Problem *NOT* routing (was: W

[(Ted Harding)]

Well, I'm really moving the topic to Penguins (as we should
on a Linux list) ...

On 06-Oct-06 cl at isbd.net wrote:
> 
> This whole process has been quite an education in (not?) buying
> bleeding edge hardware.  It's something I have always avoided in
> the past, mostly on the basis that "just a little behind bleeding
> edge" is usually better value for money.

I remember (a long time ago) reading about how penguins get up
in the morning, and waddle off to the edge of their ice-floe.
There they all line up, looking down into the sea (into which
they all wish to plunge), and wait, doubtfully, shuffling their
feet.

Eventually, one of them will shuffle a bit too far, and onto
the slippery slope. It slides inexorably down, and splashes
into the sea. The others watch, wide-eyed.

After a while, if the one that fell does not get eaten by a
seal, the others drop forward onto their bellies and toboggan
joyfully down to the sea for breakfast.

> However this time everything and everyone said that the Intel
> Core 2 Duo processor was the one to go for as it's a significant
> jump ahead of the best AMD 64x2 processors at the moment.
> The price differential wasn't that significant compared with the
> AMD processors so I went for it.

Watching this wide-eyed! Congratulations on evading that leopard
seal!

Cheers,
Ted.

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