[ILUG] ireland offline 'strike'

[John P. Looney]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:33:55PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 02:49:29PM +0000, John P. Looney wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:46:44AM -0000, Kenn Humborg mentioned:
> > > So, they were just doing ADSL (and somehow getting 45Mbps from it)?
> > > Or was there really some magic behind it that can be revealed now?
> >  Ah, it was some sort of DSL alright, not the standard type though. 
> ah well then, *special* dsl.  with like what, faerie dust on it?

 Well, they are putting pixie dust on hard disks these days...[0]

> to paraphrase a much better saying, for any sufficiently advanced
> technical person, marketing is indistinguishable from bullshit.

 Or more to the point, if a product doesn't get released, it doesn't
matter how cool it looks.

Kate

[0] http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22707.html

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