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- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!world!jrs
- From: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey)
- Subject: schedules (was: X11 w/ Trident binaries request)
- In-Reply-To: obz@sisd.kodak.com's message of Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:07:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <JRS.92Aug12223501@lepton.world.std.com>
- Lines: 27
- Sender: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey)
- Organization: The Internet
- References: <_91mvd#.zmbenhal@netcom.com>
- <1992Aug12.140705.10993@sisd.kodak.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 02:35:01 GMT
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- >>>>> On Wed, 12 Aug 92 14:07:05 GMT, obz@sisd.kodak.com (Orest
- >>>>> Zborowski COMP) said:
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- zorst> i apologive profusely for the delay. apparently the net
- zorst> connection between our building and our main feed (internet
- zorst> side) blew up many internet sites along the eastern seaboard
- zorst> and the powers-that-be are working trying to get the problem
- zorst> resolved. i thought it would be a couple of days, or a week...
- zorst> like every other time estimate in life, you need to multiply by
- zorst> 3 :-)
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- A rule that I picked up from somewhere is quite useful in such situations.
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- "Bump up to the next unit of measurement and muliply by two."
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- So when you hear a schedule like: Expect:
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- 1 hour 2 days
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- 2 days 4 weeks
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- 1 month 2 years
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- Sad, but often true.
- --
- Rick Sladkey
- jrs@world.std.com
-