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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!bloom-beacon!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!daemon
  3. From: Mark Komarinski <komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>
  4. Subject: Re: Schedules
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug14.123019.27759@athena.mit.edu>
  6. Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
  7. Reply-To: komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
  8. Organization: The Internet
  9. Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 12:30:19 GMT
  10. Lines: 25
  11.  
  12. On Aug 13,  2:35am, Rick Sladkey wrote:
  13. | A rule that I picked up from somewhere is quite useful in such situations.
  14. |         "Bump up to the next unit of measurement and muliply by two."
  15. | So when you hear a schedule like:               Expect:
  16. |         1 hour                                  2 days
  17. |         2 days                                  4 weeks
  18. |         1 month                                 2 years
  19. | Sad, but often true.
  20.  
  21. So how long is Real Soon Now? :) (That is about when SLIP will come to 
  22. Clarkson...grr..)
  23.  
  24. -Mark
  25.  
  26. -- 
  27. - Mark Komarinski - komarimf@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
  28. [MIME mail welcome]
  29. The only candidate worth voting for is Bill the Cat.  He might not
  30. do good, but that's never been a requirement.
  31.