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- From: barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr)
- Subject: Re: Why does my slip line die overnight?
- Message-ID: <z5h1H206b9@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Keywords: slip
- Sender: news@atlantis.psu.edu (Usenet)
- Organization: Penn State Population Research Institute
- References: <ghawkins.714919621@unix1.tcd.ie> <1992Aug30.205245.29936@psg.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 22:52:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug30.205245.29936@psg.com> randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) writes:
- >ghawkins@unix1.tcd.ie (George C. Hawkins) writes:
- >> When I leave my machine overnight and come back in the morning I
- >> find my slip connection has died on me.
- >
- >We see the same thing here in Orygun's RAINet. We believe (urban legend)
- >that the telco does an 02:00 blast to clear the lines.
-
- Yep, i've seen similar experiences here, only here it's around 1:30.
- It won't necessarily be all the lines, but a significant portion of them.
-
- --Dave
- --
- System Administrator, Population Research Institute barr@pop.psu.edu
- loose: v. to set free, or adj. not securely fastened.
- lose: v. to miss from one's possession.
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