On Tue, 23 Apr 1996 22:50:02 -0400,
 in <199604240250.WAA15893@granite.sentex.net>
 Bert Van Vliet <skyknght@sentex.net> wrote ...

 >>Due to circumstances beyond my control, the list suffered 3 outages
 >>today.  The first was a power outage.  Next, a bad ethernet driver.  The
 >>third, I still don't know why.
 >>
 >>I think I need a UPS.
 >
 >That's a freightening thought.
Arrgghh!!!

 >How is a courier service going to help keep the ML up? ;)
Fonts for asking. ^_^

Technical explanation follows.

  With amount of traffic on this list it would be impossible for a each item
  to be delivered as individual mails (besides think of the job putting all
  the stamps on each envelope); so they have to be wrapped up and sent out as
  packets. Now as most people are probably aware; if your looking for rapid
  delivery of packets then you use a courier service; in this case White Wolf
  has chosen UPS.

  Personally I'm glad WW has chosen UPS, if it was Group4 then we'd be losing
  posts all the time. (You have to have a knowledge of UK events to appreciate
  this.)
  
  Now ethernet (the most common form of connection to the internet) sends it's
  information out in packets. On an ethernet only one signal is allowed to be
  active at once, so it is absolutely it is vital that the drivers of the UPS's
  vehicles stay away from the bus and keep to the right lane or collisions
  occur - frequently known as a 'crash'.

Hope that clears things up. :) :)


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