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Fantastic word game

I never got to see either of them either which is pretty odd because I can see pretty much everything from my view in the corner office.
 
My view in the corner office usually reveals a corridor which, several times a day, is full of people shoving their way past each other in the dense crowd, hoping to not be late to their next class on the other side of the campus.

[size=8pt]This is because 130 faces the inner corner of the main hallway, along which is also situated lecture halls 12-16, the AV room adjoining the library, the drafting/machining classes and (waaaaay down at the other end/corner) the zoology department, where our Computer Services unit first got started long, long ago.
 
People shoving their way past each other in the dense crowd, hoping to not be late to their next class on the other side of the campus, doesn't usually happen on the campus over here because most of the buildings are fairly close to each other and classes are spaced throughout the day.

Doesn't sound very time-efficient out there, Darth. Maybe dmargalotti should pay a visit to the northwest quadrant and discuss a campus building review with you. We'll try to get him out there for a sneak peek soon as we can.
 
If you don't lose your Internet connection at least once a week, consider yourself lucky as you obviously aren't unfortunate enough to be on Centurylink.

[size=8pt]Actually, I think I overstated it a bit because it's typically not that bad, but there was a bit of a coup following the duplicate pep rallies in the large gym at the end of the hall, which had concluded immediately preceding the second- and third-period dismissals last Thursday. I don't really feel an entire traffic revision is as necessary as better crowd-controls following such events, since these events are rather far-between and it often seems to flow a bit more orderly during the other times. That'll definitely be the topic of discussion with dmarg next Monday.

That said, it is rather a bit of an inconvenience to have to wait fifteen minutes for the final bell to ring, just to have a clear path to the Gents about 100 feet down the hall! On the other hand I actually am at an advantage being so inconvenienced, because it means I can have the entire loo to myself and not be rushed through the process.....
 
You obviously aren't unfortunate enough to be on Centurylink which is actually what I am on at home so Darth and I are in complete agreement on this one but as bad as their service is, it's a far cry from the days when we had to use a dial up connection.
 
Connection speeds are superfast here at PowerWorld but in the old days they were so slow (How slow were they?) that dmargalotti would be back from one of his international band camp excursions before I connected.

Now THAT'S slow!
 
14.4K was pretty fast, if you compare it to the 5600 baud modem standard but it still isn't as fast as a solid 33.6-52K connection over a local loop.

[size=8pt]@WMC--
Well, considering that in the "dark ages" before the leased centrex copper lines (or the current T4 fibre lines at the University and PW) were installed, the fastest anybody could really do was about 4800 baud over a direct dial-up loop; BIG difference from the ~250 Mb/s we have now but the best anybody really had 25-30 years ago. That was how they used to get ARPAnet access and poll the news feed from the public Usenet system at Duke back in the 80s and 90s. Ask Deek next time you see him, he could tell you all about that.
 
A solid 33.6-52K connection over a local loop was pretty fast back in the day and probably more easily fixable for Darth and his boys.
 
Anyway they can do it is great because we need them to be available at a moments notice for conversation and consultation.
 
Day to day is the way to do it because, even though we look foward to hitting Page 10,000, we still need to take it one or two pages at a time.
 
We really can't go any faster, and if we could we wouldn't anyway, because as we all know it isn't the posts in your life that matter, but the life in your posts that matter, kind of like it isn't the love in your life, but the life in your love that matters.
 
The destination for me in the morning is work which I will head to directly following tomorrow's Early Morning Contribution which is usually posted by our Director of EMC's but sometimes someone beats him to it.
 
Sometimes someone beats him to it, which I perceive to mean that the race is on for the Monday morning first contribution.
 


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