[Publib] Re: The Internet is a series of tubes

[Mark Arend]

And if there's a problem receiving data just reach behind your PC and
give the cables a shake.  The data is all '1's and '0's and sometimes if
the cord is coiled too tightly or kinked a '1' will get stuck going
around a tight curve.


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Mark W. Arend, Interim Assistant Director 
Winnefox Library System
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Joe Schallan
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 3:47 PM
> To: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Publib] Re: The Internet is a series of tubes
> 
> The Senator is an intelligent man, and knows that "bandwidth" 
> refers to the size of the straps used to hold the tubes together.
> 
> He also fully understands that clogs can occur in the tubes, 
> in which case, one must use a router to clear them out.  He 
> knows that data is launched into the tubes much as a golf 
> ball is struck.  The point of data launch is tee one, and for 
> net neutrality to work, those with the most money should have 
> first crack at the tee, also just as in golf.
> This sort of knowledge is instinctual among Republicans.
> 
> Data is delivered to people on the net by young men and 
> women, usually college students, called servers.  They all 
> work in large, rural compounds in Iowa and Wisconsin called 
> server farms, so we never see them.
> 
> Once in a while the tubes will break,
> allowing all the data to gush out.  You can then surf on this.
> 
> -- Joe Schallan
>    Phoenix
>    ("No man's life, liberty, property, or net
>    access is safe while the legislature is in session."
>    -- apologies to Samuel Clemens)
> 
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