On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:33:55PM +0000, kevin lyda mentioned:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 02:49:29PM +0000, John P. Looney wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:46:44AM -0000, Kenn Humborg mentioned:
> > > So, they were just doing ADSL (and somehow getting 45Mbps from it)?
> > > Or was there really some magic behind it that can be revealed now?
> > Ah, it was some sort of DSL alright, not the standard type though.
> ah well then, *special* dsl. with like what, faerie dust on it?
Well, they are putting pixie dust on hard disks these days...[0]
> to paraphrase a much better saying, for any sufficiently advanced
> technical person, marketing is indistinguishable from bullshit.
Or more to the point, if a product doesn't get released, it doesn't
matter how cool it looks.
Kate
[0] http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22707.html
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