On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
> "The network?" Sorry, its one wire from here to there.
No it isn't, try a traceroute to a regular site that isn't over your
internal network over several days, why does it change?
> However in detail this mildly useful metaphor breaks down.
As all metaphors do.
> In particular, most protocols (e.g., TCP) set up a virtual,
Wrong layer, think of httpd, ftp, telnet, etc.
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