> On 20010624.1435, Edward Craig said ...
>
> On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Rob Hudson wrote:
>
> > I'm going thru slashdot.org withdrawals. Anyone know what's up?
> The answer I'm seeing in an off-topic thread on LinuxToday is
> something about a NAP called MAEWest being down, dropping 100% of its
> packets and pings. Slashdot, SourceForge, and FreshMeat are on the other
> side of that barrier.
> What an MAE or NAP are I leave as an exercise for the reader
> (because the writer has no clue, not having run across those acronyms
> before).
> The topic with this thread is at LinuxToday linking to a story at
> OsOpinion called "AOLinux: Possible Reality or Really Impossible?"
> Any help?
Thanks...
Using the little perl dictionary script I posted a while back, I find
these:
# webster MAE
Looking up 'MAE' at dict.org ...
from: vera
-------------------------------------------
MAE
Macintosh Application Environment (Apple, Sun, HPUX)
# webster NAP
Looking up 'NAP' at dict.org ...
[snip]
From: vera
-------------------------------------------
NAP
Network Access Point (IN)
-Rob
