On Wed Jun 15 2005 at 23:28, Richie @ Firstpoint wrote:

> No IPS.  Just a clean Windows XP with SP1 (no SP2).  No Labrea

Labrea would run on another machine. It listens to ARP requests, then
answers after a 3 s timeout. i.e. it appears where there are no live
machines.

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> BTW, I can't get it whi people say that LaBrea stands for "tarpit".  In
> spanish "La Brea" means "The Tar" or "The Asphalt"; where does the "pit" or
> "pond" thing comes from I have no idea.

Because it was a tar pit. Calling it the "tar tar pit" is not great,
but this kind of mistake is common when place names are translated.

http://www.tarpits.org/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/labrea.html
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