Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder if there's a record for the longest wayward packet. Marc Attinasi wrote: > > Sometimes the packets get all uppity and decide to subvert the > shortest-path computations of the Internet backbone routers and > switches. They are wily, those packets, and sometimes they figure out > how to get a free trip around the planet, sightseeing all the way - > always wondered what it looked like in a switch in Shanghai or a > multiplexed DS3 trunk in Dulles - well, they sometimes get lost too, and > it takes them a long time to find their way back to their home network > segments (other packets generally won't help them because they are > secretly jealous of the free-wheeling ones, and often the wayward > packets are just plain reluctant to ask for directions). This > gallivanting and getting lost makes them late, hence the perceived delay > in the message. > > Or, maybe the email server is just slow - bogged down or crashed, that > could be it too ;) > > Cheers! > - marc > > Photo Phreak wrote: > > > Can any of the computer gurus on this list explain to > >me how a message I posted early yesterday just showed up in > >my inbox a few minutes ago ? > > > > It is a puzzlement to me...... > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html