Date: 27 Sep 2001 06:48:24 GMT
From: damian@qimr.edu.au (Damian James)
Subject: Re: Encrypt/Decrypt
Message-Id: <slrn9r5ip2.1se.damian@puma.qimr.edu.au>

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 11:42:50 +0930, Wyzelli said:
>"Logan Shaw" <logan@cs.utexas.edu> wrote in message
>news:9ou19a$gs8$1@charity.cs.utexas.edu...
>> In article <9otf71$lt8$01$1@news.t-online.com>,
>> Steffen Müller <tsee@gmx.net> wrote:
>> >"David Wall" <darkon@one.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> >news:Xns9128AA5FCF3B8darkononenet@207.126.101.97...
>> >> So is "buttload" one of those Perl culture terms like JAPH or
>Schwartzian
>> >> Transform?
>> >
>> >Maybe just bad English?
>>
>> Yeah, it is an English measurement unit (most of which are bad).  The
>> metric unit for the same quantity is the "metric buttload".
>>
>> Closely related to the "buttload" is the "boatload".  There is a
>> "metric boatload" too.
>
>In Australia, all metric boatloads get sent to Nuaru.

tr/ua/au/;

I am assured by many old hands that 'bootload' was a data quantity,
which is closely related to the statement:

    Never underestimate the bandwidth of
    a station wagon full of tapes.

I'm sure I once had an attribution for that line, but can't for the
life of me place it now. Anyone have an idea?

Cheers,
Damian
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