Re: OT: Debian Mailinglist server slow?

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 19:15:14 +0100, 
Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20030830181514.GL4369@pigeon.pigeonloft>:

> On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 05:48:24AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:23:43 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > > Just in case you *aren't* being sarcastic, or there are people on
> > > the list from places that are far, far from subway trains: yes, 
> > > subways have their own dedicated tracks.  Of course, when the
> > > power
> > 
> > ..excellent.  Problem is, not all subway-like operators has been 
> > smart enough to separate their tracks from the heavy irons, I 
> > known of a few nice "Now what?" Quake-like tunnel scenarios.
> 
> The London Underground was originally designed to allow through
> running from the mainline railways to stations more convenient for
> central London than the mainline termini, which were very much on the
> outskirts of the London of the time. There are several connections
> between the two systems, and the "suburbs" end of several Underground
> routes is reached over main line track, so Underground drivers on such
> routes have to know two sets of operating rules, Underground rules and
> national rules.

..this sounds like a _very_ good time to pour a shipload of concrete 
onto those wintendo-style dual rule tracks, to replace the nice hard 
rock that _should_ have separated those two track systems.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.