On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:53:18 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Much like how the original song begins "I gave a letter to the
>>> postman,
>>> he put it in his sack". That's how you send a letter. It doesn't mean
>>> the letter is actually addressed to the postman himself. Sheesh...
>>
>> You're getting awfully wound up about this.  There's no need - as I
>> said,
>> we're each interpreting the line differently.  If you can't see that
>> (or see the humour in my interpretation), your loss. :)
> 
> Perhaps not as wound up as you imagine. I just thought the meaning was
> fairly obvious, that's all...

Like I said, multiple ways to read it.  But 84 ms RTT would be pretty 
incredible for a large number of hops, that's also true. :)

> Now, why this song makes me thing about computer networking in the first
> place? That /is/ slightly worrying. o_O

"Delivery" having more than one meaning, perhaps? :)

Jim

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