Msg: 5355 *Conference*

08-19-94 22:22:51

From: COMET _

To : JOHN STEWART

Subj: MODEL T USES

Ummm....  Imagine a network of Model T computers, doing *Real-Time* data
acquisition, of, err, the weather!  Yeah!!  And so the machines, umm, have to
be, uhh, like, y'know, uhh FAULT-TOLERANT!  Yeah!  Like, they, y'know, like
COME BACK TO LIFE ON ANY FAULT!  Yeah, no cold starts!  And we can, like, have
them, ummm, ALL OVER THE PLACE.  :-)  And, umm, how about, ehh, have these
computers NETWORKED TOGETHER!  Yeah!  They could, umm, automatically call up a
central server, somewhere, and AUTOMATICALLY UPLOAD ALL THE REAL-TIME WEATHER
DATA!  Yeah!!!  And we could, like, have some real cool name for these things,
like, umm...  "OWL".  Yeah!!!!  For "On-line Weather Logger"!!!  Heh!  Cool,
eh?  Well, do you think that's exotic enough?
 
Now if only we could FIND such an aplication in use.  ;-)