Author: Pete Galati
Date: 23:09:33 04/25/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 00:41:27, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On April 25, 2000 at 23:53:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 25, 2000 at 23:45:29, robert michelena wrote: >> >>>LOL. Too much. lol "to all morons..." >> >> >>Just so you know... our campus ftp machine in CIS (the one I am responsible >>for) has really attracted the attention of our campus network folks. :) >> >>They have noticed the following: >> >>(1) we are sustaining about 70mbits/second 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, non- >>stop (downloads going out of the department). The majority of this is the >>databases. >> >>(2) they used to could tell when Eugene would upload a new set of 5 piece >>files, as they would see a big spike in net usage. The spike has been >>smoothed out to a continual 70mbits/sec now, it seems. We are averaging about >>40 ftp users non-stop, many sucking up the 6 piece files, which is amazing. >> >>(3) we have a campus traffic monitor, and it consistently has >>juniper.cis.uab.edu at the very top of the list traffic-wise, this in a >>university/medical center with over 20,000 employees and about that many >>computers. >> >>We are _definitely_ noticed. And yes, before you ask, everyone knows what is >>being downloaded "those big chess databases" as they are locally known. :) >> >>This download phenomenon is really amazing. I would never have guessed this >>level of activity non-stop. > >The typical human has an infinite appetite for free food. I would have expected >that anyone connected with a university would know this. > >bruce And yet, so many people seem to hate the "moron-in-the-middle" dishing out the free food. Oh, wait a minute, we hate that bastard, don't eat that! You gotta put on some weight eating those free 6pc. platters. Pete
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