On Tuesday 11 June 2002 09:40 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > >�damn shame it got lost in the EtHeR (MandrakeSympa) servers with the > > other mystery "post not showing up". > >�That is why they call it ethernet ain't it? > > � > I always thought they called it the "ether" cause they couldn't think of > anything better to call it. ;)
>From the old days when radio was new, they believed that the RF waves propigated through "ether", the word probably being drived from ethereal. Anyway, they saw it as "magic", much the same way ethernet works. 8) -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com "It's not paranoia if they're really after you." -- H. Ross "The Boss" Perot
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