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To: James Calladine who wrote (33492)	6/19/2001 8:32:49 AM
From: Greg h2o	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

OT, sorry, couldn't help but post this...i've stayed away from the recent political debates (well, for the last few days), but this is too funny.... A shepherd was tending his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new Jeep Cherokee appeared out of a dust cloud, advanced toward him and stopped. The driver, a 20-year-old young man wearing a Brioni > >>>suit,Gucci > >>>shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and a YSL tie, leaned out > of the window > >>>and asked > >>>the shepherd, "If I can tell you exactly how many > sheep you have > >>>in your > >>>flock, will you give me one?" > >>> > >>> The shepherd looked at the young guy, then at his > peacefully > >>>grazing flock, > >>>and calmly answered, "Sure." > >>> > >>>The young man parked his car, whipped out his > notebook computer, > >>>connected > >>>it > >>>to a cellphone, surfed to a NASA page on the > Internet where he > >>>called up a > >>>GPS satellite navigation system, scanned the area, > then opened up > >>>a > >>>database and some Excel spreadsheets with complex > formulas. He > >>>finally > >>>printed out a 150-page report on his hi-tech > miniaturized printer, > >>>turned > >>>around to our > >>>shepherd and said, "You have here exactly 1,586 > sheep!" > >>> > >>>"Amazing! That's correct! Like I agreed, you can > take one of my > >>>sheep," said > >>>the shepherd. He watched the young guy make a > selection and bundle > >>>it into > >>>his Cherokee. When he was finished the sheepherder > said, "If I can > >>>tell you > >>>exactly what your political persuasion is, where > you're from and > >>>who you > >>>work for, will you give me my sheep back?" > >>> > >>>"Okay, why not," answered the young man. > >>> > >>>"You're a Democrat from Palm Beach and you're > working for Jesse > >>>Jackson," > >>>said the shepherd. > >>> > >>>"That's correct," said the young man. "How did you > guess that?" > >>> > >>>"Easy", answered the shepherd. "Nobody called you, > but you showed > >>>up here > >>>anyway. You want to be paid for the solution to a > question I > >>>already knew > >>>the answer to. And, you don't know nothing about my > business > >>>because you > >>>just > >>>took my dog."

To: James Calladine who wrote (33492)	6/19/2001 8:46:21 AM
From: delmarbill	Respond to of 42804

So we've built a brain with lots of neurons... but no synapses. Bring on FTTx !

To: James Calladine who wrote (33492)	6/19/2001 9:26:14 AM
From: mahler_one	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Hi Jim...Noted the same thoughts on CNBC yesterday...Fiber is dead until 2004, etc. Massive build out, no reason for the capacity, etc. BUT....little mention of the local connect, last mile build out as far as I can see, and, MRVC seems to be focused in this segment. Hope MRVC can deliver on the promise, and focus enough attention on how they differ from the "long haul carriers "...so far we appear to be lumped in with all of the others. How can we make our point? M