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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:36:05 -0500
From: Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 19:37:09 +0100, boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> wrote=
:
> my theory is that few people think or provide for end cases,
> whether it's one function or a system.
>=20

This sounded so crazy, I asked the professor who's teaching wireless
communications here at Cooper. His reply:
> > Professor:
> > Just got this on the 9fans list, and I had to ask=E2=80=94is the scenar=
io Boyd
> > describes at all possible/probable?
> >=20
> > --Joel
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: boyd, rounin <boyd@insultant.net> etc.
> >=20
> it's very possible; these protocols are very touchy and you could very we=
ll
> end up in ridiculous situations as they describe; i don't know enough abo=
ut
> the particulars of GSM per se to know if this PARTICULAR problem sounds
> plausible or likely with many carriers but this is certainly typical of t=
he
> strange things that can happen
>=20
> ff
>=20

Well, now there's at least *one* future EE that *will* watch out for
this nonsense...

--Joel