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From: jpp@specialix.co.uk (John Pettitt)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Network Temperature Protocol
Message-ID: <1990Jul25.070259.22911@specialix.co.uk>
Date: 25 Jul 90 07:02:59 GMT
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postel@VENERA.ISI.EDU writes:
>Network Working Group                                          J. Postel
>Request for Comments: XXXX                                           ISI
>                                                               July 1990

>Temperature Syntax and Semantics

>The temperature quote is the current temperature at the location of
>the server reported in degrees Celsius (or centigrade).

>It is transmitted as decimal digits represented as ASCII printing
>characters, preceded with a plus or a minus sign.

How about an international option:

For the UK it could say `Phew what a scorcher' if the temp
is over 68 F and `Brass Monkeys' if it is below.

This does assume that JNT will allow some nasty American protocol
on their network ...  (world == rutherford.ac.uk)


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