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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Modem Speed
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Date: 4 Sep 90 18:19:55 GMT
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In article <1990Sep4.150259.12379@savant.uucp> jon@savant.uucp (Jon Gefaell) writes:
>In article <659@texas.dk> storm@texas.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes:
>>hes@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (Henry E. Schaffer) writes:
...lots of overly pedantic BS.

ARRRRRGGGGGH!!!!!!!!!!

Who gives a fuzzy rat's posterior how many bauds in the absolutely correct,
theoretical sense a modem runs???? The _only_ important measure - unless you're
designing the damned things - is how fast it gets data from point A to point B.
Anything else is trivia, and arguing about bauds vs. BPS is sheer pedantry.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
"It's a hardware bug!" "It's a    +---------------------------------------
software bug!" "It's two...two...two bugs in one!" - _Engineer's Rap_