HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: gabor@tut.fi (Gabor Csanyi)
Subject: Re: Beazley Archive database?
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:41:01 GMT



The NSFnet relay is a machine which controls most of the internet traffic of the UK.
You can access sites not on the internet by telnetting to sun.nsfnet-relay.ac.uk
and entering 'janet' as the username. You will be required to give it a janet hostname
to connect to. Be aware, that janet names are high-ended, thus you have to reverse
any internet style address.

-- 

Gabor Csanyi

Gabor
From: v053qpcj@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (MARK T. ZABALDO)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Weather Radar
Date: 23 Jul 92 19:08:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

>Coincidentally, today I learned of a fellow at CMU who keeps GIF files of the
>latest weather over the US in his account.  The latest of these is:
>	/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jfriedl/weather/latest
>Also is a key to the symbols on the weather maps in
>	/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/jfriedl/weather/key.gif
>Check out the README file in his directory.


   This may sound basic, but how do I get into his directory? I'm kind of new
at this ftp stuff.

   Feel free to e-mail a response.
   Thanks in advance

Mark
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
From: crb2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Chad R. Berthelson)
Subject: Famous people's E-mail address's
Organization: Mississippi State University
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 21:08:52 GMT

Hey,  I would like to know of famous people who are on the net,
and their email address's.  I don't much care 'why' they are 
famous, I have the email addresses to a radio talk show host,
a magician/comic, and a couple of others...

If you send me a name and an email address, give me a quick blurb
of what they are known for (they a scientist? a publisher? writer..?
whatever).  

I would also like to know how to reach some of the people who
write in the computer magazines, etc.

Thanks
Chad

P.S.  If I get several ,I will post a complete list if yall want..


--

Chad R. Berthelson		Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
crb2@ra.msstate.edu		Biological Engineering
cberth@abe.msstate.edu		Mississippi State University
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From: sauer@bluemoon.rn.com (John Tipshus)
Subject: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-998[024])
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:21:13 EDT


My girlfriend will be attending the University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
this fall semester.  Does anyone know if they have a system set up there 
for Internet/UseNet access?  If not, how about a local BBS number in the
(501) area code that has UseNet/Internet access?  Thank you very much in 
advance.

     John

//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.//.
         John Blase Tipshus           osu-cis!n8emr!bluemoon!sauer
         Worthington, Ohio            sauer@bluemoon.rn.com
.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\.\\
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From: c31002wb@jezebel.wustl.edu (William Burris)
Subject: Re: Weather Maps--help
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis Mo.
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 15:26:51 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.145936.12755@verdix.com> bobf@verdix.com (Bob Foery) writes:
>
>Here's a simple Unix csh script that will do the trick.  This script will ftp
>to the site twice; once to get the directory listening, the second time to get
>the file.
>
>I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this, but this script works for me!
>
[Unix csh script deleted]

Ok, my stupid question.
Though I've been using the internet for some time now, I know very little
about computer or programing.  Now that I have this script, do I simply
create a file and type this stuff in using vi or some other editor?

If that's correct, how do I execute the script (to actually get the weather
info.)?


thanks for tolerating my ignorance,
-william


                           ||   Every four seconds a woman has a baby.       || William E. Burris          ||   Our problem is to find this woman and        || c31002wb@jezebel.wustl.edu ||   stop her.                                    || 
                           ||                                                ||  		      	   ||   Drawing on my fine command of the language,  ||                            ||         I said nothing.                        ||  
Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri (USA)
Department of Life
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From: dockhorn@fzi.de (Patrick Dockhorn)
Subject: Weather images available for germany ?
Keywords: weather forecast image germany
Reply-To: dockhorn@fzi.de
Organization: Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Karlsruhe, Germany
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:50:37 GMT

Those weather scripts are cute - but although the maps are nice,
I'd be interested in the german (european) weather too ;-)

Anybody knows of a site where one could fetch such data from ?

Any help would be appreciated

	Patsch

-- 
Patrick Dockhorn	       Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe/Germany.
INTERNET: dockhorn@fzi.de      There are two rules for success in life:
BITNET  : ukew@dkauni2.bitnet  Rule 1:  Don't tell people everything you know.



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From: Scott Brim <swb@nr-tech.cit.cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Access to CCITT Standards?
Nntp-Filt-2: Fenchurch version 0.3 by Uncle Mikey for Cornell University
Nntp-Posting-User: @cornell.edu
Nntp-Auth: trusted
Organization: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Errors-To: Michael_Shappe@cornell.edu
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 16:19:20 GMT

The standards are copyrighted and not available online.  The bruno
distribution, an experiment at making them available which met with much
more success than expected (or, some would say, desired), was asked to
stop.  Carl Malamud, who set up bruno, is leading a movement to make all
standards public domain (no one should have control over the
accessibility of standards!), or at least for now making them available
online.  If you would like to (electronically) sign his petition saying
you think standards should be available to everyone, send him mail at
carl@malamud.com.
								Scott
From: jap@acsu.buffalo.edu (James A. Perreault)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Access to IBMLink
Date: 29 Jul 92 02:20:47 GMT
Organization: UB


The title pretty much says it all.  Is there an e-mail or telnet gateway
to IBMLink ?


						Jim Perreault
From: lra00@spa.amdahl.com (Larry R. Ader)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Interpreting those map gifs?
Date: 27 Jul 92 11:17:05 GMT
Organization: Amdahl Corporation  Sunnyvale, CA

In article <FETZER.92Jul26230028@sdphu1.ucsd.edu>, fetzer@sdphu1.ucsd.edu (Michael E Fetzer) writes:
|> hardly the appropriate group for this, but then, here's where I got
|> the scripts. The GIFs are amazing! But... could someone explain the symbols?
|> 
|>   90
|>     o----
|>   60  250 \\
|> 
|> something like that... the t.l. is dayly high, b.l. is low.
|> 
|> Is bottom right rainfall? If so, units? 
|> 
|> I assume the straight lighes from the circle are wind direction?
|> The number of ticks inthe tail velocity?
|> 
|> How about the shading of the circle? Anywhere from solid black to sild white?
|> 
|> Mike

The easiest way to explain it is for you to download the GIF called "WXKEY.GIF"
from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (directory wx/).  This explains all of the symbols that
you see on SA??????.GIF.

In case you have trouble getting the GIF, in your example above:
  "90" is the current temperature
  "60" is the dew point
  "250" is the "ceiling" -- 25,000 feet
  the degree to which the circle is filled indicates the degree of cloudiness
  "o-----" means winds from out of the east
  the "legs" on the "-----" indicate wind velocity -- short legs are 5 knots,
    long legs are 10 knots, etc.  They are additive.


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From: artc@bacchus.epps.kodak.com (Art Campbell)
Subject: Re: from COMPUSERVE to Australia ?
Reply-To: artc@bacchus.atex.kodak.com
Organization: Atex Publishing Systems, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:59:22 GMT

In article <1992Jul28.200001.14466@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>, hread@miata.ece.cmu.edu (Howard C Read) writes:
|> 
|> I've got a friend on compuserve who wants to send mail
|> to an australian site. How can she do it? She is
|> able to receive mail from the australian site but 
|> gets these error messages when sending:
|> 
|> INTERNET: <address>@insted.unimelb.edu.au
|> 
|> "not an internet address"
|> 
|> 
|> INTERNET: <address>%insted.unimelb.edu.au@ece.cmu.edu
|> 
|> "invalid internet address"
|> 
|> 
|> Since she can receive, I think it's pretty likely
|> she can send. It looks like mail from
|> insted.unimelb.edu.au  goes through  muwayb.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
|> before getting to compuserve.
|> 
|> Any help is appreciated!
|> 
|> 

I'd bounce it off CompuServe tech support... it's free and they actually
like wierd problems like this -- breaks up the monotony. 

Third hand, I'd say it was an aliasing problem, but I'm not enough of
a net detective to offer much more advice.
-- 
Art Campbell          artc@atex.kodak.com            72227.1375@compuserve.com
   DoD 358                                  _Real_ BMWs have just two wheels.
    "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent 
     and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                      All the usual disclaimers apply.
From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Games via modem - can they connect via internet?
Date: 21 Jul 92 18:49:44 GMT
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA

crystal@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Crystal) writes:
: Hmmm...one of the machines in question is a VAX, one is Unix.  *sigh*  All the
: answers I've received relate to unix.  (The program involved (BattleChess) runs
: on Amiga for both of us)   This is looking less likely to work the more I see
: it. 

	Well, with a quite fair bit of trouble, you could write a serial.device
replacement that converts a dial request into a socket connection across
the internet.  Of course, it would help to be connected to the internet if
you want this to do anything, and you'd need a socket library to talk to, but
it can be done (in fact, the serial.device trick already has been)...

-- 
"Rev on the redline, you're on your own; seems like a lifetime, but soon it's
 gone..."  Foreigner
-
Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering.
{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com  BIX: rjesup  
Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion.
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
From: exg5832@usl.edu (Gullep Eralp)
Subject: IRC
Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
Distribution: alt.internet.services
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 22:53:15 GMT

     The public internet relay chat at Santafe is temporarily closed and is
giving problems.  Does anyone know of another telnet site for IRC use?

Thanks in advance.
From: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Webster Servers
Date: 31 Jul 1992 12:28:02 -0400
Organization: Msen, Inc. -- Ann Arbor, Michigan
NNTP-Posting-Host: nigel.msen.com
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

joe@decoy.uoregon.edu (Joe St Sauver) writes:
: 
: A comparable thing to do would be to say, "Hey, if you want to send
: FREE FAXES from within electronic mail, send a PostScript copy of the
: document you need sent via e-mail to xxxx@xxxxx"
: 
: Now, the only question is whether or not Rick's FREE FAX service joins
: Craig Shergold in net imortality.

There was (temporarily) a free email to fax gateway run at Wisconsin as a
demonstration of the fax capabilities in the PP (Postie Pat) software.  It
disappeared for obvious reasons, but I did see some faxes go through it.

  Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, Msen Inc. emv@Msen.com
        Msen Inc., 628 Brooks, Ann Arbor MI  48103 +1 313 998 4562


Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
From: mperlman@nyx.cs.du.edu (Marshal "Airborne" Perlman)
Subject: Re: Weather Maps--help
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 03:02:35 GMT

yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Scott A. Yanoff) writes:


>Someone posted that they get radar maps from the site every hour or so
>and I was wondering if that person had a script or something that does
>that that they could email to me.
>Thanx,
>-Scott
>-- 
> _/\ _ !\ _         @           Milwaukee, WI - A Great Place by a Great Lake
>!  _! !! ! !_  ~~  @ ~  ~~         
>! ! ! !! ! ! !~~__=||_~ ~~~          *** Computing Services Division ***
>! ! ! _! ! ~~~ ~\____/  ~~~ yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   yanoff@elvis.csd.uwm.edu

it was me...just a simple dos 'batch' script..actually..it isn't great.
It will only get them 90% of the time beucase of some error on my part.

Since I do not have access to a compute ron the net directly (not yet)
i have the program dial up my local telnet...telnet to here (nyx) ftp to 
vmd.cso.uiuc.edu [or was it seas.smu.edu]..get the file..uuencode it
and download it via ascii/uuencode. SLOW huh? well i am only 2400 bps
on telnet (14,400 in reality).

If anyone knows how to write a unix prog.let me know
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Newsgroups: alt.internet.services,sci.geo.meteorology
From: d89-sla@nada.kth.se (Stefan E Larsson)
Subject: Where to find European weather maps?
Originator: d89-sla@byse.nada.kth.se
Reply-To: d89-sla@nada.kth.se (Stefan E Larsson)
Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:11:26 GMT


I know there are several ftp sites with North American weather maps 
available, but I would prefer to know European weather.
So is there any ftp service available in Europe with current 
satellite/radar images or AS/FS-type maps covering northern Europe, 
especially Scandinavia and Sweden?

Stefan.
--
 Stefan E Larsson // d89-sla@nada.kth.se // Royal Institute of Technology
From: dgarrett@engr.latech.edu (Don Garrett)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: NEWS Feeds....
Date: 21 Jul 92 23:15:20 GMT
Reply-To: dgarrett@engr.latech.edu
Organization: Louisiana Tech University

Does anyone know if it's possible to send/receive internet mail to a bix site?

If so, how do you do it?  Please reply by e-mail.

					Thanks in advance, 
							Don
---
Don Garrett                                           cpdag@latech.bitnet       
Consultant/Programmer                                 cpdag@vm.cc.latech.edu
Louisiana Tech University                             dgarrett@engr.latech.edu
Computing Center
From: dcm@Apple.COM (Dale Mead)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Books In Print, anyone?
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:34:34 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

>Would there be an online version of Books In Print anywhere?

Books In Print is a copyrighted work by Bowker & Co. and is
available from the usual commercial vendors on the internet
(dialog.com ...).

Dale

Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
From: chris@ec.uwa.oz.au (Christoph Uloth)
Subject: Re: How do inet sites address security concerns?
Organization: University of Western Australia
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 05:25:04 GMT

bouillin@kiloapo.ts.tele.nokia.fi (Claude Bouillin) writes:
nfo for ou
:wq

>>>>>> On 27 Jul 92 20:02:50 GMT, jwk@riscsm.scripps.edu (John W. Kupec) said:

>> In article <17227@autodesk.COM> dansmith@Autodesk.COM (Daniel Smith) writes:
>>>
>> [stuff deleted]
>>>
>>>	So, what information is available about firewalling the internet
>>>machine, so that it can be logged onto/used from within the company, and still
>>>be considered to secure from outside attempts at entry?  Please point
>>>me towards papers on the subject, I can ftp via email.
>>>
>>>				Daniel
>>>-- 
>>>            dansmith@autodesk.com            dansmith@well.sf.ca.us
>>>        Daniel Smith, Autodesk, Sausalito, California, (415) 332-2344 x 2580

>I found a paper called "The Design of a Secure Internet Gateway" in
>ftp site "research.att.com". I think the full path to the postscript
>file is "/dist/Secure_Internet_Gateway.ps"

>	Claude
>--
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Claude Bouillin - Telenokia, Kilo TL4e     E-mail   
>                                            Internet: bouillin@ts.tele.nokia.fi
>                                            X.400:    C=FI,A=Elisa,P=Nokia Telecom
>                                            Elisa:    Bouillin Claude NTC
> Nokia Telecommunications, PO box 12, 02611 Espoo, Finland         Tel 511 7736
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Systems/Networks Administrator      University of Western Australia
Phone: (w)+61-9-380 1796 || (h)+61-9-364 7181   Fax: +61-9-380 1068
email: chris@ecel.uwa.edu.au                                    :-)
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From: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Greg F Walz Chojnacki)
Subject: Re: Interpreting those map gifs?
Originator: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Reply-To: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 20:29:36 GMT

From article <lexier.712435372@sfu.ca>, by lexier@fraser.sfu.ca (Lyle Lexier):
> fetzer@sdphu1.ucsd.edu (Michael E Fetzer) writes:
> 
>>hardly the appropriate group for this, but then, here's where I got
>>the scripts. The GIFs are amazing! But... could someone explain the symbols?
> 
>>  90
>>    o----
>>  60  250 \\
> 
>>something like that... the t.l. is dayly high, b.l. is low.
> 
>>Is bottom right rainfall? If so, units? 
> 
>>I assume the straight lighes from the circle are wind direction?
>>The number of ticks inthe tail velocity?
> 
>>How about the shading of the circle? Anywhere from solid black to sild white?
> 
>>Mike
>
YOu're right about the the wind velocity and direction; I'll guess each line is
a knot, but I'm not sure. The degree of filling in in the circle, as I recall,
has to do with cloud cover, but I'm afraid I can't recall which is clear and 
which is totally overcast.

Another good place to ask is sci.weather -- or is it sci.meteorology? (How
embarassing!)

Greg
From: dcm@Apple.COM (Dale Mead)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Access to CCITT Standards?
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:27:37 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA

Writing to Carl Malamud regarding the petition mentioned under this topic
I received the following reply, which he requested that I post here.

******************************************************************


Dear Colleague:

A lobbying campaign has been started to try and exert some 
pressure on ANSI to make documents, particularly OSI documents, 
available on-line.  A recent study by the Office of Technology 
Assessment (U.S. Congress) made a strong recommendation to 
make such documents available and several policy makers have 
indicated that a petition signed by members of the community 
would get some attention in Washington.

If you would like to sign this petition, please fill out the form
below and mail it to carl@malamud.com.

Carl Malamud

================================================================

We, the undersigned, believe that all technical standards
documents should be freely available in electronic form.  Open,
on-line access to technical standards documents is an important
factor in the success of my organization, is a key component to
increased productivity in the U.S. computer and communications
industries, and is vital for the initial and continued training
of scientists, engineers, and other professionals.

        Name:
       Title:
Organization:

        [Please leave organization blank if you do not wish your 
         affiliation listed.]
From: PCHT@ibm.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Hartmut Thomas)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: USENET Oracle
Date: 21 Jul 92 16:04:15 GMT
Organization: Rechenzentrum der TU CLAUSTHAL

In article <1992Jul21.040623.27763@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>
elkins@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Rob Elkins) writes:
 
>
>A while back (like in college) I played around with a mail server called
>the Oracle.  You'd send it a question and it would send you an answer.
>Ocasionally, it would ask you to answer a question.  Does this thing still
>exist and if so, what is the address for it?
>
>Rob Elkins
>
>--
>Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not an <insert occupation here>
>Rob Elkins              E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co, Inc
>Email:                  elkinsra%mlvax%dupont.com@csnet-relay
>Voice:                  215-339-6253
 
-Oracle    mail oracle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
  offers: The Usenet Oracle!  Mail with subject as "help" for more info.
 
from: Special Internet Connections by Scott Yanoff
 
Regards, Hartmut.
From: tencati@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: Weather Radar
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:22:00 GMT
Organization: NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Jul22.053229.13767@athena.mit.edu>, rjbarbal@athena.mit.edu (Richard J. Barbalace) writes...
>I tried viewing some of these gifs, but found that none were in a "recognized
>format" for my viewers; nor could I find a way to uncompress them.  I'm sorry
>if I'm missing something obvious, but what format are these files in, and how
>can I view them?
> 

make sure you ftp them in binary mode. I ftp them to an intermediate 
system, then Kermit them in binary mode to my Sun where I use XV to 
display them. Works like a champ every time...

Ron Tencati
Hughes STX Corporation
From: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu (Alan Coopersmith)
Newsgroups: alt.internet.services
Subject: Re: I have a question and don't know where to ask it so ..
Date: 21 Jul 1992 20:52:15 GMT
Organization: U.C. Bezerkeley Overloaded Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: ocf.berkeley.edu

In article <36463@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu> rubio@pine.circa.ufl.edu writes:
)
)	The question is:
)
)What does the extension  *.tar.Z  stand for?  And how does one get an
)uncompressing utility that'll run on a PC ?


	.tar	_NIX tar
	.Z	_NIX compress

To unpack file.tar.Z on a _NIX box use:
	zcat file.tar.Z | tar -xvf -

See the FAQ for comp.compression (available in comp.compression/news.answers)
for details on getting software appropriate for your box.


Note: _NIX refers to any system that is compatible with the U-word system
	that is licensed, trademarked, and otherwise legally hosed by
	Ma Bell & Co...


-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alan Coopersmith			Internet: alanc@ocf.berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley	Bitnet:   alanc@UCBOCF.BITNET
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From: haney@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Michael Haney)
Subject: CCD camera "on-line"?
Summary: Does anyone have a CCD camera "on-line"?
Keywords: CCD camera
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:06:25 GMT

With all of the neat Gopher/WAIS/X-Window/Internet services
that appear to be popping up, it occurs to me to ask:

  Does anyone have a CCD camera (or other)
  attached to something...

  ...such that one can "pop a window" 
  and see what it looks like outside (somewhere)?

I have a friend with a Sparc in an interior office (i.e. no
exterior windows), and I made this comment in jest the other day.
I don't advocate such a waste of network bandwidth;
I am more curious if someone else already has :-)
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