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A fiber optic network in a ring topology, often used to carry voice signals or Internet traffic. One ring is described as hot, or carrying data. The other ring is the protect--or standby--ring that transmits data in the opposite direction in case of service degradation or a fiber cut. Typically, within 50 milliseconds of a failure SONET equipment on the edge of the failing segment attempts to construct a new ring using a
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SONET - "Bob Ward" wrote in messagenews:lus390lkrdhfm01clrlbd96qrjhoiehnkr@4ax.com... On 29 Apr 2004 23:02:30 -0600, Gun Woman wrote:"Dark Knight" wrote : wrote in message news:bearclaw-DD7900.18252429042004@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com... In article , zuma1979@yahoo.com wrote: On the other hand, "freedom of speech" is less easy to define. I don't think so. What if that speech slanders or libels another? That is what libel law covers. So what happened to "Congress Shall Pass No Law..."?"Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting mytongueout because I might yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. - PeterVenetoklis,from "101 Things to Do 'Til the Revolution", by Claire Wolfe.I have the absolute right to keep and bear arms, but not the right toshootinnocent people ( abuse of that right ). I have the absolute right tofreespeech, but not the right to libel or slander people ( abuse of thatright). Get it?"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will withinlimits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add'withinthe limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, andalways so when it violates the rights of the individual." - ThomasJeffersonYou're not talking about a right but the abuse of a right. Laws againstyelling fire in a theatre aren't even necessary and are a foot in thedoorof infringing free speech. First of all, the theatre is private propertysothe 1st Amendment doesn't even apply. I can dictate to anyone what theycanand can't say on my property or they can leave. Secondly, if they causeinjury by yelling it, they can be prosecuted or sued. If they don't andeveryone looks around and sees there's no fire, they can tell them toshutthe hell up and kick them out of the theatre. No laws against it needed.In a free nation, government has no authority to forbid me from speakingbecause I might shout "fire" in a crowded theater. Government has noauthority to forbid me from using my fist to defend myself because Imightalso use it to strike your nose. And government has no authority toforbidme from owning a firearm because I might shoot an innocent victim. -CAState Senator Tom McClintock You really need to decide whether you are going to respond as yourself, or as your sock puppet. MPD is a form of mental illness.Remember that freakazoid from Colorado newsgroups? Melissa something? Samejerk, with a different name.
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