a generic water encapsulation technique [Re: floods]

Fri Apr 11 17:58:42 UTC 1997

> available flow rate).  AFR had one weakness, however: it relied upon a
> phenomena called precipitation shaping to keep the VFR storm water from
> interfering with the CFR sewage water.  As the clouds and the ground
> didn't 
> have enough buffering to do proper precipitation shaping, the result was
> a drain system which periodically suffered massive congestion, and all 
> users were equally unhappy.

And so began the great "Asynchronous Torrent Mode" vs. "Practical Obviation
of Storms and Intermitent Precipitation" debate...

Alex Bligh
Xara Networks