Statements against new.net?

Fri Mar 16 21:04:45 UTC 2001

>Shawn McMahon <smcmahon at eiv.com> asked,

>On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 09:01:46AM -0500, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>  >
>>  Somehow I think that's EXACTLY what the founding fathers had in mind:
>>
>>  "The Congress shall have power to ... fix the standard of weights and
>>  measures" U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Par. 5
>
>So which are the root servers, a unit of weight, or a unit of length?
>

Why limit oneself? It is reasonable to assume that the successful 
deployment of a root server represents a milestone.

1 mile = 5280 feet
1 stone = 14 pounds

Therefore, a milestone is equal to 73920 foot pounds.  Convert to 
your preferred units.