Eben King wrote:
> On Fri, 28 May 2004, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
>
>>Eben King wrote:
[snip snip]
>>>
>>>straight:serial cable::crossover:serial cable plus null-modem adapter
>>>
>>>They're inherently different.
>>
>>I'm pretty sure he's using CAT-5 UTP rather than serial for this.
>
>
> Sure, but ":" = "is to" and "::" = "as". I figured an analogy to
> something more familiar might be enlightening.
>
Ah. Gotcha. Sorry -- that it was an analogy wasn't clear to me.
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