Intermittent Connectivity Problem [was Re:linux problem]

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Thu Dec 15 10:51:08 UTC 2005


 On Wednesday 14 December 2005 10:44 pm, Jason Shein wrote:
> On December 14, 2005 03:21 am, JM wrote:
>> since the box is located 100,000 km away from our office i can only ask
>> the tech-support for the provider to do some things like connect a
>> monitor.. and email me the things that he sees... but unfortunately he
>> told me that there are no errors.....
> http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/earth.html
>
> #1: The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,902 mi / 40,076 km.
> #2: Most satellites run in between 16,000 and 30,000 kms.
> #3: The distance to the Moon as measured from the centre of the Earth is
>        393,400 kms.
>
> So your server is located somewhere between Earth's satellites and the
> moon.

Maybe it's located at one of those Lagrange points, where gravity from
the various bodies cancel out?  ;-)
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