[geeks] firewall/vpn

Brian Dunbar brian.dunbar at plexus.com
Wed May 5 17:09:10 CDT 2004


On May 5, 2004, at 4:46 PM, Mike Meredith wrote:

> On Wed, 5 May 2004 15:53:37 -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> <billcosby> ....RRRIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.
>> <billcosby> What's a Magnia?
>
> Sorry. A Toshiba Magnia SG20 ... a Linux appliance thingy with an
> integrated 8 port switch, PCMCIA slot (for wireless), a modem, an
> 'outside' NIC, space for two laptop drives, and a serial console
> consisting of a small LCD and two buttons on the front.
>
> Should be running Linux on it, but I wanted to refresh my BSD neurons.
>
> So who is Bill Cosby ? And is he relevant ?

Well, before he became a pitchman for Jell-O, he was a pretty damn 
funny stand-up comedian.  Heck, I still get a tickle out of his old 
records.  The bit Phil is quoting is from the Noah meets God routine 
IIRC.


~brian



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