Who turned out the lights?

I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
code.

... - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--

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Adrian C

"Adrian C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
>downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
>code.
>
> .. - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--

..-. / .-.-. /

George

George Weston wrote:
> "Adrian C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
>> downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
>> code.
>>
>> .. - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--
>
> .-. / .-.-. /
>
> George
>
>
Possibly due to a recent election ? Everyone and his dog watching CNN etc ?

John

John Livingston wrote:
> George Weston wrote:
>> .-. / .-.-. /
>>

Last night, more like R?

> Possibly due to a recent election ? Everyone and his dog watching CNN etc ?
>

See the later thread "news.bbc.co.uk"

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Adrian C

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>> "Adrian C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
>>>downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
>>>code.
>>>
>>> .. - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--
>>
>> .-. / .-.-. /
>
> "R+"?
>
> "· · · · · · · ·" / "NOT · · · - ·" I think ;-)

R + AR(barred) = understood + no reply required.

George

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>>>>
>>>> "Adrian C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>>>I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
>>>>>downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
>>>>>code.
>>>>>
>>>>> .. - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--
>>>>
>>>> .-. / .-.-. /
>>>
>>> "R+"?
>>>
>>> "· · · · · · · ·" / "NOT · · · - ·" I think ;-)
>>
>> R + AR(barred) = understood + no reply required.
>
> Oh, I see: "R" and "+" (or AR) have special meanings, do they? Mind you,
> I'm no good at translating text-speak either ;-)

Nor me.
I'm fluent in obsolete systems like morse though!
;-)

George

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>>>> "Adrian C" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>>>>I think the tranatlantic link transport data protocol layer had been
>>>>>downgraded from packetised binary encoding to something closer to morse
>>>>>code.
>>>>>
>>>>> .. - / .. ... / ... .-.. --- .--
>>>>
>>>> .-. / .-.-. /
>>>
>>> "R+"?
>>>
>>> "· · · · · · · ·" / "NOT · · · - ·" I think ;-)
>>
>> R + AR(barred) = understood + no reply required.
>
> Oh, I see: "R" and "+" (or AR) have special meanings, do they? Mind you,
> I'm no good at translating text-speak either ;-)

Most people don't realise that SOS is "barred" too (written down with an
overscore)
meaning it is sent as a single character di di di dah dah dah di di di with
no intercharactor
spaces.


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Graham.

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