RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
1 edit | reply to rblomeyer
Re: Waiting with "baited breath" in Lisle for improved QOSIt's "bated".
said by Merriam-Webster :Main Entry:
bate
Pronunciation:
\ˈbāt\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
bat·ed; bat·ing
Etymology:
Middle English, short for abaten to abate
Date:
14th century
transitive verb
1: to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain < with bated breath >
2: to take away : deduct
3 archaic : to lower especially in amount or estimation
4 archaic : bluntintransitive verbobsolete : diminish, decrease
Unless your mean your breath smells of small fish or worms.
--
Toolmaster of La Grange. |
| Not me. It's AT&T that's been wormy. 
As I began with a conceptual metaphor using the Wolf from "Peter and the Wolf," it almost works as a pun. Maybe you're being too literal minded.
In defense of the AT&T moles who were in my back yard this AM, it's now graced by a shiny new distribution box. Performance is about the same:
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TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.5.1
click START to begin
Connected to: miranda.ctd.anl.gov -- Using IPv4 address
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 407.0kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 1.92Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
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But the new distribution box shines nicely in the afternoon sun.
BobBl |
