Tony didst scribe:
>One pun that may not have crossed the Pond is that it was called the
>'Tube' not only because it was a thing for shifting data from one machine
>to the other (like a tube would carry a fluid), but also because the Tube
>is a slang name for the London Underground (railway) (what you'd call the
>Subway) and is thus an alternative to travelling by bus...
Heh - reminds me as to why the bus interconnect in the Alpha is called a
'hose'.....in the labs they had everything connected together with thick
green cables which someone said looked like garden hoses.....
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Received on Mon Oct 23 2000 - 04:23:03 BST