Mark Bixby notes:

>So if JPL is able to download 85 megabits of data per day from Mars
>Pathfinder,
>then based on the recent performance of us-support.external.hp.com, the
>us-support machine must be on Pluto.  ;-)

Yes Mark, it's a mystery of science, apparently. Here's what we know about it:

The JPL organization is in the business of rockets (broadly speaking).

The HP organization is in the business of computers.

And which organization did you say has the slower Internet service?

We always hear the phrase "it ain't rocket science" when somebody suggests
something is simple. But doing something exceedingly well and reliably is
what that kind of science is often about, isn't it? What we don't know is
why rocket scientists have a faster Internet than a computer company. Here
at the NewsWire we may learn more about that, once we get a chance to talk
to HP Worldwide Computer Support Organization VP Ann Livermore at HP World.

Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
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