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Or the email server that couldn't send emails more than 500 miles: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.h

Or the email server that couldn't send emails more than 500 miles: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

lfowles 10y ago
Or the server that timed out when pallets in the shipping room were lifted: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/vunp/the_case_of_the_500mile_email/cvw60/ https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/vunp/the_case_o...
- ikeboy 10y ago
  I know OP is a reddit comment, but come on, HN is turning into reddit. (As per https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html I've been allowed to say that for some time)
  - i336_ 10y ago
    (FWIW, deleted_soon's comment may be a small nudge at the fact that OP's link is to a comment reply on the 500-mile-email story.)
    - ikeboy 10y ago
      That's how I understood it, and it's a sign of reddit culture creeping into HN
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mathewsanders 10y ago
First time hearing this story, and also just discovered `units` which I really love :)
- tvmalsv 10y ago
  Funny, I didn't understand what you were referring to and quickly forgot about your comment. I then read the 500-mile story, got to the end and thought "units? oh cool, new command... wait, wasn't there a comment about `units`?"