On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:51 AM, John Doe <fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:

The true mark of a master is the ability to come up with analogies that make ane for lay people-John Doe!

I remember explaining to my driver the difference between E1's and STM 1's using road lanes! Single lane=E1, Multilane=STM1, Round about=Multiplexer etc. Its a thing of beauty when they understand and start discussing different scenarios with you :-)

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:

Interesting thread hehehe...

On 20/05/2010, Humphrey Ngoiya <hngoiya@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> by your analogy, the website (water), runs out of files at some point?
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 5:41 PM, pithon kamau <pitkag@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> i tried explaining in the best layman terms possible to a client dealing
>> with borehole drilling
>>
>> - Rented Water Tank = web-server that hosts your website,
>> - Water company = hosting company where your web-server resides,
>> - Water = files, data, images, etc. that comprise your website,
>> - Pipe = the internet,
>> - Quantity of water delivered = bandwidth consumption,
>> - You = patron / visitor of your website which is hosted on
>> aforementioned web-server.
>>
>> save this analogy, it might help you sometyme
>> :)
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