Linux-Hams archive - February 1997: link quality

link quality

Mike Bilow (yxh.eyrgt@center7.com)
Sun, 02 Feb 97 16:03:00 -0000


Nate Bargmann wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

> We call it the "crocodile syndrome" here (huge mouth, tiny ears). Is
> this term used worldwide, by the way, or do you have a different
> expression for it?

NB> Around these parts it's the same syndrome, but different
NB> animal. An Alligator is how we describe such a system.
NB> For the opposite, I've heard the expression Elephant used
NB> (big ears).

Interesting. Here in New England, it's a "crocodile" also. Of course, we have
neither crocodiles nor alligators wild within a thousand miles, with the
rumored exception of the New York City sewers.

-- Mike, N1BEE