Tim Hamel <IMDNICE12@AOL.COM> wrote


> I knew it!! If this chip were really a server, wouldn't it have it's own
IP
> addy? instead of it being eternity.cs.umass.edu PORT 9080. And for the FTP
> server he supposedly stuck on the chip -- that alone would require a few
KB's.

I'm skeptical myself but the above is not the reason.  Many user-implemented
servers (of all kinds) use port numbers out of the "privileged port" range
because of local firewalling.  Do we know that eternity is not the name
assigned
to the iPic?  Even if eternity is a separate TCP/IP host, this does not
preclude
layer 3 switching or even a smart router from directing traffic to a
separate
physical host based on the port number.

Obviously, some corroboration is required before anyone really believes this
but I'm rooting for the little fellow.  :)

  -greg "pollyanna" wiley