[103188] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: default routes question or any way to do the rebundant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott McGrath)
Fri Mar 21 16:55:41 2008
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:51:40 -0400
From: Scott McGrath <mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu>
To: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com>
CC: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <2d106eb50803211344s11ae7b19n38b1007263e32e0c@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
If we do not help the newbies how will they ever become clued. I can
certainly remember when I did not know a bit from a byte.
Oh and btw I'll take 5 of those STM64's on special...
Regards all - Scott
Martin Hannigan wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com> wrote:
>
>> Is this for real?
>>
>> Someone asks a harmless question about setting up multiple default
>> routes, not about Barack Obama or whether the moon is made of green
>> cheese, but about default routes.
>>
>> Then 10 people decide to respond that this isn't appropriate for nanog.
>>
>> Then 25 people decide to dispute that.
>>
>> Then 50 people are arguing (ok maybe I exaggerate but just a little)
>> about it.
>>
>> So the person who asked the original question feels bad and apologizes.
>>
>> And 5 people decide to tell her there's nothing to apologize for.
>>
>> And 10 people dispute that...and...what next? Oh, right, and next I
>> feel an urge to write this idiotic meta-meta-meta-note.
>>
>> I think psychologists have a term for this, "chaotic instability
>> disorder" or something like that.
>>
>> Maybe what we need are NANOG GREETERS!
>>
>> Hello, welcome to Nanog, can we help you find something? Hello,
>> welcome to Nanog, can we help you find something?...
>>
>
> Blue light special in slot 5? V6 only STM64's now half price!
>
> <personal opinion>
>
> I dont think that there's any issue at all to be honest. NANOG isn't
> just for the clued.
>
> </personal opinion>
>
> Best,
>
> Marty
>
