[175986] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Undefined terms overload
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Mon Nov 10 23:54:37 2014
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:46:00 -0600
From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
CC: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 11/10/2014 22:23, Christopher Morrow wrote:
Thanks--I've received several useful offers of help.
>> What does "bikeshedding" mean here?
>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality
I'd forgotten the Parkinson's discussion and the term didn't stir
anything up. I have current experience with the concept.
>> And, what does "OOB" mean here--the decodes with which I am familiar do not
>
> 'out of band' - ideally: "Access the console of my equipment without
> having to use the network my equipment is supporting"
From another helpful message I was able to connect to the old telephone
term that had the same functional definition in a different physical
implementation.
Thanks, all.
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The fact that they are infallible; and,
The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
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