[175993] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Undefined terms overload
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Mon Nov 10 23:59:36 2014
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 23:23:14 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
> I was able to ignore it for a while, but now I have run into one in two
> unrelated threads.
>
> What does "bikeshedding" mean here?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law_of_triviality
> 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"
> seem to fit: Out of Bounds, Out Of Body, Out of Bed, Out of Business, Open
> Of Business (used to see this one many times daily), Out Of Bullets, Out Of
> Band (also familiar from telephone days).
> --
> The unique Characteristics of System Administrators:
>
> The fact that they are infallible; and,
>
> The fact that they learn from their mistakes.
>
>
> Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
