[183497] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Extraneous "legal" babble--and my reaction to it.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron C. de Bruyn)
Fri Sep 4 15:40:30 2015
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From: "Aaron C. de Bruyn" <aaron@heyaaron.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 12:40:08 -0700
To: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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There's quite a difference between the 'legal babble' and 'contact
info' at the end of a message.
Regardless, my comment was meant for fun, not to upset you.
-A
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
> Y'all can stop thumping on me about it "because it is required by the
> employer".
>
> After contemplating my navel for a while, it dawned on me that my
> sensitivity is due to an old wound.
>
> Years ago, Faculty, Staff, Students, and myriad others more or less loosely
> connected with my employer complained that they could never make contact
> with me.
>
> As a defensive measure (among others) I crafted a .sig that contained all of
> the telephone numbers and email addresses by which I could be reached
> (included a pager number) 7 x 24 x 52 with (guaranteed) no more than 20
> minute delay.
>
> It ran to 7 lines, including the dash dash space EOL protocol sentinel.
>
> I was banned from NANOG because of the excessive length. (And yes, I got
> banned for other things at other times as well, mostly having to to do with
> trying to protect the network I administered from abuse.)
> --
> sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Juvenal)
