[43622] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NOC Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Oct 19 22:32:54 2001
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To: Brian Whalen <bri@sonicboom.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:27:01 PDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:27:01 PDT, you said:
> paraded through, and nocsters generally dont like that. I once worked in
> a NOC where they had a conference room next to it with quick open and
> close shutters. So you'd be workin, then on display all of a sudden
> without warning. I really loathed that.
I heard a story (probably apocryphal) about some NOC monkeys that got fed
up with the shutter routine - so they cobbled up some little X programs
to start putting BIG FLASHING RED BOXES with ominous-looking text, and
launched it when the Big Boss was showing off the zoo animals - they then
feigned panic, screamed, and ran out of the room, leaving all the flashing
red boxes on the screens.
They only had to do it a few times before the Big Boss clued in... ;)
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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