[43624] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NOC Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Fri Oct 19 23:55:55 2001
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 20:55:25 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@cybernothing.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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In-Reply-To: <200110200231.f9K2Vvlg012480@foo-bar-baz.cc.vt.edu>; from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 10:31:57PM -0400
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On 10/19/01, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> 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... ;)
The Violent Femmes' "Dance, Mother Fucker, Dance" (for those
who don't know, it's a song) is a good deterrent too. I sure
am glad I'm not a monkey anymore. *grin*
--
J.D. Falk "you can bomb the world to pieces,
<jdfalk@cybernothing.org> but you can't bomb it into peace"
-- Michael Franti
