[59977] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: a new labor intensive layer 1 solution (humor?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Anderson)
Mon Jul 28 18:19:33 2003
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:18:59 -0700
From: Eric Anderson <anderson@cs.uoregon.edu>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: "Christopher L. Morrow" <chris@UU.NET>,
Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0307281256240.19421-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thus spake Sean Donelan (sean@donelan.com):
> Just be careful about flying too close to the US Presidential motercade.
> A pipeline spotter aircraft pilot (i.e. backhoe spotter for pipelines) was
> intercepted by the US Air Force and questioned for several hours by the
> Secret Service when his regular air route over pipelines flew within 30
> miles of the presidential limo.
>
> Why the president was within 30 miles of a pipeline has not been answered
> by the White House.
When has the president NOT been within 30 miles of something related
to the petroleum industry? <cough> Seriously, though, I can't see
any reason why wouldn't get close to them from time to time; it's not
as though pipelines explode with 30-mile blast radii. At least, not
often.
Eric
