[84986] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Misc][Rant] Internet router (straying slightly OT)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Thomas)
Thu Sep 29 19:08:49 2005
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 16:08:23 -0700
From: Steve Thomas <nanog2@sthomas.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <18f60194050929144578700634@mail.gmail.com>; from aaron.glenn@gmail.com on Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 02:45:20PM -0700
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 02:45:20PM -0700, Aaron is rumored to have said:
>
> When faced with a
> question like "who owns this router?", don't waste your time signing
> up for a mailing list just to make a fool of yourself. Do some
> research. Keep reading. And before you know it, you'll have taught
> yourself an amazing amount of knowledge.
I'm not a guru like most on this list, which is why I rarely chime in despite having been subscribed for 5 or 6 years, but Aaron nailed it here. I used this technique when I wanted to run my own DNS, mail & web servers and managed to teach myself all I needed to know to accomplish those things simply by reading what was available online. I also picked up a few books along the way, but everything you need is on the 'net.
St-
--
Tower, Observatory
You stand in what appears to be a room designed specifically
for studying the stars. Lying haphazardly cast about the room
are several charts with constellations, some neatly folded,
others lying left open. Beside a few of the starcharts are
several magical tomes.
