[87636] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: live chat with other nanog'ers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Harrowell)
Fri Dec 30 05:47:34 2005
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:47:01 +0000
From: Alexander Harrowell <a.harrowell@gmail.com>
To: "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
Cc: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>,
Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>,
Kyle Lutze <kyle@randomvoids.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200512300650.jBU6oggR017012@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Cracking analogy, Valdis. I'll use that..now can we put this frankly
soporific thread down like an unwanted kitten?
On 12/30/05, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:56:43 PST, "william(at)elan.net" said:
> > No matter what the question was, how experienced they are or what
> > you think they intended, I find such behavior as seen above to be
> > inappropriate and something that shows true character of those on
> > that channel.
>
> I've said it before, but it apparently needs repeating:
>
> You're talking about a group of people who are paid large sums of money
> for
> their ability to communicate with inanimate objects made of melted sand.
> Ever
> since the first shaman back in caveman days, this skill has been
> understood to
> go hand-in-hand with weirdness and odd behavior ("Father, why does
> talks-to-trees hop around humming to himself?" "Because he talks to
> trees...")
>
> ObNANOG: talks-to-trees is still in the gene pool - his descendants
> include
> talks-to-copper and talks-to-IOS. Anybody who didn't just fall out of th=
e
> tree that talks-to-trees was having a chat with knows this can become an
> operational issue....
>
>
>
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Cracking analogy, Valdis. I'll use that..now can we put this frankly sopori=
fic thread down like an unwanted kitten?<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_q=
uote">On 12/30/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername"><a href=3D"mailto:Valdis.K=
letnieks@vt.edu">
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu</a></b> <<a href=3D"mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.e=
du">Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail=
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:56:43 PST, "william(at)elan.net" said:<br>=
> No matter what the question was, how experienced they are or what<br>&=
gt; you think they intended, I find such behavior as seen above to be<br>
> inappropriate and something that shows true character of those on<br>&=
gt; that channel.<br><br>I've said it before, but it apparently needs repea=
ting:<br><br>You're talking about a group of people who are paid large sums=
of money for
<br>their ability to communicate with inanimate objects made of melted sand=
. Ever<br>since the first shaman back in caveman days, this skill has been =
understood to<br>go hand-in-hand with weirdness and odd behavior ("Fat=
her, why does
<br>talks-to-trees hop around humming to himself?" "Because he ta=
lks to trees...")<br><br>ObNANOG: talks-to-trees is still in the gene =
pool - his descendants include<br>talks-to-copper and talks-to-IOS. &n=
bsp;Anybody who didn't just fall out of the
<br>tree that talks-to-trees was having a chat with knows this can become a=
n<br>operational issue....<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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