[91392] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hot weather and power outages continue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Popovitch)
Mon Jul 24 16:26:50 2006
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:26:16 -0400
From: Jim Popovitch <jimpop@yahoo.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <87irlmix8i.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Robert E.Seastrom wrote:
>
> "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@verizonbusiness.com> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
>>> Come on Sean, this "very few disruptions" stuff is below your usual
>>> standards. The least you can do to help us pass the time in this damn heat
>>> is to recount a few good stories about routers you could scramble eggs on.
>>> :)
>> there is a funny story of some dial devices on fire, and still passing
>> packets...
>
> and an equally funny story of said devices being held up in customs in
> a particular european country because they said "TNT" on the outside
> of their crates...
I ordered a new personal PC back in March(?) from Lenovo (discount
overstock offering). Everything shipped immediately but was delayed in
transit, due to a "Live Entity" inspection hold placed on it by the US
FDA. The packing list included an item identified as "mouse" (it was
right under the item "keyboard"). I'm waiting for nVidia or ATI to come
out with a next-gen product named "Nuclear XForce" or "Plutonium
Wonder". :-)
-Jim P.
