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Re: Removal of my brain

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Wed Sep 20 19:33:49 2006

Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:32:09 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <586311D7-F317-41B8-8E9D-F75639179D02@ianai.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 07:05:04PM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> 
> On Sep 20, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Richard Irving wrote:
> 
> >billn@billn.net wrote:
> >
> >  Hrmm....
> >
> >    How many of you realize who Bill Manning is ?

	yup.. i do.  he's a wizzend, cynical, troll (may or may not
	be naked - see his previous post on not wanting to be forced
	to wear a teeshirt)

> >   While you are at it, go flame Vinton Cerf... I am sure he
> >will learn from you, too......

	been there, done that.  learned quite a bit.

> I have known Bill for years, and respect him for a lot of what he has  
> done.  But if he is wrong, I have zero trouble calling him on it.   
> Who you are doesn't change facts.

	amen there.

> That said, I admit I probably hesitate a bit longer before flaming  
> Dr. Cerf. :)  If you've ever met them both, you would understand why.

	Vint does present a smaller target most days.  :)

--bill

> 
> -- 
> TTFN,
> patrick

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