Re: live chat with other nanog'ers

[Alexander Harrowell <a.harrowell () gmail com>]

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 the
> tree that talks-to-trees was having a chat with knows this can become an
> operational issue....