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Re: Reminiscing our first internet connections (WAS) Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that


From: Paul Ebersman <list-nanog2 () dragon net>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 22:12:43 -0700

kauer> When *I* were a lad we had to touch the wires with our tongues to
kauer> tell one from zero, no job for a sissy lemme tell you.

Wires? You had wires? We had to cut out our own intestines, braid them
into strands and dip them in salt water to make them conductive.

Our bosses would feed us a cup of sulphuric acid, work us in 29 hour
shifts, then kill us, and dance over our graves, singing Hallelujah.

kauer> You tell that to young folk these days and they don't believe
kauer> you...

Nope, Nope.

Damn millenials... Killing the internet...


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