Thank you Mr. Beecher, and though I agree the size of the image is small, I do have to agree with Mr Tillery that the image is inappropriate use of NANOG, and *the time of hundreds of network operators far above my level.* After sending it, in an attempt to *be at least slightly useful* by providing some Friday afternoon levity, I did second guess sending the meme, and wished I had utilized my mother's wisdom and used my words instead. Apologies to those I ruffled, and I promise *any standard I apply to myself* in the future will be, at least, an effort to equal the esteem gathered here. michael brooks Enterprise Network Architect Adams 12 Five Star Schools michael.brooks@adams12.org :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: "flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss" On Sun, Sep 6, 2026 at 10:05 AM Tom Beecher <beecher@beecher.cc> wrote:
Whilst I may not be a fan of all the signature fufu that some people include in their emails, Mr. Brooks' entire message, inclusive of headers, is 16.2KB. Excluding headers, 2.1KB.
A fair bit away from 'most of a megabyte' I would say.
On 4 September 2026 21:46:42 CEST, michael brooks - ESC < michael.brooks@adams12.org> wrote:
[image: image.png]
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM Kevin Tillery via NANOG < nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
I'll be the contrarian here. Surely whether or not this is sane
depends on
the total price and surrounding circumstances. If a provider charges say $200 for a service, whether they itemize it as $200 connection, free BGP, free IPs; or $180 connection, $20 BGP, free IPs; or $1 connection, $9 BGP, $190 for IPs to run BGP on; is entirely up to them and makes little difference. _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list
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Is this really an appropriate use of NANOG?
Often when I post to NANOG, I am worried that I am being the "reply guy", wasting the time of hundreds of network operators far above my level with some nonsense, and I do not post things that I think will not be at least slightly useful. And I am worried that I am not skilled in
On 9/5/26 8:14 PM, Kevin Tillery via NANOG wrote: professional English writing. But this is far below any standard I apply to myself.
This image is now wasting most of a megabyte in how many important
people's mailboxes?
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