Re: Fwd: [Filtering of NTP-access to swisstime.ethz.ch as of July 1st, 2013]
On 6/25/2013 9:52 AM, Anthony Williams wrote:
Also a Usenet posting (who still uses that, right?) to comp.protocols.time.ntp will also help get the word out.
There is a fair amount of on-topic traffic of recent vintage on that froup. What is it about people that makes them free-load on services like NTP chimes and DNSBLS but refuse to stay in contact with(or at least contactable by) the providers when important stuff is pending? -- Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators: Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes. (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net> wrote:
What is it about people that makes them free-load on services like NTP chimes and DNSBLS but refuse to stay in contact with(or at least contactable by) the providers when important stuff is pending?
Several generations of employees past the ones who made the settings to use them, and nobody realizes or audits where they are pointed or what they depend on. -- -george william herbert george.herbert@gmail.com
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 06:38:05PM -0500, Larry Sheldon wrote:
What is it about people that makes them free-load on services like NTP chimes and DNSBLS but refuse to stay in contact with(or at least contactable by) the providers when important stuff is pending?
It's on the Internet. Therefore it must be free. (See also: TV programs who broadcast youtube videos) - Matt -- A few minutes ago I attempted to give a flying fsck, but the best I could do was to watch it skitter across the floor. -- Anthony de Boer, ASR
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