RAS> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:25:17 -0500 RAS> From: Richard A Steenbergen RAS> I think the objections here are three-fold: "Researchers take advantage of ideal conditions and huge funding to do a fraction of what network engineers do every day" just doesn't help ratings. This is the same mass media that predicted the end of the world when our calendars turned 2000. Alas, I suppose a thread about "American mass media stinks" would be just about as revolutionary as that on which they "reported". The difference is that NANOG posts are cheaper and at least somewhat more accurate. Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:23:58 +0000 (GMT) From: A Trap <blacklist@brics.com> To: blacklist@brics.com Subject: Please ignore this portion of my mail signature. These last few lines are a trap for address-harvesting spambots. Do NOT send mail to <blacklist@brics.com>, or you are likely to be blocked.