On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
Now, even at this late date, it seems to me that many people, some in positions of power over the stuff we do here, still think that the folks who run the net are a bunch of asocial geeks and nerds who can't play nice together.
The folks on this list don't run the net. They just operate the equipment that runs one of the private networks that forms a portion of the Internet. They don't necessarily even make all of the policy decisions for that one network that they do operate. This is a plumbers list, not the municipal water board list.
Stipulated.
Anyway, my point is: if we, as the keepers of the bits, give the appearance that we can't keep our own sandbox clean, when someone is so clearly violating the rules which pertain to that portion of it, what appearance does that give of us to "outsiders", who may be listening in, about our ability to do the job we actually get paid for.
They're probably wondering why those plumbers don't solve the problem with a piece of lead pipe. Of course they fail to realize that most of the plumbers are wearing earplugs and are wondering what all the fuss is about.
<chuckle> I was _reaching_ for my lead pipe, Michael.
I've changed the subject line so people who aren't interested in this thread can can it.
Darn! Me too.
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