Did I miss something or did my email get subscribed to the wrong list somewhere?! Steve (no wise words.. except maybe never eat yellow snow.. worth remembering, could save your life one day..) On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Sean M. Doran wrote:

Three men are portrayed sipping a ladle filled from a vat of vinegar. One makes a sour face, because the de-peering policy flies in the face of what is proper and conventional -- abandoning the ancient ritual of zero-fee peering for small networks runs contrary to Confucianism. Another makes a bitter face, because the de-peering reminds him that the world is full of desires and disappointments and that there is an unending wheel of pain for small ISPs, that interferes with their transcendence into a state of sustainable profitability. This change in Exodus's peering policy runs contrary to Buddhism. The third is happy, jovial and smiling. Does he work for C&W? Does he work for C&W's competitors? Does he work for a government regulatory body? Is he a lawyer? Or perhaps he just accepts that changes in policies are the way of the world, and that fighting against them is futile -- it is better to uncloud one's mind and realize for that those working in harmony with the circumstances of peering politics, what people perceive as negative may in fact be positive. Sourness and bitterness come from the interfering and unappreciateve mind. This peering policy, change to a Taoist, is sweet, especially if one is a "Taoist" pundit, prognosticator, contract litigation lawyer or telecommunications regulator!

Sean.