Instant Message Excerpts: On Being a Network Engineer, 12

Posted By on July 18, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Dealing with a recalcitrant Cisco 7609 last night:

Jim(23:12:37): so there is nothing we can do
Russ(23:12:47): the equipment is, shall we say, untrustworthy
Jim(23:13:05): do u think adding that 2nd sup card screwed the box?
Russ(23:13:52): it might have done…. but the chassis was already laying back and thinking of England

Yeah, I use green text for my IMs at work. It used to stand out. Not so much anymore, since now half my teammates use green text to make their IMs stand out.
Maybe I should switch to red, just to make each of my IMs look like an emergency.

Two-fers

Posted By on July 16, 2010 at 1:41 pm

Terrorist supporter? Check.
Lawyer? Check.
It’s like a mélange of evils. And it’s going to prison.



Another two-fer, of a different nature, this one via Doug Powers:

[T]oday we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace.

There is, of course, only one Vietnam now. North Vietnam invaded, conquered and annexed South Vietnam and sent much of its population — those who couldn’t flee via boat — to reeducation camps.
To celebrate Sheila Jackson-Lee’s ignorance, Vietnam has announced the city of Hue will be renamed “Huh?”