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I'd tend to agree. B Then again I'm just bitter, I expect it:). On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, John M. Brown wrote: > > Having been a participant of the NANOG list since 1995, twice > a past host of the meetings, and someone that believes we should > help and educate, I am most concerned over the trend that is > showing itself here on the list. > > This is a list about knowledge, share, help, and operations. > > Some on this list are "Old Pro's" others are just "Old ....." > > I see new names, new faces, sometimes the same questions, sometimes > slight variences of those questions. > > What then happens is people attack the sender (heck I've even been > slightly guilty of this), banish them to newbie.dev.nul. > > Threads move quickly from the question to debates on random junk > and thus become a waste to the community. > > When I first got on the Internet, 1984, it was full of cooperative > and helpful people. 18 years later, not so much. > > We have real issues to deal with, DMCA, Clarke, The Implosion of ICANN > (with means the ITU will run things me thinks, not good), and various > other laws, acts and general clue.void from .void.gov. > > So instead of picking on each other, calling it "standard NANOG hazing" > or whatever, lets help, be good in our technical honesty, or don't > post. If someone doesn't listen to your answer, a BIGGER stick isn't > going to help, take it private, or move along. > > We are all pro's here, right ?? We got a net to run, lets go do it. > > respectfully, > > john brown > a person not speaking for anyone else >
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