Apparently, though unproven, at 15:17 on Friday 10 June 2011, Joost Roeleveld did opine thusly:
> On Friday 10 June 2011 17:08:40 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 14:22, Joost Roeleveld <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > > On Friday 10 June 2011 08:52:15 Pandu Poluan wrote: > > >> -original message- > > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] IPv6 not ready here; Hmmm > > >> From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> > > >> Date: 2011-06-10 03:52 > > >> > > >> >And another bonus is that there are plenty of > > >> > > >> funny things we can spell in hexadecimal. ;) > > >> > > >> While I'm sure I'll tag the C001:D00D address for my workstation, I'm > > >> not sure upper management will appreciate me naming some servers > > >> DEAD:BEEF or BAD:D06 or A55:401E ... :-P > > > > > > If you don't tell them and, when they do notice, tell them that > > > changing the IPs is not recommended due to possible issues with the > > > installed software, you might get away with that. > > > > > > Although, why reserve those for servers instead of said management? ;) > > > > There's playing with fire, and there's playing with FIRE. :D > > Considering I regularly play with Nitro mixtures and sharp blades spinning > around through the air, playing with FIRE isn't too bad :) > > Besides, how many managers do you have that actually check the IP-addresses > the DHCP server gives their machines "randomly"? :) You have managers that know what an IP address is? Wow.... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
