Thanks for the justification...
-----Original Message----- From: Joel Jaeggli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Koch, Christian CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Mon Jul 14 23:23:52 2008 Subject: Re: [Nanog-futures] Bhutan discovers the "NANOG Problem"... Koch, Christian wrote: > 43 was my first nanog - needless to say, majority of the people > attending were on laptops not paying attention to the presenter. > > We all have jobs, but if you can't leave your job for a few days w/o > needing to be in front of your computer doing _something_ , send someone > else to the conference who will benefit from the material being discussed... It's a community full of high-functional Asberger's sufferers... As are a lot of engineering disciplines. It's hard to assert that they aren't paying attention without testing that hypothesis. Given the quantity of feedback that we receive about the quality of the program from people who are alleged to not be paying attention, I would conclude otherwise. The NANOG culture is substantially different for a lot of conference environments one might attend, I'm not sure that's a bad thing. > Surely I understand situations arise where you have to fire up your vpn > and do something, and that's foreseeable, but if you're going to just go > to the con to be on your laptop all day, what is the point? > > ck > > -- > Christian Koch > Sr. Network Engineer > 95 Christopher Columbus Drive > Jersey City, NJ 07302 > Direct:212/334.8551 Mobile:917/346.6133 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon Jul 14 22:52:44 2008 > Subject: Re: [Nanog-futures] Bhutan discovers the "NANOG Problem"... > > Robert Seastrom said the following on 7/7/08 05:16: > > It seems that Bhutan is having trouble with web surfing and gaming > > during their sessions: > > > > http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKB12933220080630 > > It is a thought though... > > Should we try a NANOG without network or power provision in the main > plenary room? People would have to listen to the presenter with 100% > attention then. Would this make the programme better? Would there be > more Q&A? Would there be more discussion in panel sessions? Would it > make NANOG better overall? > > Some meetings I go to now have enforced laptop bans so that the topics > under discussion have less chance of distracted participants. > > (I still remember some of the feedback from the NANOG IPv6 hour back in > February - even having no IPv4 connectivity for 60 minutes was > equivalent to the end of the world for some people. Left me wondering > what the actual plenary session was for.) > > Having just come back from JANOG, while JANOG apparently had wireless > for the first time ever, there was no power in the room. Longlife > batteries needed. I noticed the majority of the audience was actually > sitting and listening to the presentations, and there was good Q&A after > most of them. > > philip > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Nanog-futures mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures > > QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message > including its attachments is classified COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL. It is > intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain confidential material. Quality Technology Services controls the > distribution of COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL assets, as such, any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > 866-239-5000 and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Nanog-futures mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message including its attachments is classified COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL. It is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential material. Quality Technology Services controls the distribution of COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL assets, as such, any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 866-239-5000 and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.
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