On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:15:52 EDT, batz said: > To a network technician, it doesn't matter whether it's terrorists or cow > tipping teenagers causing outages, as the depth of analysis required to > fix the problem doesn't involve speculating about the identities and > motives of the perpetrators.
Actually, it does. If it's a cable cut caused by a backhoe or a cow-tipping
teenager, I can probably safely send out a tech with a splicing kit. If
it's a terrorist attack, I may want to think for a bit whether I can re-route
around it and let authorities secure the area before I even THINK of sending
in a tech with a splicing kit.
It's the rare backhoe or bovine that presents a threat of boobytraps,
chemical/biological weapons, snipers, etc....
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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