RE: Calling all NANOG'ers - idea for national hardware price quote registry

2005-09-16 Thread Dave Hilton
Gang, I just went through this matter in another venue (SAGe). My company's policy, and I know there are others equally stringent, is that I may divulge which products from which vendors I have looked at, and I may tell which one I picked. However, I may not divulge my processes for decision

RE: Calling all NANOG'ers - idea for national hardware price quote registry

2005-09-16 Thread Dave Hilton
marshall, No, you are not. We live or die by them. Hilton

RE: Stanford Hack Exposes 10,000

2005-05-25 Thread Dave Hilton
Just like the original law provided. Around about whenever the US Federal Government gets the hint and passes a bill which makes it illegal to use social security numbers for any purpose other than the administration of social security. Hilton But I'll bet you knew that and I just bit down

RE: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?

2005-05-11 Thread Dave Hilton
through their cable medium. Maybe I have been mislead, maybe things have changed, but, just to be on the safe side - my household is sticking to analog cable, and several DSL lines, much to Comcast's disgust. Dave Hilton

RE: Cisco to merge with Nabisco

2005-04-01 Thread Dave Hilton
Runts are hereinafter referred to as crumbs. Hilton

RE: Cisco to merge with Nabisco

2005-04-01 Thread Dave Hilton
Must we now redefine nibbles bytes.

A polite request for opinions about equipment

2005-03-11 Thread Dave Hilton
Hello, Gang. I am considering using a Foundry MG8. If you have knowledge of this device, please reply off-list with any comments, experiences, or gasps of utter shock. Thank you. Dave Hilton Network Administrator entelos(r) Foster City, CA Notice: I tend to become apprehensive when my

RE: Earthquake in Northern California

2004-09-28 Thread Dave Hilton
Foster City (zip 94404) The Liquidation Capital of Northern California. There was some mild rolling, window blinds swaying, minor ripples in the coffee cup. Not enough to knock our 172.16 down to 86.8 Dave Hilton Staff System Administrator entelos(r) Foster City, CA Notice: I tend

RE: Senator Diane Feinstein Wants to know about the Benefits of P2P

2004-08-31 Thread Dave Hilton
To those of authority, single-point-of-failure equates to centralized control. With the word control in large neon capital letters. Dave Hilton Staff System Administrator entelos(r) Foster City, CA Notice: I tend to become apprehensive when my position in the food chain becomes ambiguous

RE: UPS and generator interaction?

2004-03-29 Thread Dave Hilton
I had trouble like this years ago. Seems that some UPSes only recognize sine-wave AC power, whereas some UPSes provice something more like sawtooth or square-wave AC power. Inserting a Variac (very inefficient) between the generator and the sensitive UPSes fixed the problem. Dave Hilton

RE: Verizon mail troubles

2004-01-29 Thread Dave Hilton
I can only deduce, from watching this thread, that Verizon and SBC must share technicians and telephone support personnel. Dave Hilton Staff System Administrator entelos(r) Foster City, CA Asset (n.): Diminutive posterior. See BACKUP. Backup (n. or v.): Method of protecting Asset.

RE: Don't Panic II (Re: updated root hints file)

2004-01-29 Thread Dave Hilton
The question was asked: I wonder how many systems will _still_ be trying to get to b.root-servers.net at the old address in 5 or even 10 years. Any one built with any copy of the grasshopper book version 3 or earlier. Look up the section titled The Root Cache Data in your fpersonal copy.

RE: Tomatoes for Verisign at NANOG 29

2003-10-16 Thread Dave Hilton
In reference to some earlier politically active days: Hey! Hey! Ver - i - sign ! How Many Domains Do You Think Are Thine? Hilton