[SATLUG] OT: Walmart Selling Linux PCs/ Right-Left paradigm

[Charles Hogan]

Brad Knowles wrote:
> On 11/3/07, Brad Knowles wrote:
> 
>>  The sad thing is that, at the late stages where I was involved, the
>>  SIPRnet Manager was still seriously considering using random network
>>  numbers pulled out of their @$$ and static HOSTS.TXT tables, instead
>>  of real registered network numbers as assigned by the NIC and using
>>  a dynamic`1
> 
> Great.  So one of the damn fucking cats must have laid on the keyboard 
> and somehow managed to send that message before it was ready.  Great.
LOL - If they are going to be doing stuff like that, you should really 
put them to work to earn their keep.
http://www.futuretechsolutions.com/~cdhogan/photos/Cats/Schmuck_09.jpg

> 
> 
> What I was trying to say is that I managed to convince them to use real 
> DNS and real network numbers as issued by the NIC.  And this was as late 
> as mid-'95.
> 
> So, even if all this stuff was invented by really, really smart 
> scientists and engineers for ARPAnet/Milnet/whatever, there were plenty 
> of damn stupid idiots who were involved in managing the thing who 
> wouldn't know their ass from a hole in the ground.
Replacing the idiots would have been the perfect job for the kitties.

> 
>>>  I respect Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, but I think they're giving too much
>>>  credit to Gore.
> 
> I've done some research on this.  It turns out that Gore did actually do 
> quite a lot for the Internet as a sponsor and champion, through his 
> various political positions and offices.  Maybe not quite as much as 
> they're giving him credit for now, but quite a bit more than you seem to 
> be willing to give.
> 
Though his original quote could probably be considered technically 
correct, I still think it was spun to appear to give more credit than 
deserved.  But the deserved credit is more than I had previously thought.

Charles