Re: Holiday Songs
thanks to all who replied, my family really enjoyed it. - Original Message - From: JC Dill jcdill.li...@gmail.com Cc: NANOG list nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:13 AM Subject: Re: Holiday Songs Network Working Group B. Hancock Request for Comments: 1882 Network-1 Software and Technology, Inc. Category: InformationalDecember 1995 The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Discussion On the first day of Christmas, technology gave to me: A database with a broken b-tree (what the hell is a b-tree anyway?) On the second day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Two transceiver failures (CRC errors? Collisions? What is going on?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Rebuild WHAT? It's a 10GB database!) On the third day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Three French users (who, of course, think they know everything) Two transceiver failures (which are now spewing packets all over the net) And a database with a broken b-tree (Backup? What backup?) On the fourth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Four calls for support (playing the same Christmas song over and over) Three French users (Why do they like to argue so much over trivial things?) Two transceiver failures (How the hell do I know which ones they are?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Pointer error? What's a pointer error?) On the fifth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Five golden SCSI contacts (Of course they're better than silver!) Four support calls (Ever notice how time stands still when on hold? Three French users (No, we don't have footpedals on PC's. Why do you ask?) Two transceiver failures (If I knew which ones were bad, I would know which ones to fix!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Not till next week? Are you nuts?!?!) On the sixth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Six games a-playing (On the production network, of course!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean not terminated!) Four support calls (No, don't transfer me again - do you HEAR? Damn!) Three French users (No, you cannot scan in by putting the page to the screen...) Two transceiver failures (I can't look at the LEDs - they're in the ceiling!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Norway? That's where this was written?) On the seventh day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Seven license failures (Expired? When?) Six games a-playing (Please stop tying up the PBX to talk to each other!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean I need wide SCSI?) Four support calls (At least the Muzak is different this time...) Three French Users (Well, monsieur, there really isn't an any key, but...) Two transceiver failures (SQE? What is that? If I knew I would set it myself!) And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I really need to talk to Lars - NOW!) On the eighth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Eight MODEMs dialing (Who bought these? They're a security violation!) Seven license failures (How many WEEKS to get a license?) Six games a-playing (What do you mean one pixel per packet on updates?!?) Five golden SCSI contacts (Fast SCSI? It's supposed to be fast, isn't it?) Four support calls (I already told them that! Don't transfer me back - DAMN!) Three French users (No, CTL-ALT-DEL is not the proper way to end a program) Two transceiver failures (What do you mean babbling transceiver?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Does anyone speak English in Oslo?) On the ninth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Nine lady executives with attitude (She said do WHAT with the servers?) Eight MODEMs dialing (You've been downloading WHAT?) Seven license failures (We sent the P.O. two months ago!) Six games a-playing (HOW many people are doing this to the network?) Five golden SCSI
Re: Holiday Songs
Network Working Group B. Hancock Request for Comments: 1882 Network-1 Software and Technology, Inc. Category: InformationalDecember 1995 The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Discussion On the first day of Christmas, technology gave to me: A database with a broken b-tree (what the hell is a b-tree anyway?) On the second day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Two transceiver failures (CRC errors? Collisions? What is going on?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Rebuild WHAT? It's a 10GB database!) On the third day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Three French users (who, of course, think they know everything) Two transceiver failures (which are now spewing packets all over the net) And a database with a broken b-tree (Backup? What backup?) On the fourth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Four calls for support (playing the same Christmas song over and over) Three French users (Why do they like to argue so much over trivial things?) Two transceiver failures (How the hell do I know which ones they are?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Pointer error? What's a pointer error?) On the fifth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Five golden SCSI contacts (Of course they're better than silver!) Four support calls (Ever notice how time stands still when on hold? Three French users (No, we don't have footpedals on PC's. Why do you ask?) Two transceiver failures (If I knew which ones were bad, I would know which ones to fix!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Not till next week? Are you nuts?!?!) On the sixth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Six games a-playing (On the production network, of course!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean not terminated!) Four support calls (No, don't transfer me again - do you HEAR? Damn!) Three French users (No, you cannot scan in by putting the page to the screen...) Two transceiver failures (I can't look at the LEDs - they're in the ceiling!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Norway? That's where this was written?) On the seventh day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Seven license failures (Expired? When?) Six games a-playing (Please stop tying up the PBX to talk to each other!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean I need wide SCSI?) Four support calls (At least the Muzak is different this time...) Three French Users (Well, monsieur, there really isn't an any key, but...) Two transceiver failures (SQE? What is that? If I knew I would set it myself!) And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I really need to talk to Lars - NOW!) On the eighth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Eight MODEMs dialing (Who bought these? They're a security violation!) Seven license failures (How many WEEKS to get a license?) Six games a-playing (What do you mean one pixel per packet on updates?!?) Five golden SCSI contacts (Fast SCSI? It's supposed to be fast, isn't it?) Four support calls (I already told them that! Don't transfer me back - DAMN!) Three French users (No, CTL-ALT-DEL is not the proper way to end a program) Two transceiver failures (What do you mean babbling transceiver?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Does anyone speak English in Oslo?) On the ninth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Nine lady executives with attitude (She said do WHAT with the servers?) Eight MODEMs dialing (You've been downloading WHAT?) Seven license failures (We sent the P.O. two months ago!) Six games a-playing (HOW many people are doing this to the network?) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean two have the same ID?) Four support calls (No, I am not at the console - I tried that already.) Three French users (No, only one floppy fits at a time? Why do you ask?) Two transceiver failures (Spare? What spare?) And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I am trying to find Lars! L-A-R-S!) On the tenth day of
RE: Holiday Songs
Excellent :) Stephen Stack Systems Administrator - Network -Original Message- From: Paul WALL [mailto:pauldotw...@gmail.com] Sent: 22 December 2010 05:53 To: NANOG list Subject: Holiday Songs An old classic, but maybe it will help put everyone in the holiday spirit. The Twelve Days of NYIIX On the first day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, A BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the second day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the third day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the fourth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the fifth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the sixth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the seventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the eighth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the ninth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the tenth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the eleventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Eleven OSPF hellos, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the twelfth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Twelve peers in half-duplex, Eleven OSPF hellos, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. Disclaimer link. To see it, click the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser's address line. http://www.citco.com/emaildisclaimer.htm
Re: Holiday Songs
(must delurk to say) Very nice! May I show this to family? Robert - Original Message - From: JC Dill jcdill.li...@gmail.com Cc: NANOG list nanog@nanog.org Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 3:13 AM Subject: Re: Holiday Songs Network Working Group B. Hancock Request for Comments: 1882 Network-1 Software and Technology, Inc. Category: InformationalDecember 1995 The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Discussion On the first day of Christmas, technology gave to me: A database with a broken b-tree (what the hell is a b-tree anyway?) On the second day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Two transceiver failures (CRC errors? Collisions? What is going on?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Rebuild WHAT? It's a 10GB database!) On the third day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Three French users (who, of course, think they know everything) Two transceiver failures (which are now spewing packets all over the net) And a database with a broken b-tree (Backup? What backup?) On the fourth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Four calls for support (playing the same Christmas song over and over) Three French users (Why do they like to argue so much over trivial things?) Two transceiver failures (How the hell do I know which ones they are?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Pointer error? What's a pointer error?) On the fifth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Five golden SCSI contacts (Of course they're better than silver!) Four support calls (Ever notice how time stands still when on hold? Three French users (No, we don't have footpedals on PC's. Why do you ask?) Two transceiver failures (If I knew which ones were bad, I would know which ones to fix!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Not till next week? Are you nuts?!?!) On the sixth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Six games a-playing (On the production network, of course!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean not terminated!) Four support calls (No, don't transfer me again - do you HEAR? Damn!) Three French users (No, you cannot scan in by putting the page to the screen...) Two transceiver failures (I can't look at the LEDs - they're in the ceiling!) And a database with a broken b-tree (Norway? That's where this was written?) On the seventh day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Seven license failures (Expired? When?) Six games a-playing (Please stop tying up the PBX to talk to each other!) Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean I need wide SCSI?) Four support calls (At least the Muzak is different this time...) Three French Users (Well, monsieur, there really isn't an any key, but...) Two transceiver failures (SQE? What is that? If I knew I would set it myself!) And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I really need to talk to Lars - NOW!) On the eighth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Eight MODEMs dialing (Who bought these? They're a security violation!) Seven license failures (How many WEEKS to get a license?) Six games a-playing (What do you mean one pixel per packet on updates?!?) Five golden SCSI contacts (Fast SCSI? It's supposed to be fast, isn't it?) Four support calls (I already told them that! Don't transfer me back - DAMN!) Three French users (No, CTL-ALT-DEL is not the proper way to end a program) Two transceiver failures (What do you mean babbling transceiver?) And a database with a broken b-tree (Does anyone speak English in Oslo?) On the ninth day of Christmas, technology gave to me: Nine lady executives with attitude (She said do WHAT with the servers?) Eight MODEMs dialing (You've been downloading WHAT?) Seven license failures (We sent the P.O. two months ago!) Six games a-playing (HOW many people are doing this to the network?) Five golden
Holiday Songs
An old classic, but maybe it will help put everyone in the holiday spirit. The Twelve Days of NYIIX On the first day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, A BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the second day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the third day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the fourth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the fifth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the sixth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the seventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the eighth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the ninth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the tenth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the eleventh day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Eleven OSPF hellos, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree. On the twelfth day of Christmas, NYIIX gave to me, Twelve peers in half-duplex, Eleven OSPF hellos, Ten proxy ARPs, Nine CDP neighbors, Eight defaulting peers, Seven broadcast floods, Six maintenances notices, Five flapping sessions, Four Foundry crashes, Three routing leaks, Two forwarding loops, And a BPDU from someone's spanning tree.
