Re: Co-Lo and Connectivity options in Kuwait

2010-10-18 Thread Jim Mercer
is welcome. Thanks Dylan Ebner -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 You are more likely to be arrested as a terrorist than you are to be blown up by one. -- Dianora

Re: Mastercard problems

2010-12-09 Thread Jim Mercer
of the Wikileaks released cables: http://www.amazon.co.uk/WikiLeaks-documents-expose-foreign-conspiracies/dp/B004EEOLIU/ this is all becoming quite surreal. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 You are more likely to be arrested as a terrorist than you are to be blown up by one

Re: Mastercard problems

2010-12-09 Thread Jim Mercer
On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 05:18:39PM +, Roland Perry wrote: In article 20101209162936.ga9...@reptiles.org, Jim Mercer j...@reptiles.org writes amazon is selling a Kindle version of the Wikileaks released cables: http://www.amazon.co.uk/WikiLeaks-documents-expose-foreign-conspiracies/dp

SDSL circuits in UK?

2010-12-20 Thread Jim Mercer
in the spirit of globalization, i've now added the UK to north america. 8^) now, can anyone suggest a source for SDSL links, for private networks in the UK? -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 You are more likely to be arrested as a terrorist than you are to be blown

transit providers via FLAG fiber?

2011-01-13 Thread Jim Mercer
I have been asked to investigate the costs of adding transit capacity for a national ISP in the middle east/asia. they have access to a FLAG landing station. can someone provide pointers as to where to start? private emails would be good, and i'll summarize. thanx. -- Jim Mercerj

authority to route?

2012-11-12 Thread Jim Mercer
for some blocks I've taken over admin for. If I email the contacts for the AS in WHOIS, and get no response, or a negative response, should I start going to their peers? Some practical advice would be appreciated. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He

Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

2012-11-29 Thread Jim Mercer
nothing to do with their activities defence, at least not without poking about for a bit, which might include looking at your cellphone, your home phone, your bank records, and anything else they think (and a judge agrees) might need viewing to clear you. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j

Re: Andros Island Connectivity?

2013-05-01 Thread Jim Mercer
if that's still the case. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

kaspersky anti-virus tech, with a clue?

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Mercer
: these reports only started recently, so i suspect something was added to Kaspersky's virus database recently that kicked this off. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during

Re: economic value of low AS numbers

2011-11-17 Thread Jim Mercer
phone number auction, 71-44 went for $68,000 http://www.ameinfo.com/207677.html -- [ Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ stressed spelled backwards is desserts.] [coincidence? i think not. ]

Re: F-ckin Leap Seconds, how do they work?

2012-07-01 Thread Jim Mercer
it, it required the box to be rebooted. i didn't reboot: /etc/init.d/ntp stop date `date +%m%d%H%M%C%y.%S` /etc/init.d/ntp start seems to calm things right back to normal. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys

Re: URGENT - ISP/Telecom

2012-09-25 Thread Jim Mercer
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 05:49:24PM +0200, Olivier CALVANO wrote: I am looking for an operator that can build a ADSL or SDSL in record time. i used to pursue leads like this. now i get on all my boarding passes. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410

Re: really nasty attacks

2012-09-27 Thread Jim Mercer
guys in a gender-neutral manner. heh. some people use it in a globally-neutral manner. those guys over there pointing at a rack full of servers. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

Re: RFC becomes Visio

2012-09-28 Thread Jim Mercer
. on a napkin. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

Re: [NANOG] [Nanog] attempt to capture nominet board

2008-04-24 Thread Jim Mercer
___ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog -- Jim Mercer[EMAIL PROTECTED]+971 55 410-5633 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself

Re: Coop Peering Fabric??

2008-08-12 Thread Jim Mercer
scale at http://www.ottix.net -- Jim Mercer[EMAIL PROTECTED]+971 55 410-5633 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had

Re: Coop Peering Fabric??

2008-08-12 Thread Jim Mercer
and transit providers. i would bet that if someone analyzed the data, that it has maintained 5 9's reliability too, or pretty damn close for a best-effort facility. -- Jim Mercer[EMAIL PROTECTED]+971 55 410-5633 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak

Re: Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S.

2008-09-15 Thread Jim Mercer
there. -- Jim Mercer[EMAIL PROTECTED]+971 55 410-5633 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over Pearson's

Re: ASR1002

2010-01-19 Thread Jim Mercer
-Subscribe: http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog, mailto:nanog-requ...@nanog.org?subject=subscribe randy -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during

Re: New netblock Geolocate wrong (Google)

2010-01-19 Thread Jim Mercer
-communities-00.txt /sarcasm sorta like how RFC1530, over the course of 10 years, plus some ITU fiddling, became RFC3761 its interesting how many wheels seem to need re-inventing. 8^) -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here

OT: old farts recollecting -- Re: ASR1002

2010-01-19 Thread Jim Mercer
for days now, i've been trying to remember a quotation, which i vaguely seem to remember popping up in trn/nn or some USENET newsreader of old, along the lines of: the telephone, once commonly available in cities, or something like that. ring a bell for anyone? -- Jim Mercerj

Re: OT: old farts recollecting -- Re: ASR1002

2010-01-20 Thread Jim Mercer
large cities. -- Nathaniel Borenstein i'm guessing this is before the mobile phone explosion. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself

Re: Idiotic Newstar Networking Equipment Sales Droid

2010-01-20 Thread Jim Mercer
not generate sales, it will actually prevent future sales from occurring. you are assuming they actually read the list. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting

policies for 24.0.0.0/8 ?

2010-01-21 Thread Jim Mercer
i'm doing some consulting work for a cable operator in Pakistan. while i'm guessing that realistically we will be approaching RIPE for address space, i'm just wandering what happened to 24.0.0.0/8 and what policies govern who and what can use the address space there. -- Jim Mercerj

Re: policies for 24.0.0.0/8 ?

2010-01-22 Thread Jim Mercer
On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:07:35AM +, Nick Hilliard wrote: On 22/01/2010 05:07, Jim Mercer wrote: i'm just wandering what happened to 24.0.0.0/8 and what policies govern who and what can use the address space there. Not quite sure why you'd want to use 24/8. It became a normal address

google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging spammers?

2010-02-03 Thread Jim Mercer
we have recently started getting alot of spam, out of dubai, from ecampaigners@gmail.com all of the spam comes from/through google and google groups. is this accepted/supported activity on google? if not, where might i find a contact who can cluefully respond? -- Jim Mercerj

Re: google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging spammers?

2010-02-03 Thread Jim Mercer
or something, how else would he get on our list? and google is ok with that? geez, do no harm really? --jim On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Jim Mercer j...@reptiles.org wrote: we have recently started getting alot of spam, out of dubai, from ecampaigners@gmail.com all of the spam

Re: google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging spammers?

2010-02-03 Thread Jim Mercer
that. it is starting too look to me like google is quite happy to host spammers. or, at best, doesn't care if spammers use them to host their services. On 02/04/10 02:12, Jim Mercer wrote: [...] and google is ok with that? geez, do no harm really? --jim -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org

Re: google contact? why is google hosting/supporting/encouraging spammers?

2010-02-04 Thread Jim Mercer
On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 05:35:23PM -0600, Tony Varriale wrote: From: Jim Mercer j...@reptiles.org we have recently started getting alot of spam, out of dubai, from ecampaigners@gmail.com all of the spam comes from/through google and google groups. Not that I can point you

Re: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee

2010-02-22 Thread Jim Mercer
of it is just gonna be discarded anyways. ( i'm half joking ) -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret

Re: Useful URL for network operators

2010-03-30 Thread Jim Mercer
From: Guillaume FORTAINE gforta...@live.com To: me...@menog.net Subject: Re: [menog] Useful URL for network operators Dear all, Once again, please ignore Jim Mercer. He should do more homeworks too. a) I have never heard of Randy Bush b) I didn't coin the term EDoS : ... c) I have never

Re: Finding content in your job title

2010-03-31 Thread Jim Mercer
. i think my title ended up being Systems and Network Engineering Manager. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and President Lyndon

Re: What is The Internet TCP/IP or UNIX-to-UNIX ?

2010-04-04 Thread Jim Mercer
quite dedicated to using uucp over (dialup/X.25/carrier-pigeon) in order to extend email and USENET deep into the third world. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504

Re: What is The Internet TCP/IP or UNIX-to-UNIX ?

2010-04-05 Thread Jim Mercer
transport protocol. and the mail was left to continue on its path. i kinda feel like adding the same script back into my servers. 8^) -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967

speedtest suite like NDT that runs on FreeBSD?

2010-04-08 Thread Jim Mercer
i'm looking for a speedtest server suite, like NDT http://netspeed.stanford.edu/ which can be run using a FreeBSD server. any leads? thanx -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504

.cn / china registrars in US/canada ?

2010-04-17 Thread Jim Mercer
. -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+92 336 520-4504 I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak. - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over Pearson's cottage

Re: Reverse DNS Question

2010-04-21 Thread Jim Mercer
, this will only work if the name servers registered for the ip block actually contain data. check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup and, go to Guide to reverse zones in: http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/9792/Reverse-DNS-manual.pdf hope this is helpful -- Jim Mercer

mail admin contacts within gc.ca ?

2011-04-17 Thread Jim Mercer
anyone have a method of determining who to contact about DNS/email issues within gc.ca? i tried emailing postmas...@pco.gc.ca, but got a bounce back saying i was not on the 'approved list'. (pco.gc.ca being the group i need to contact) -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+1 416 410

Verisign Internet Defence Network

2011-05-30 Thread Jim Mercer
providers and getting them to assist in shutting down the attack? -- Jim Mercerj...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 You are more likely to be arrested as a terrorist than you are to be blown up by one. -- Dianora

Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

2014-10-22 Thread Jim Mercer
for being afraid of new technology, make sure that you yourself are not afraid of existing technology. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch [OT]

2014-10-24 Thread Jim Mercer
/environmental specific (and appropriately named) files in /etc/myapp.d/ --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

2014-10-27 Thread Jim Mercer
equivilent of Windows/XP, i say let them go ahead. every day that i have to work with linux, is another day i spend holding my nose. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead

Re: Does no one monitor the list on weekends?

2015-10-26 Thread Jim Mercer
ble. however, all the members seemed to be on auto-pilot as well. (or maybe enjoying their weekend) --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved b

thank you Re: spam smackdown?

2015-10-26 Thread Jim Mercer
he unpaid > volunteers for their gracious and excellent work day after day, year after > year. Or just STFU. > > For my part, I would just like to thank the CC members. I think they do a > most amazing job, and deserve of humblest gratitude. hear hear! -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Researc

old message

2015-10-26 Thread Jim Mercer
as opposed to the new message, which is getting old. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside

ultradns / neustar outage?

2015-10-15 Thread Jim Mercer
hi, we are hosting some domains at ultradns, and they all seem to be dead. anyone else seeing issues? --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well

Re: Best Source for ARIN Region /24

2016-01-12 Thread Jim Mercer
gt;> then one could argue you are cheating the system. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Matthew D. Hardeman > >> <mharde...@ipifony.com <mailto:mharde...@ipifony.com>> wrote: > >> I???m looking to buy a /24 o

Re: Any large IPv4 space brokers?

2016-03-01 Thread Jim Mercer
On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 05:32:44PM -0500, Paras Jha wrote: > Does anyone know of any IP space brokers other than Hilco Streambank? I'm > looking to get a feel for the market a little bit. register with the ARIN STLS, there are some blocks available there too. --jim -- Jim Mercer Rep

Re: Domain renawals

2016-09-21 Thread Jim Mercer
rksolutions.com and am looking for input on who is cheap, secure, > reliable registrar. Thanks for your input. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and w

Re: Domain renawals

2016-09-21 Thread Jim Mercer
james > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Jim Mercer <j...@reptiles.org> wrote: > > > > > cheap, secure, reliable > > > > pick two. > > > > --jim > > > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Jeff Jones <jeff.jjo...@gmail.com> > >

Re: ARIN legacy block transfer process

2016-09-30 Thread Jim Mercer
to buy from anyone on the list. works well, and less dodgy-ness, since everyone on the list has been vetted (to some degree) by ARIN. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving

Re: ARIN legacy block transfer process

2016-10-03 Thread Jim Mercer
of a pile of transfers from /24's to a /16, both inside ARIN, as well as a couple out of ARIN into RIPE. also did some with brokers (iptrading.com), as well as direct deals. as long as all the documentation is straight, the process seems to move along cleanly. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian

Re: Canadian Legacy Subnets & ARIN - Looking for feedback

2016-12-09 Thread Jim Mercer
All the paperwork refer to US legalese, which we have some > >> difficulties meshing with Canadian resources at our disposal. > >> > >>( And some level of form-phobia from my part =D ) > >> > >>Beside that, good friday. > >> > >> --

someone at chef.io ?

2017-06-27 Thread Jim Mercer
hi, can someone from chef.io reach out to me? seems we got blocked for downloads somehow. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body

Re: Proof of ownership; when someone demands you remove a prefix

2018-03-12 Thread Jim Mercer
ry by postal mail. Until you get a response to the > query YOU initiated to the POC, stick with the status quo. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > > > -- > William Herrin ........ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us > Dirtside Systems . We

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Jim Mercer
--jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and

Re: Parler

2021-01-10 Thread Jim Mercer
On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 06:15:21PM -0500, Izaac wrote: > Got links? bot. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to s

Re: gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Mercer
a lot of rules. :-) that being said, it was not my intent to start a deluge of requests for money, or in memorial posts. and, even if it did, those threads would soon die off, as with all the other threads. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life

Re: gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Mercer
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 09:23:11AM -0800, William Herrin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:40 AM Jim Mercer wrote: > > unsure if this is allowed or not, but, here goes. > > This is a lie. there are a myriad of lists focused on free speech issues, and domestic and international

Re: gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Mercer
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:04:02AM -0800, Sabri Berisha wrote: > - On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Jim Mercer j...@reptiles.org wrote: > > https://www.gofundme.com/f/ed-hew-medical-expenses > > Just a headsup for those outside of Canada. My transaction was processed > in

David Tilbrook / QEF - Re: gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Mercer
ten we report here on nanog the passing of major Internet contributors, > it seems even more fitting that we support these contributors when they???re > in need through no fault of their own. Thanks for posting this, Jim. > > -mel > > > On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:

gofundme Medical Expenses - Ed Hew

2021-01-25 Thread Jim Mercer
-- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly

Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

2021-03-23 Thread Jim Mercer
e Wish injected an ad for some plausibly NSFW item. no thanks. -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a

Re: Perhaps it's time to think about enhancements to the NANOG list...?

2021-03-20 Thread Jim Mercer
ailing-lists, with the ability for anyone to create their own sub-forums. it was quite popular for a while. --jim -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@reptiles.org+1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well pre