[AusNOG] OT: Re: FW: Useful tools - IPv6 Buddy - ITS REAL!

[Joseph Goldman]

My best guess would be It started as a joke, then they got so much demand that they would have been stupid not to capitalise. Surely these things must cost next to nothing to have made in china or the likes!

Thanks,
Joseph

On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:09 AM, "Michael Biber" <mbiber at ipv6forum.com.au> wrote:

> I am gob smacked this is real. It forces me to rethink the degree of my  understand of the universe and all things therein. I’m now wondering about my initial reaction to the pretty girls advertising. I thought it was a joke within a joke but it appears it wasn’t.
> Mike Biber
>  
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Sean K. Finn
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 January 2012 1:49 PM
> To: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> Subject: [AusNOG] OT: Re: FW: Useful tools - IPv6 Buddy - ITS REAL!
>  
> IPv6 Buddy is REAL…
>  
> I got mine this week. Stuck it onto a dummy PC,there’s not even any Malware loaded into it! (Not Mine, Anyway).
>  
> All the buttons work as expected, too.
>  
> defabc794561230.:::/      [ßTAB][BACKSPACE][ENTER]
>  
> All lowercase too. (Not uppercase unless you hold SHIFT).
>  
> S.
>  
> <image001.jpg>
>  
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Jason Leschnik
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 9:48 AM
> To: Glen Turner
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] FW: Useful tools - IPv6 Buddy
>  
> So what is the difference between this and a well dressed man to advertise it to the female population of engineers?
>  
> Eitherway you try and analyse the pictures they have used, your either being sexist or stereotyping the work people do.
>  
> You could not put a picture of anyone on their front page without offending someone.
>  
> Otherwise... I think it's Geeky & Cool. A fun toy for the desk and nothing more.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Glen Turner <gdt at gdt.id.au> wrote:
> http://www.ipv6buddy.com/
> 
> If you wonder why there are so few women in this industry, consider their representative sample of network engineers.
> 
> Since I don't support sexist advertising I won't get one. No great loss since there's this technology that gives useful names to IP addresses...
> 
> -glen
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