[AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns

[Matt Perkins]

AT&c1&d1&e0x3s0=1&w

And the correct term is Getty defs BTW.

Oh s* im old.

Matt.


On 13/02/2015 3:42 pm, Mark Dignam wrote:
>
> Old Hand = can remember Dialup modem setup strings.. J
>
> Really Old Hand = can remember plugging said strings into Unix getty 
> configs.
>
> *From:*AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *Daniel Hood
> *Sent:* Friday, 13 February 2015 12:21 PM
> *To:* Jacob Gardiner
> *Cc:* AUSNOG
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] On Old Hands and Young Uns
>
> Seems like it.
>
> What age counts as a young un?
>
> On 13/02/2015 3:08 pm, "Jacob Gardiner" <jacob at jacobgardiner.com 
> <mailto:jacob at jacobgardiner.com>> wrote:
>
> Busy Friday, Karl?
>
> -- 
> Jacob Gardiner
> @jacobgardiner <https://twitter.com/jacobgardiner>
>
> On 13 February 2015 at 2:43:15 pm, Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au 
> <mailto:kauer at biplane.com.au>) wrote:
>
>     There's nothing new under the sun, so no doubt this has been
>     suggested
>     before.
>
>     It seems to me that AusNOG regularly has problems with some "Young
>     Un"
>     not knowing "The Rules", with the inevitable result that a goodly
>     proportion of the "Old Hands" get their knickers in a twist, the
>     "young
>     'uns" get frustrated, the quality of "genteel intercourse" drops
>     with an
>     audible thud, and far too many passive-aggressive "double quotes" get
>     used.
>
>     When someone new bombs into the hitherto placid pool of AusNOG, the
>     splash (and sometimes the scream) is usually pretty audible. It's
>     quickly obvious to all that there's a new face around, a fresh
>     face, one
>     with its eyes on the prize, and not at all on the Ways of AusNOG.
>
>     My suggestion is this. If you are an Old Hand, and you find your
>     nether
>     regions being cramped in unpleasant ways, and upon inspection
>     discover
>     that you knickers are, in fact, twisted, why not contact the
>     offending
>     Young Un off-list and offer your services as a Mentor? You would be
>     doing everyone a favour, including yourself. The nasty, noisy
>     pitter-patter of little feet would stop, the Young Un concerned would
>     get further, faster (and might avoid a few embarrassing and costly
>     mistakes), and AusNOG could remain the pristine place of quiet
>     worship
>     it has always been. You as Mentor would have the satisfaction of
>     helping
>     a lot of people and probably learning a thing or two yourself.
>
>     In due course said Young Un, now trained in the Way of AusNOG, could
>     take his or her place amongst the elite, accrete suitable amounts of
>     crustiness and possibly even (obviously many, many, many years hence)
>     mentor someone in turn, thus paying off their huge karmic debt.
>
>     Just a thought.
>
>     Regards, K.
>
>     PS: If I knew anything I'd mentor someone.
>
>     -- 
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
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