On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:09 AM t...@pelican.org <t...@pelican.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 February, 2021 22:37, "Warren Kumari" <war...@kumari.net> > said: > > > 4: Not too long after I started doing networking (and for the same small > > ISP in Yonkers), I'm flying off to install a new customer. I (of course) > > think that I'm hot stuff because I'm going to do the install, configure > the > > router, whee, look at me! Anyway, I don't want to check a bag, and so I > > stuff the Cisco 2501 in a carryon bag, along with tools, etc (this was > all > > pre-9/11!). I'm going through security and the TSA[0] person opens my bag > > and pulls the router out. "What's this?!" he asks. I politely tell him > that > > it's a router. He says it's not. I'm still thinking that I'm the new > > hotness, and so I tell him in a somewhat condescending way that it is, > and > > I know what I'm talking about. He tells me that it's not a router, and is > > starting to get annoyed. I explain using my "talking to a 5 year old" > voice > > that it most certainly is a router. He tells me that lying to airport > > security is a federal offense, and starts looming at me. I adjust my > > attitude and start explaining that it's like a computer and makes the > > Internet work. He gruffly hands me back the router, I put it in my bag > and > > scurry away. As I do so, I hear him telling his colleague that it wasn't > a > > router, and that he certainly knows what a router is, because he does > > woodwork... > > Here in the UK we avoid that issue by pronouncing the packet-shifter as > "rooter", and only the wood-working tool as "rowter" :) > > Of course, it raises a different set of problems when talking to the > Australians... > Yes. I discovered this while walking around Sydney wearing my "I have root @ Google" t-shirt.... got some odd looks/snickers... W > > Cheers, > Tim. > > > -- The computing scientist’s main challenge is not to get confused by the complexities of his own making. -- E. W. Dijkstra
