Let me say a few words about David Tilbrook.
Unlike the author of that very nice linked article below I knew David
quite well. I co-chaired a couple of Usenix conferences with him and
even flew to Toronto for his daughter's bat mitzvah (umm, because he
invited me), etc.
He was very smart, he'd
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 01:41:35PM -0500, Tom Beecher wrote:
> I just don't want to see this devolve into a pissing match that ends up
> requiring a rule to be created about such things.
if we created rules for everything on this list that turned into a pissing
match, we would have a lot of rules
I personally have no issue with the OP, or the idea of recognizing the work
of those who have come before.
I just don't want to see this devolve into a pissing match that ends up
requiring a rule to be created about such things.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:31 PM Mel Beckman wrote:
> Tom,
>
> I th
Tom,
I think it’s fair to defend good and decent ideas on NANOG.
In my opinion, it’s a good and decent idea that we spend a tiny amount of
bandwidth acknowledging Internet pioneers and helping them as they encounter
unexpected adversity. Jim’s posting of Ed Hew’s GoFundMe is just such a good
a
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 10:08 AM Jim Mercer wrote:
> 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 have been any number of threads, shor
Guys, let's maybe turn the temperature down a bit.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:04 PM Mel Beckman wrote:
> Bill,
>
> So, we can only mention in this forum the actual death of Internet
> pioneers, such as Mark Crispin, Jon Postel, and Jeanette Symons?
>
> What if the person’s health is tied to a maj
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 CAD instead of USD. Not t
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 politics of all k
- On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:37 AM, Jim Mercer j...@reptiles.org wrote:
Hi,
> https://www.gofundme.com/f/ed-hew-medical-expenses
Just a headsup for those outside of Canada. My transaction was processed
in CAD instead of USD. Not that I care as amex doesn't charge foreign fees
on my card, but if y
Bill,
So, we can only mention in this forum the actual death of Internet pioneers,
such as Mark Crispin, Jon Postel, and Jeanette Symons?
What if the person’s health is tied to a major infrastructure component, such
as http://www.registry.ca? No? Not a valid “operational” case?
Your position s
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:40 AM Jim Mercer wrote:
> unsure if this is allowed or not, but, here goes.
Hi Jim,
This is a lie. If you weren't sure, you'd have asked if it was ok to
do the thing without actually doing the thing. That you went ahead and
did it says you were pretty sure it was agains
unrelated, but, David Tilbrook, an early Unix pioneer, passed away a week or
so ago. due to COVID.
https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2021/01/remembering-the-work-of-david-m-tilbrook-and-the-qed-editor.html
--jim
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:59:27PM +, Mel Beckman wrote:
> So often
So often 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 8:40 AM, Jim Mercer wrote:
>
>
> unsure if
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