Re: Does Internet Speed Vary by Season?

2009-10-07 Thread Jerry Pasker
Ignoring the little distractions, and taking a 30,000 ft view on this topic, my thoughts were always that backbone capacity gets behind, and backbone takes time to provision. Then it catches up, or leap frogs demand just in time for a wane in traffic. Try as we may, you can only predict traff

Re: Interpersonal skills needed for Network Engineers

2008-02-18 Thread Jerry Pasker
R. Irving wrote: Looking for tech's that are "person" people defies the root demographic profile. Person people are extroverts, good technicians more often than not, are introverts. Seeking the Courtesan with the genuine heart of gold, as it were, is not only one of the oldest failings, b

just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Jerry Pasker
I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly, requests like these happen far too often, but never have I had someone com

Re: just...wow.

2009-12-30 Thread Jerry Pasker
Would it be possible to string along and coordinate with the appropriate law enforcement entity? tv Probably, but the fourth basic law of human stupidity (google it, and have a laugh) promisees that I would suffer for doing so. It's why I've never ever attempted to deal with any of these ty