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- Network Working Group B. Hancock
- Request for Comments: 1882 Network-1 Software and Technology, Inc.
- Category: Informational December 1995
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- The 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
- does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
- this memo is unlimited.
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- Discussion
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- On the first day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- A database with a broken b-tree (what the hell is a b-tree
- anyway?)
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- On the second day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Two transceiver failures (CRC errors? Collisions? What is
- going on?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Rebuild WHAT? It's a
- 10GB database!)
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- On the third day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Three French users (who, of course, think they know
- everything)
- Two transceiver failures (which are now spewing packets all
- over the net)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Backup? What backup?)
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- On the fourth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Four calls for support (playing the same Christmas song over
- and over)
- Three French users (Why do they like to argue so much over
- trivial things?)
- Two transceiver failures (How the hell do I know which ones
- they are?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Pointer error? What's a
- pointer error?)
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- Hancock Informational [Page 1]
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- RFC 1882 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas December 1995
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- On the fifth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Five golden SCSI contacts (Of course they're better than
- silver!)
- Four support calls (Ever notice how time stands still when on
- hold?
- Three French users (No, we don't have footpedals on PC's. Why
- do you ask?)
- Two transceiver failures (If I knew which ones were bad, I
- would know which ones to fix!)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Not till next week? Are
- you nuts?!?!)
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- On the sixth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Six games a-playing (On the production network, of course!)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean "not terminated!")
- Four support calls (No, don't transfer me again - do you HEAR?
- Damn!)
- Three French users (No, you cannot scan in by putting the page
- to the screen...)
- Two transceiver failures (I can't look at the LEDs - they're
- in the ceiling!)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Norway? That's where this
- was written?)
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- On the seventh day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Seven license failures (Expired? When?)
- Six games a-playing (Please stop tying up the PBX to talk to
- each other!)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean I need "wide"
- SCSI?)
- Four support calls (At least the Muzak is different this
- time...)
- Three French Users (Well, monsieur, there really isn't an
- "any" key, but...)
- Two transceiver failures (SQE? What is that? If I knew I would
- set it myself!)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I really need to talk
- to Lars - NOW!)
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- RFC 1882 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas December 1995
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- On the eighth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Eight MODEMs dialing (Who bought these? They're a security
- violation!)
- Seven license failures (How many WEEKS to get a license?)
- Six games a-playing (What do you mean one pixel per packet on
- updates?!?)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (Fast SCSI? It's supposed to be
- fast, isn't it?)
- Four support calls (I already told them that! Don't transfer
- me back - DAMN!)
- Three French users (No, CTL-ALT-DEL is not the proper way to
- end a program)
- Two transceiver failures (What do you mean "babbling
- transceiver"?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Does anyone speak English
- in Oslo?)
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- On the ninth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Nine lady executives with attitude (She said do WHAT with the
- servers?)
- Eight MODEMs dialing (You've been downloading WHAT?)
- Seven license failures (We sent the P.O. two months ago!)
- Six games a-playing (HOW many people are doing this to the
- network?)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (What do you mean two have the same
- ID?)
- Four support calls (No, I am not at the console - I tried that
- already.)
- Three French users (No, only one floppy fits at a time? Why do
- you ask?)
- Two transceiver failures (Spare? What spare?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (No, I am trying to find
- Lars! L-A-R-S!)
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- RFC 1882 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas December 1995
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- On the tenth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Ten SNMP alerts flashing (What is that Godawful beeping?)
- Nine lady executives with attitude (No, it used to be a mens
- room? Why?)
- Eight MODEMs dialing (What Internet provider? We don't allow
- Internet here!)
- Seven license failures (SPA? Why are they calling us?)
- Six games a-playing (No, you don't need a graphics accelerator
- for Lotus! )
- Five golden SCSI contacts (You mean I need ANOTHER cable?)
- Four support calls (No, I never needed an account number
- before...)
- Three French users (When the PC sounds like a cat, it's a head
- crash!)
- Two transceiver failures (Power connection? What power
- connection?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (Restore what index
- pointers?)
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- On the eleventh day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Eleven boards a-frying (What is that terrible smell?)
- Ten SNMP alerts flashing (What's a MIB, anyway? What's an
- extension?)
- Nine lady executives with attitude (Mauve? Our computer room
- tiles in mauve?)
- Eight MODEMs dialing (What do you mean you let your roommate
- dial-in?)
- Seven license failures (How many other illegal copies do we
- have?!?!)
- Six games a-playing (I told you - AFTER HOURS!)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (If I knew what was wrong, I
- wouldn't be calling!)
- Four support calls (Put me on hold again and I will slash your
- credit rating!)
- Three French users (Don't hang your floppies with a magnet
- again!)
- Two transceiver failures (How should I know if the connector
- is bad?)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (I already did all of
- that!)
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- RFC 1882 12-Days of Technology Before Christmas December 1995
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- On the twelfth day of Christmas, technology gave to me:
- Twelve virtual pipe connections (There's only supposed to be
- two!)
- Eleven boards a-frying (What a surge suppressor supposed to
- do, anyway?)
- Ten SNMP alerts flashing (From a distance, it does kinda look
- like XMas lights.)
- Nine lady executives with attitude (What do you mean aerobics
- before backups?)
- Eight MODEMs dialing (No, we never use them to connect during
- business hours.)
- Seven license failures (We're all going to jail, I just know
- it.)
- Six games a-playing (No, no - my turn, my turn!)
- Five golden SCSI contacts (Great, just great! Now it won't
- even boot!)
- Four support calls (I don't have that package! How did I end
- up with you!)
- Three French users (I don't care if it is sexy, no more nude
- screen backgrounds!)
- Two transceiver failures (Maybe we should switch to token
- ring...)
- And a database with a broken b-tree (No, operator - Oslo,
- Norway. We were just talking and were cut off...)
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- Bill Hancock, Ph.D.
- Network-1 Software & Technology, Inc.
- DFW Research Center
- 878 Greenview Dr.
- Grand Prairie, TX 75050
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- EMail: hancock@network-1.com
- Phone: (214) 606-8200
- Fax: (214) 606-8220
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