I did an interview for BBC Radio for New Year's Day several years ago about the early days of developing the Arpanet. The closing question was why, in 1968, we weren't at Woodstock. I replied, "For us, computers were the drug of choice." Steve On Jun 22, 2011, at 6:46 AM, Ralph Droms wrote: > Now that I've swapped back in some more recollections - yes, I did see Chicago perform it live when it was first released - I'm glad you finally cleared up the meaning behind the lyrics. I always thought the lyrics somehow drug-related ... of course, we thought a lot of lyrics were drug-related then. > > More recently I thought it was about reading drafts for a telechat. > > - Ralph > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:18 PM 6/21/11, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > >> I needed a diversion from reviewing draft-ietf-v6ops-6to4-to-historic >> and its associated IETF LC comments. Back to my IESG duties now... ;-) >> >> On 6/21/11 4:14 PM, Ralph Droms wrote: >>> Wow. An absolute tour de force from someone who *clearly* has too much time on his hands. >>> >>> Thanks; made my day. Well, except for now I've got that long-forgotten tune stuck in my head... >>> >>> - Ralph >>> >>> On Jun 21, 2011, at 5:47 PM 6/21/11, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: >>> >>>> A bit of levity about migration to IPv6, with apologies to Robert Lamm >>>> and with thanks to Dan Wing and Joe Hildebrand... >>>> >>>> ### >>>> >>>> "Waiting for the break of day" (yes, the dawn will come with the >>>> universal deployment of IPv6) >>>> >>>> "Searching for something to say" (how will we communicate once IPv4 is >>>> gone?) >>>> >>>> "Flashing lights against the sky" (hoping for extraterrestrial >>>> intervention to solve the problem) >>>> >>>> "Giving up I close my eyes" (ignoring IPv4 address exhaustion) >>>> >>>> "Staring blindly into space" (have you ever read all the IPv6-related >>>> specifications in one sitting?) >>>> >>>> "Getting up to splash my face" (February 3, 2011 was a wakeup call, no?) >>>> >>>> "Wanting just to stay awake" (simply wishing for the Internet to keep >>>> working) >>>> >>>> "Wondering how much I can take" (these v4 to v6 discussions are >>>> interminable, aren't they?) >>>> >>>> "Should I try to do some more?" (pondering the idea of writing an >>>> Internet-Draft) >>>> >>>> "25 or 6to4" (yes, port 25 is the answer -- perhaps the problem will >>>> solve itself if we all just send more email to ietf@xxxxxxxx!) >>>> >>>> ### >>>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf