Fun_People Archive
26 Jan
More language lessons

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 13:55:50 PST
To: Fun_People
Subject: More language lessons

 From: vangogh.CS.Berkeley.EDU!bostic (Keith Bostic)
 From: jamie@tasman.tivoli.com (Jamie Thompson)


> THEnet sites experienced network wide routing trouble beginning
> shortly after 0900 Wed, Jan 26 1994.  The trouble was related to new
> software installed by Sesquinet at the Rice point of presence and
> affected all external routing in Texas.  The problem was cleared by
> re-installing the previous software load at about 1130.
> 
> We regret the inconvenience caused by this outage.


Translation (by Mike McNally m5@tivoli.com):

 > THEnet sites experienced network wide routing trouble 

THE NETWORK WAS COMPLETELY HOSED

 > beginning shortly after 0900 Wed, Jan 26 1994.

STARTING AT EXACTLY 9 AM TODAY

 > The trouble was related to new software 

NEW UNTESTED SOFTWARE TURNED OUT TO BE WORTHLESS JUNK

 > installed by Sesquinet at the Rice 

AND WE WERE FOOLISH ENOUGH TO INSTALL IT

 > point of presence and affected all external routing in Texas.

SO THE NETWORK WAS COMPLETELY HOSED

 > The problem was cleared by re-installing the previous software
 > load at about 1130.

WE JUNKED THE NEW STUFF AND REBOOTED AS SOON AS WE FOUND THE BACKUP
TAPES.

 > We regret the inconvenience caused by this outage.

I AM ABOUT TO BE BEATEN SENSELESS BY MY SUPERIORS.  PRAY FOR ME.

© 1994 Peter Langston