And that is exactly what I wanted to say. I'm more worried about Google than anyone else.

Long live Adblock and Ghostery.

I would love to configure a DNS server on my router by hostname. Is there a way to do that?

I am holding off putting v6 in the network I manage because there is a severe lack of feature parity with v4. Sure, some of the stuff runs in software, but until the routers and switches actually start running the stuff in hardware and have all the features that are available with v4, then maybe we'll put it in.

Yes, we are putting in some workarounds to allow v6 only clients to get to our external resources. But even then, their ISP's are doing some 6to4 NAT to allow their customers to get to things like, I don't know, Slashdot.

I still can't get a v6 address capable circuit for my testlab at work from at&t, without buying their 'managed service' along with it.

I'd rather spoon out my own guts that let at&t manage any part of my network. So not happening yet.

Amen. I know IP addresses of many things across my network. Not going to happen when we go to v6.

I live in an area where all the IT people know each other. We all know which company is worth working for and which isn't, who pays well and who doesn't. The area is small enough where you speak ill of NO ONE, because tomorrow you may be interviewing with their cousin/sibling/friend.

Sucks. Since the corporation is sh*tty to work for. But I can't burn any bridges.

Remember that GS was on the smart side of the mortgage trade... even though they were copying what another trader was doing. They knew that the mortgage mess was going to blow up. They sold sh*t funds of mortgages while betting against them. Read William Cohen's "Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs came to rule the world." for more info.

AIG were idiots for selling insurance on investments that the had no business in. GS bought boatloads of insurance against default of investments they didn't have. That is nothing more than gambling and should be taxed as such.

Sometimes you have to have a user ping something, telnet to something. I know it sucks and it is hard, but basic connectivity tests are what you need. /Love using AppNeta's PathView so I don't have to do this much anymore. //Just need the company to get more testing equipment.

Wow, the UK is becoming China, but for different reasons. I hate censorship in any form, and especially from a country I respect.

Too bad my mod points expired. Being MBAed is what is bringing down many good companies.

OPNET? BAH! Way over priced for what it is. Try PathView by AppNeta. Better tool, lower cost.

"The one in 98".. citation needed?

Not being snarky, but instead I would like to read about it. I remember the Asia/Russia currency collapses around that time, and surely it had to hit us in some way. I just always assumed we got lucky. Do you have any good links?

Didn't the creator of Babylon 5 lurk on usenet to check up on what those of us who watched the show thought of it? /yes, my lawn, get off of it.

I wish that AppNeta had a home-user version of their PathView tool (www.appneta.com). I would be testing my cable service constantly.

I use this at work, and have seen the effects of bufferbloat on our MPLS network. I'm still fighting with our provider that, yes, I would actually like some packets dropped, please. The bloat is so bad that I'm seeing RTT's of over 2 seconds from North America to Central America. Not even close to acceptable.

I wish we could get the real BBC channels here in the States. BBC America runs too many re-runs of Star Trek NG and old American TV shows. Every once in a while they run some of the good British stuff. Heck, I would even pay a little more to get the BBC Channels.