[Nanog-futures] Bhutan discovers the "NANOG Problem"...

[Randy Bush]

Philip Smith wrote:
> Randy Bush said the following on 16/7/08 16:28:
>> Philip Smith wrote:
>>> I was just musing out loud after my JANOG visit
>> which kinda confused me, as janog had excellent wireless.
> But no power. So those with laptops, I noticed, spent a lot of time with
> laptops shut, looking at the presentation, perhaps listening too.

i do not know if we're reading things correctly.  you have a dying
mackbook battery (i almost bought one for you in fry's this afternoon
just to stop the whining:).  those same folk walk around the office all
day and run on battery.

i think it is more a snapshot of an unusual janog; usually the wireless
in the conference room is borderline or non-existent.  this is because
janog is not funded, there are no costs, ...  a generous isp provided
the wireless this time, as doing so in shinegawa was easy.

but janog has deliberately discouraged nanog-style laptop use.  though i
have asked and discussed, as with many things japanese, i am not
confident that i actually understand all the motives and rationales.
best to ask the ever-wise totoro.

randy