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tvest tvest at eyeconomics.com
Sat Jun 6 12:33:21 UTC 2015


You are such an optimist ;-)

Sometimes those who can remember the past get to repeat it anyway.

TV

On June 6, 2015 6:53:20 AM EDT, Dorian Kim <dorian at blackrose.org> wrote:
>"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
>
>										-Santayana
>
>Quite relevant in our industry that seems be more hell bent on
>rehashing ideas
>and plot lines than Hollywood.
>
>-dorian
>
>
>> On Jun 6, 2015, at 6:43 AM, shawn wilson <ag4ve.us at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> My first thought on reading that was "who the hell cares if a person
>> knows about internet culture". But than I had to reconsider - it's a
>> very apt way of telling if someone read the right books :)
>> 
>> I would also add Ritchie, Thompson, and Diffie to that list (since
>you
>> ask about Larry, it's only appropriate).
>> 
>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 6:32 AM, jim deleskie <deleskie at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>> I remember you asking me who Jon was :)  I have since added to my
>list of
>>> interview questions... sad but the number of people with clue is
>declining
>>> not increasing.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Joe Hamelin <joe at nethead.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Back in 2000 at Amazon, HR somehow decided to have me do the phone
>>>> interviews for neteng.  I'd go through questions on routing and
>what not,
>>>> then at the end I would ask questions like, "Who was Jon Postel? 
>Who is
>>>> Larry Wall?  Who is Paul Vixie? What are layers 8 & 9? Explain the
>RTFM
>>>> protocol.  What is NANOG?"  Those answers (or long silences) told
>me more
>>>> about the candidate than most of the technical questions.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
>>>> 

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