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<div class="">So, we can only mention in this forum the actual death of Internet pioneers, such as Mark Crispin, Jon Postel, and Jeanette Symons? </div>
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<div class="">What if the person’s health is tied to a major infrastructure component, such as
<a href="http://www.registry.ca?" class="">http://www.registry.ca?</a> No? Not a valid “operational” case?</div>
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<div class="">Your position seems to be "let us nip this in sad news the bud, before it spreads". Because, I guess, there are literally millions of selfless Internet pioneers, and we don’t want NANOG to be flooded with their memories, or at least their pleas
for modest assistance as a token of appreciation for their lifetime of contribution. </div>
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<div class="">“NANOG owes them nothing!”, you didn’t say, but I heard.</div>
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<div class=""> -mel</div>
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<div class="">On Jan 25, 2021, at 9:23 AM, William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" class="">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:40 AM Jim Mercer <<a href="mailto:jim@reptiles.org" class="">jim@reptiles.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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Hi Jim,<br class="">
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This is a lie. If you weren't sure, you'd have asked if it was ok to<br class="">
do the thing without actually doing the thing. That you went ahead and<br class="">
did it says you were pretty sure it was against the rules and figured<br class="">
you could get away with it. You may be right but the lie compounds the<br class="">
offense.<br class="">
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I'm sorry to hear about Ed. Nevertheless, a lot of us are getting on<br class="">
in age and health and the Internet doesn't need another mailing list<br class="">
about how sad it is to grow old.<br class="">
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May I suggest: spend a line in your signature block on the off-topic<br class="">
things you want folks on this group to know. And then attach it only<br class="">
to messages which are on topic.<br class="">
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Regards,<br class="">
Bill Herrin<br class="">
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