<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 8 February 2013 04:28, Patrick W. Gilmore <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick@ianai.net" target="_blank">patrick@ianai.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Feb 07, 2013, at 23:07 , Stephen Wilcox <<a href="mailto:steve.wilcox@ixreach.com">steve.wilcox@ixreach.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> This list is for notification. And I would like to be notified if 8.8.8.8 or Netflix is down.<br>
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> And I would like to be notified if my local Papa Johns has any specials on combo pizza and chicken strips...<br>
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</div>Fair rejoinder.<br>
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Allow me to rephrase: I think it is important to a significant fraction of the 'Net when something that is used by a significant fraction of the 'Net goes down. The examples above are usually more relevant to more people than a single fiber cut.<br>
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>> The list owners (or a vote of the members? I don't know how this works) can decide otherwise. But your arguments are unpersuasive.<br>
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> I'm just quoting what the mailman page says the list is for.... if that description is wrong, then I'm on the wrong list.<br>
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</div>And I gave you reasons why the above fits that description, which you conveniently snipped.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, each individual will have their own things they consider important (hence my pizza jibe) and will want to argue are relevant to thousands of people. But thats not a good way to maintain a low volume on-topic mailing list. Your argument is also expanding the scope, I am trying to argue for the status quo of what was originally said.</div>
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However, you may be right. Or you may well be on the wrong list. Or maybe the definition needs massaging.<br>
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Shall we define things like "infrastructure" better? I would call the Domain Name System "communications infrastructure". As a trivial (and hyperbolic) example, would you argue all 13 root servers going down should not be on topic?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Correct. And that avoids mandate creep and unnecessary discussion to define it - eg are the GTLDs important, what about <a href="http://google.com">google.com</a>, what about the .biz or .cd ? </div>
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Shall we modify the part about "traffic-carrying capacity"? Fewer Mbps are transmitted on one of the many fiber paths between Sprint & UUNET (which are typically redundant) than Netflix pushes. However, Netflix doesn't "carry" any traffic. Are you going to argue Netflix is not relevant to the readers of this list? Many (most?) see a larger traffic shift from a Netflix outage than a cut between Sprint & UU.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'd argue its important for many but off-topic. And this kind of website discussion exists simultaneously in many *NOG mailing lists, usually looping around the first 50 people saying who sees the service up and who sees it down, followed by 50 posts speculating on the cause of the issue, followed by 50 posts discussions the merits of GSLB vs anycast etc. </div>
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Then there is the fun around the word "major". It could go on for weeks!<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't have the desire to argue for weeks, replying this morning is pushing it..</div><div><br>
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But let's short-circuit this entertainment and ask a more basic question: Who defines these things, and by what process? If this list is only for fiber cuts & router crashes, then let's say so and be done with it.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Someone defined it, wrote it down and I'll run with it. In my understanding that means physical infrastructure failures of a significant nature, links carrying high capacity, multiple public network operators ... I'd have no issue making the wording more specific, but I think less specific is opening pandora's box.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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TTFN,<br>
patrick<br>
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