Dan,
DC> I think maybe I'm just "anti-evangelism". I don't like being preached
DC> to about how I should be doing something that doesn't make sense to me.
DC> Michiel is a little too........... preachy, for me.
Try to look at it from a different angle.
Michiel in real life "is" a nice guy. I've met him several times, he's not a
bully but soft-spoken, always available for advice and an opinion, even when not
requested. Michiel will have an opinion on everything and he probably also wants
his say on the "how to hang the roll with toilet paper" debate.
To be fair, he has gotten on my nerves sometimes too by that behaviour but in
the end he's not dictating on how to do things, merely offering ways in how to
do achieve that.
Same with Wilfred Van Velzen and the "nodelist police" thing. Maybe it would
have been better if it wasn't so obvious and with another name.
Eventually I decided to view it as a resource and not as an annoyance. It works.
An example. In some of my administrative nodelist-entries I have the IMI-flag
... just like that ... while the FTSC-definition calls for "IMI:email-address".
Both Michiel and Wilfred (and a Russian sysop) drew my attention to it. It has
been there for ages, I've had maybe 5 IMI-calls the last 10 years so it's not
really life-threatening..
I could have reacted with a "suck my dick" kind of profanity or recognize that,
although a minor issue, he/they were right and deal with it. So those entries
are in the process of being updated and as a result the quality of the nodelist
is enhanced.
The opposition which Michiel draws is of the type "I know you are right, but I
don't like you".
Is he right about IPv6? Yups, he is ... all available IPv4 blocks have been
alotted years ago. It cannot be denied. There is already hardware reaching the
market such as smart-TVs, intelligent watches, domotica which doesn't understand
IPv4 anymore. For years Michiel also encouraged me to walk the IPv6 path and
when I answered I'd only have time in another 6 months, he'd be there like a
well oiled Swiss clockwork 6 months later. Eventually IPv6 reached my household
without even me knowing, Michiel inspired me to log-in into the router and dive
into the configuration menus. Guess what "there was IPv6 staring me in the face"
and then he was very accomodating to help with advice until it worked. Now I
make nothing of it, IPv6 is the primary method here with IPv4 the fall back.
If you have ever seen the "Last Lecture" speech from professor Randy Pausch at
Carnegie Mellon, then you will remember one of his statements. He encouraged his
audience to be patient with others. "Wait long enough, and people will surprise
and impress you."
Michiel's a good guy ... well intended ... used to the Dutch "Polder Model"
where people will discuss a lot without by definition becoming aggressive but
focussed on solving the issue. That's how the Dutch over years have managed to
keep their finger in the dyke and save their country, which for a significant
part lies below sea-level, from flooding.
Take care,
\%/@rd
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