Internet traffic and Azureus -

[Andrew Kelly]

On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 16:20 +1000, Res wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Tim wrote:
> 
> >> a job in an ISP, that way you can find out for yourself, margins are not
> >> as great as you seem think. Anyone else operating an ISP on this list
> >> would know what I'm talking about, but since this list is populated with
> >> mostly recreational users, I'd never expect 99.9%r to see it from our side
> >> of things.
> >
> > Nup, I'm calling your bluff.  If you want to argue that ISP costs are
> > really prohibitive, *you* provide some numbers.
> 
> and, do you really think i am going to tell you? I dont have to justify 
> myself to anyone, no ISP administrator has to, especially to a bunch of 
> rednecks on some lame mailing list, im not that stupid to have myself 
> face court for breach of disclosure. I have however told you how to find 
> out, but i guess that means you cant "chest beat" in public so you 
> consider you have no point or need in doing so, becasue were you to do 
> so, you too would be under a NDA.
> 
> > Yes, I've seen those in computer industries who cry poor, but have a
> > Porche in the car park, and have essentially a lazy work life with hours
> 
> thats not the average ISP, contrary to your funny little minds thoughs, a 
> lot of drive $30K cars, and work 12 plus hours a day 6 or 7 days a week, 
> some of the smaller ISP's owner/admis work 18 hours a day 7 days a week, 
> maybe taking christmas day off as a bonus and easter if they are lucky.

Yeah, I can see that happening. But my first reaction is still,
	"Damn, son, stop taking things so seriously. You're not a thoracic
surgeon saving lives around the clock. Seventy or more hours a week so
some pimply-faced script-kiddie can seed porn torrents and r00t another
bot-net droid, or so Grandaddy Mike can email a 300MB video clip of
grandbaby number 2 feeding itself dog biscuits to 49 of his closest
friends, or en1arg your p3ni5 now! or, ... Christ, you get the picture."

If that's the life you're forced into, you have my condolences. Truly.
If that's the life you've *chosen* for yourself, 

<SLAP>

now go to your room and reflect on that a bit.

Andy