So there is an intentional culture of the internet??? I knew it...something
more than a :). Is there truly documentation?
liz walter
Arizona State Museum
Support Systems Analyst
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Crocker [mailto:dhc2(_at_)dcrocker(_dot_)net]
Sent: December 21, 2000 4:38 PM
To: Ken Hornstein
Cc: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: Handshakes
Ken, et al,
Humor notwithstanding, please note that I said "special", not "secret".
That was quite intentional, and intended to reflect the considerable
process and culture documentation AND willingness to teach
them. (Yeah. We are and do.)
d/
At 04:03 PM 12/21/00 -0600, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Ken Hornstein wrote:
...
Being open does not mean that new arrivals are free from learning the
special handshakes and the technical peculiarities of our work; they
are
Hm, my mistake, I guess. I read on the IETF web page that the IETF
didn't
have any secret handshakes; I guess I was wrong :-)
Do you seriously imagine we are going to *teach* you the secret
handshakes? :-)
But seriously - yes it's hard, and it's probably harder than when I first
came
to the IETF in 1992. It's the brightest collection of protocol designers
on earth (I'm not one of them) - it's never going to be an easy club to
join.
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