IETF dress code

#1

Post by rbanffy » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 2:41 AM UTC

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#2

Post by spolsky » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 2:57 AM UTC

I love the way the IETF is still issuing reports formatted for ancient mainframe line printers, with hard-coded headers and footers and whatnot.

Re: IETF dress code

#3

Post by rbanffy » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:06 AM UTC

spolsky wrote: post #2

I love the way the IETF is still issuing reports formatted for ancient mainframe line printers, with hard-coded headers and footers and whatnot.

Think of it as future-proofing their documents.

Paper has two advantages: it keeps carbon from becoming a greenhouse gas and quite probably outlasts all our other backup mediums.

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#4

Post by robryan » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:11 AM UTC

Given professional workplace without a dress code/ uniform it is interesting to see the large variation in what people decide to wear. From shit pants and nice shoes down to t-shirt shorts and runners.

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#5

Post by dschobel » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:13 AM UTC

IETF are an odd bunch. I went to a meeting a few years back and was warned that there might be a humming for consensus.

What is humming for consensus you ask? Well, rather than a show of hands, when deciding on measures and proposals they simply ask the room to hum in favor of a measure.

The reason is simply that even if you are sitting next to your boss it will still be possible for you to vote according to your conscience as it's virtually impossible to distinguish the direction of humming in a room of a hundred or so people. It is, however, easy to tell if a measure has the majority support of a group via humming.

It's very geeky and very smart. Very IETF.

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#6

Post by vkdelta » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:27 AM UTC

Never saw this before. Thanks for sharing.

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#7

Post by Joe_Bananas » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:42 AM UTC

fucking fascists!

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#8

Post by vkdelta » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:48 AM UTC

Joe_Bananas wrote: post #7

fucking fascists!

What makes think they are?

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#9

Post by malkia » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:57 AM UTC

spolsky wrote: post #2

I love the way the IETF is still issuing reports formatted for ancient mainframe line printers, with hard-coded headers and footers and whatnot.

I preffer it that way. I can easily copy + paste it, put in a comment in the source code. It's way easier to exchange.

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#10

Post by rbanffy » Sat, Feb 06, 2010, 3:59 AM UTC

vkdelta wrote: post #6

Never saw this before. Thanks for sharing.

Thank George (really nice guy who tweets mostly in Portuguese): http://twitter.com/georgeguimaraes/statuses/8705110867

I never imagined IETF issued memos with dress code...