In the middle of my second day of all day meetings about how to beat project Lizzie Borden into a semblance of order I received an instant message from another one of my clients.
Carol says: do you or any of your cronies know if we're moving to IPv6? it's a discussion topic in one of my classes this week.Jim says: IPv6 has been an approved standard for a decade. Nobody is going to go through the pains of implementing it until we’re all out of IP addresses. Then it will be a huge rush to implement, just like Y2K compliance was. There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Doomsayers will spin tails of woe about all electronic transactions failing and the crash of the Internet porn industry causing global financial collapse.
Jim says: Then after nothing much happens for a while the news will refocus on terrorism and the latest Gallup poll showing that 47% of registered voters really aren’t qualified to pick their noses much less a president and the whole IPv6 story will fade to its proper place as a Trivial Pursuit question.
Carol says: you're a bit cynical
Jim says: Flatterer!
Two things jumped out at me when I reread this. First, I'm the only person I know who uses capitalization and punctuation in instant messages. Second, I'm a geek of godlike proportions.
Two questions:
1. Who are you?
2. Do Paul and Shank know you're blogging here?
Watch it, bub. Don't forget who gave you that moniker. You could be "Dopple-B" in a heartbeat.
We have an INTERLOPER!!
RED ALERT!! RED ALERT!!
Jim at 12 o'clock, I repeat, JIM at 12 o'clock!!
Nonetheless, good story, and your cynicism just shows your understanding of the world.
She calls it cynicism, I call it world-wise.
A new author. Welcome, Jim.
You are emphatically not the only person who uses proper capitalization and punctuation in instant messages. Act like you know me for a second.
Second, no one would question your god-like geekitude or geek-like goditude. Whatever.
Good to hear from you again, yo.
Nope, I too use punctuation/capitalization in IM. I will NEVER, EVER use "u r gr8", as then? Civilization is over.
And I see your IPv6 and raise you an PIv6 multicast.