Evolution in action (Re: Thinking differently)

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <[e-mail]>]

--On tirsdag, april 01, 2003 12:31:06 -0800 Randy Bush <[e-mail]> 
wrote:

>> During this discussion I've seen references to the "69/8 debacle".
>> Can anybody explain what the debacle is/was? Is this a magic phrase
>> for real insiders? Is is something that happened only on a local
>> net? If not, why don't you explain to the rest of the world? What
>> IS the argument hinted to with mentioning the "69/8 debacle".
>
> idiot isps who configured route filters but did not bother to maintain
> them.  darwin at work.  the subject is uninteresting, as the study
> of stupidity is an exceedingly target-rich environment.

for those of us who are endlessly fascinated by watching evolution in 
action - what was the previous usage of 69/8 that led to those filters 
being installed?

(parenthesis: similar things have reportedly happened to people using .info 
for email - there turns out to be a number of MTAs in the world who have 
hardcoded all the non-2-letter TLDs, assuming "there will be no more", and 
routinely toss mail from/to the newer ones. They, too, deserve the pain 
they get; unfortunately they, like the route filterers, don't get all the 
pain they cause.)

                  Harald