The Day The Routers Died...

The Day The Routers Died... a song performed by the secret-wg in the closing plenary of the RIPE 55 conferencea long long time agoi can still rememberwhen my laptop could connect elsewhereand i tell you all there was a daythe network card i threw awayhad a purpose - and worked for you and me....But 18 years completely wastedwith each address we've aggregatedthe tables overflowingthe traffic just stopped flowing....And now we're bearing all the scarsand all my traceroutes showing stars...the packets would travel faster in cars...the day....the routers diedChorus (ALL!!!!!)So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will dieIPv6 just makes me let out a sighBut I spose we'd better give it a tryI suppose we'd better give it a tryNow did you write an RFCThat dictated how we all should beDid we listen like we should that dayNow were you back at RIPE fifty-fourWhere we heard the same things months beforeAnd the people knew they'd have to change their ways....And we - knew that all the ISPs Could be - future proof for centuriesBut that was then not nowSpent too much time playing WoWooh there was time we sat on IRCMaking jokes on how this day would beNow there's no more use for TCPThe day the routers died...Chorus (chime in now)So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will dieIPv6 just makes me let out a sighBut I spose we'd better give it a tryI suppose we'd better give it a tryI remember those old days I mournSitting in my room, downloading pornYeah that's how it used to be....When the packets flowed from A to Bvia routers that could talk IPThere was data..that could be exchanged between you and me....Oh but - I could see you all ignoreThe fact - we'd fill up IPv4But we all lost the nerveAnd we got what we deserved!And while...we threw our network kit awayAnd wished we'd heard the things they sayPut all our lives in disarrayThe day...the routers died...Chorus (those silent will be shot)So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will dieIPv6 just makes me let out a sighBut I spose we'd better give it a tryI suppose we'd better give it a trySaw a man with whom I used to peerAsked him to rescue my careerHe just sighed and turned away..I went down to the net cafethat I used to visit everydayBut the man there said I might as well just leave...And now we've all lost our purpose..my cisco shares completely worthless...No future meetings for meAt the Hotel Krasnapolskyand the men that make us push and pushLike Geoff Huston and Randy BushShould've listened to what they told us....The day...the routers....died Chorus (time to lose your voice)So bye bye, folks at RIPE 55Be persuaded to upgrade it or your network will dieIPv6 just makes me let out a sighBut I spose we'd better give it a tryI suppose we'd better give it a tryWords and performance by Gary FeldmanThe RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and Deployment of IPv6 can be found here http://www.ripe.net/news/commu...

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Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
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