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[britechguy]

it shows immaturity. In short, I have heard a couple of comments and do not like it.

What shows immaturity, in my opinion, is giving a fiddler's **** about address choices. If the tech "gets his jollies" from using 69 in a subnet address, who in the world except those who go "looking for offense" is ever going to notice this?

I absolutely would not have were it not initially presented to emphasize the 69. In context, and not pointed out, I would never have given it a first thought, let alone a second.

I don't give a flying rats patootie what addresses are used, ever, if the networking result is achieved. Those who do have way, way, way too much time on their hands to nitpick like this.

 

[HCHTech]

Could be worse,.,...could be '67'. Haha. I think I'm with Brian on this one. Let him get is jollies wherever he likes. Work is hard - if he gets some enjoyment from this, more power to him.

 

[Blues]

The only added question is how much will anyone outside your company see this pattern to really pick up on it? I would possibly say something if it is going to be noticeable to clients but internal I would let it be.

 

[britechguy]

The only added question is how much will anyone outside your company see this pattern to really pick up on it?

I actually question whether they even would pick up on it. As I said of myself (and I have less than a "pure as the driven snow" kinda mind), I would never in a million years have picked up on it at all were it not to have been pointed out. Whether it's 69, 67, 99, 12, 32, . . . would not make one iota of difference to me in context. It's a 2-digit number suitable to the task at hand. The last thing on my mind when looking at IP addresses is anything even vaguely sexual.

 

[frase]

The number can refer to other elements as well, being an angelic number or balance (yin yang) type of thing. Maybe the staff member is trying to balance the network?

 

[Porthos]

 

[Porthos]

 

[Porthos]

 

[ThatPlace928]

 

[ThatPlace928]

They know my family so well.......... lol

 

[ThatPlace928]

I know for sure some of us can relate........ lol

 

[ThatPlace928]

For all of you Elf on the Shelf collectors.......... lol. This one actually made me chuckle.

 

[NETWizz]

This sounds like my employeer

 

[britechguy]

This sounds like my employeer

That sounds like every "major player" I've ever had the misfortune to be acquainted with. Change for change's sake and "novelty rules" are endemic in IT. "New and improved" is very, very often the former but not the latter.

When you add in the characteristic that a long ago coworker of mine observed about IT project management, "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over," and the lunacy ascends into the stratosphere. And there's always collateral damage where those who created the mess get promoted or moved and someone else is the crime scene cleanup crew (and generally gets pummeled and blamed during the process, too).

 

[GTP]