apnic first day is a joke

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

so i am sitting here at apnic.

  o the network does not work
    - the wireless will not deliver a single packet
    - the wired network delivers almost 50% of the packets
    - it is local, same performance trying to ping the nameserver
      given to me by dhcp
    - this is the wired network pinging their local dns server
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=497 ttl=251 time=1.344 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=499 ttl=251 time=1.480 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=501 ttl=251 time=1.378 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=502 ttl=251 time=1.433 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=503 ttl=251 time=1.388 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=509 ttl=251 time=1.389 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=512 ttl=251 time=1.366 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=514 ttl=251 time=1.382 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=516 ttl=251 time=1.350 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=517 ttl=251 time=1.426 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=528 ttl=251 time=1.444 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=530 ttl=251 time=1.465 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=532 ttl=251 time=1.469 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=535 ttl=251 time=1.393 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=537 ttl=251 time=1.424 ms
      64 bytes from 210.180.98.74: icmp_seq=538 ttl=251 time=1.361 ms

  o there are a dozen terminal room machines.  within one hour
    of them being set up, they all had slammer and were shipping
    about 9mb outbound.

  o the dns tutorials are inept and there are few people in the
    room.

  o the cisco-config-only bgp tutorials are barely attended and
    seem from the 1950s.

  o so, here at apnic, pretty much nothing works below layer nine.
    but layer nine is moving ahead at full farce.  the fantasy that
    the rirs are stronger than icann, can outsmart the itu, do not
    need the ietf, ... continues on it's pathetic and net-destructive
    pace.

randy