Son, we live in a world that has firewalls and those firewalls have to be guarded by men with routers. Who's going to do that? You? You, Lt. Wienberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for IRC and you curse the Ciscos. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not konwing what I know. That IRC's death, while tragic, probably saved bandwidth and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you saves bandwidth. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties you want me on that firewall. You NEED me on that firewall.

We use words like high availability, IPSEC, and latency. We use these words as the backbone of a career spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who surfs and emails under the very blanket of internet connectivity that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you and left my cubicle. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up an O'Reilly book and admin a box.

Either way... I don't give a damn about what you think you are entitled to.