[aklug] Re: perl doesn't natively do booleans?????

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From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Fowler Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 9:31 AM
To: bryanm@acsalaska.net
Cc: aklug@aklug.org
Subject: [aklug] Re: perl doesn't natively do booleans?????

> 0xc0.0250.1.2 =3D 192.168.1.2 # mixed octets
>=20

Mixed octets can be fun when you're doing phone support helping people with=
 their home network.

They don't understand why 192.168.50.1 is different from 192.168.050.001, a=
nd if they're typing while you're on the phone they'll read back the IP add=
ress just as you think it should be because they don't mention the leading =
zeroes. Of course you can't see the screen, but when they tell you the res=
ults of the ping you asked them to do...

jfzuelow@mis-jz-lnx:~$ ping 192.168.050.001
PING 192.168.050.001 (192.168.40.1) 56(84) bytes of data.

It is worse if you're polite and trying not to treat them like idiots by te=
lling them "OK, now type a five. Now type a zero. Now type a period. Now =
type a one..."

James Zuelow
Network Specialist
City and Borough of Juneau MIS
(907) 586-0236=
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Received on Thu Aug 19 10:22:29 2010