$ whois -h whois.ripe.net POEM-RIPE55-SONG [...] % Information related to 'POEM-RIPE55-SONG' poem: POEM-RIPE55-SONG form: FORM-PROSE descr: At his first RIPE meeting, Gary wrote this and performed at descr: the closing plenary. It was truly awesome. descr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0 descr: text: A long long time ago text: I can still remember text: when my laptop could connect elsewhere. text: text: And I tell you all there was a day text: the network card I threw away text: had a purpose - and it worked for you and me. text: text: But 18 years completely wasted text: with each address we've aggregated text: the tables overflowing text: the traffic just stopped flowing... text: text: And now we're bearing all the scars text: and all my traceroutes showing stars. text: The packets would travel faster in cars text: the day the routers died. [... continued ...]
Because I love oldies. Sad it is always true.