
We all hate lag, especially lag caused by misconfigured routers:

[37m                           Matt's traceroute  [v0.54][0m
kilobyte                                               Tue Aug 19 13:25:43 2003
Keys:  [37mD[0m - Display mode    [37mR[0m - Restart statistics    [37mQ[0m - Quit
[37m                                           Packets               Pings
Hostname                                %Loss  Rcv  Snt  Last Best  Avg  Worst[0m
 1. 10.0.1.1                               0%    1    1     0    0    0      0
 2. gda-ru1.tpnet.pl                       0%    1    1    18   18   18     18
 3. z.gda-ru1.do.gda-r2.tpnet.pl           0%    1    1    15   15   15     15
 4. z.gda-r1.do.gda-r2.tpnet.pl            0%    1    1    16   16   16     16
 5. z.ols-r1.do.gda-r1.tpnet.pl            0%    1    1    19   19   19     19
 6. z.war-r2.do.ols-r1.tpnet.pl            0%    1    1    21   21   21     21
 7. So2-2-0.FFTCR1.Frankfurt.opentransi    0%    1    1    41   41   41     41
 8. P1-0.AUVCR1.Aubervilliers.opentrans    0%    1    1    54   54   54     54
 9. P14-0.OAKCR1.Oakhill.opentransit.ne    0%    1    1   127  127  127    127
10. So4-0-0.ASHBB1.Ashburn.opentransit.    0%    1    1   128  128  128    128
11. Cogent2.GW.opentransit.net             0%    1    1   130  130  130    130
12. p1-0.core01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.co    0%    1    1   132  132  132    132
13. p15-0.core02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.c    0%    1    1   128  128  128    128
14. p6-0.core01.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.co    0%    1    1   135  135  135    135
15. p5-0.core01.jfk01.atlas.cogentco.co    0%    1    1   136  136  136    136
16. g49.ba01.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.coge    0%    1    1   136  136  136    136
17. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   140  140  140    140
18. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   137  137  137    137
19. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   143  143  143    143
20. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   136  136  136    136
21. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   147  147  147    147
22. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   140  140  140    140
23. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   149  149  149    149
24. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   147  147  147    147
25. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   141  141  141    141
26. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   150  150  150    150
27. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   151  151  151    151
28. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   157  157  157    157
29. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   145  145  145    145
30. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   229  229  229    229
31. Pilosoft.demarc.cogentco.com           0%    1    1   243  243  243    243
32. g1.ba21.b001353-0.jfk01.atlas.cogen    0%    1    1   251  251  251    251

Nice routing loop, isn't it?
We can't get rid of sysadmins at Pilosoft, as they're at least trying to do
their job...  but I can post a nuke log from April'98:

[31mIntruder Alert!  Intruder Alert![0m

[usual comm chatter]
[35m^ Cuwu gulps.

[0m[31mUser from pilosoft.com spotted. Targetting.[0m

[comm, whatever]

[1;31m FIRE MISSILES!
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 [0m[33m               _.-^^---....,,--_
            _--                  --_
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            \._                   _./        
               ```--. . , ; .--'''           
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                 `-=#$%&%$#=-'     
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Cuwu has been nuked![0m