now i met the guy who wrote part of it. nicenicenice. kind of religion free talk about the prozess of standardisation and the question: why the tcp/ip guys didn't want to attend. how to deal with the fact to sit in between the computing chaps and the ptt's. mistakes and lesson learned. donald davies and louis pouzin worked together on european internetworking and tried to unite, but. well, the success story: the osi modell still exists.

and another nice human i name defaut. thanks for the connection.

in paris more security as i remember; well, national holiday and brasilian politicians in town. gilberto gil was playing at night. but everything calm. the metro was closed at the airport for a while, probably because of "unattended" luggage, they destroy presto these days. but this notion hasn't reached the restaurantes yet: they help you out by keeping an eye on your luggage for a walk. as bruce schneier used to say: this world wouldn't function just with security, but because most of the people don't mean any kind of harm.

the nicest fligth crew ever works for the catalan airline vueling.com. it was one of those commuter flights, it seemed. they - including the captain at the end - are joking most of the times and over the lines. where else do you get to read an airplane magazine that comes as a mixture of comic and bravo.