Network Dictionary — Big Badha Boom
November 10, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
In the classic science fiction movie Fifth Element (1) just after LeeLoo wakes up she is attempting to communicate and explaining that if the network upgrade is not done just right its gonna go “big boom.…. big badha boom”.
Which is exactly the right words to describe what happens to management says when the network isn’t networking.
(1) eminently notable for the appearance of Mila Jovovich in nothing but some packing tape.…. ahhhh
That’s a queue to insert gratuitous racy picture here 
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In the same way, you always want Network Management to work, but it always gets thrown out in the trash.
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Here’s the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fII9hH2UH8o (around 08:10)