> One of the "chapters" in my presentation was about traceroute, and it more or less said "Don't use it, because you don't know how, and almost nobody you'll talk to does either, so try your best to ignore them." This is not just my opinion, it's backed up by people much more experienced than me. For a good summary I highly recommend this presentation.

I'm being pedantic but this paragraph was bizarre to read. You are basically telling us we or anyone we know won't know enough about traceroute not to use it but you and many people you know do know enough. It is presumptuous but also inconsistent. Are there people who know, or not?