This is a discussion on The internet's internals revealed within the A Brief History of Cprogramming.com forums, part of the Community Boards category; http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/?entry_id=1512499 There you have it; who would have guessed the internet wasn't a truck. I can speak from personal experience ...
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There you have it; who would have guessed the internet wasn't a truck.
I can speak from personal experience however--it's frustrating when someone sends me an internet and there's so much damn clog the tube breaks.
OMG!
That was precious! I'm still watering my eyes from so much laughing. Thanks a bunch Valis.
I really recommend you people listen to the audio. It's... a classic. At some point you really hear someone (probably a fellow congresswoman) saying "Oh my god..." on the background.
Also click on the link to "why the internet took 5 days to reach the senator".
Valis, you made my day and it's just morning here.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Glad I could be of service
Hopefully the good start carries through the day.
hardly anything can go around after this
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
I just can't bear to read so much this early (11:26) ... sigh. I'll save it for later.
Hey Mario, we in the same time zone?
GMT here
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Weird. Portugal and Scotland have the same timezone. well not now that I'm looking at GoogleMaps. Does Spain have the same?
No. Spain is +1. Only regions in europe with GMT are the British Islands, Iceland and Portugal. Everyone else follows our lead
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
*breeze flows overhead*
Forgot about Ireland (some Irish get particular about that). That's gotta be confusing if you live near the border .... hey, is that part of Spain that's above Portugal +1??Originally Posted by Mario F.
No. Spain is +1. Only regions in europe with GMT are the British Islands, Iceland and Portugal. Everyone else follows our lead
Galicia for you
I think not. It's the same timezone as the rest of spain. Not sure though. Why is this important anyway? You planning comming? Bring me a celtic shirt and don't even bother
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
HhahahahahaNope, just curious. I was talking to someone the other day about timezones in a pub, and he mentioned there was something funny about the time zones around the peninsula, so I thought I'd ask someone who lives there.
That is weird. Typical Spanish eh
Video of this person talking about tubes and dumptrucks at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DClkE64nFDY
Not only do you like H*R, but you are a genius. I thank you. YAY!! 500 Posts!
Last edited by twomers; 07-28-2006 at 04:55 PM.
I also saw this on the Daily Show. They did a funny skit of it later, I think you'll enjoy John Hodgman's take on net neutrality.
click for the video!
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