On 31 August 2015 at 23:55, Scott Elcomb <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:41 PM, Scott Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > <snip> >> Anyone else got some good hardcore comp-sci hummor? > > NACK, NACK. > > Who's there? > > ATM. > > ATM who? > > NACK, NACK. > > > "NACK" is a "negative acknowledgement", a very old communications > protocol for "I don't understand". NACK usually forces a > resynchronization or renegotiation between end points. ATM is > "Asynchronous Transfer Mode"; a couple of decades ago it was a > relatively high-speed packet technology that lost out to other > technologies. - via <http://stackoverflow.com/a/1590009/773209> > > ... > > The TCP joke is a personal favourite: > > > "Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke." > > "Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?" > > "Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke." > > "OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke." > > "Ok, I will hear a TCP joke." > > "Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?" > > "Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke." > > "Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has > two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline." > > "Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has > two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a > punchline." > > "I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to > hear a TCP joke?"
With thanks to Scott Sullivan who told me this one, I think it's a great follow-up to the TCP joke: "I'd tell you a UDP joke but you might not get it." Which also says a lot about the difference between the two protocols ... -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ [email protected] --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
