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@Ticomaya,

What DrewDad said.

The implied punch line in hingehead's joke lies in the double meaning of "server" (as barman on the one hand and as the other side of a TCP transaction on the other hand.) It took me a while to get it because the word "server" isn't even spoken.

On almost all computers, 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of "localhost", meaning your own "home" computer. So DrewDad's joke is a pun on the Wizard of Oz. (IP addresses consist of four numbers, each between 0 and 127. They are to computer networks what phone numbers are to telephone networks.)

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I guess I oughta stay away from Geek and nerd humor threads.

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Thomas wrote:

IP addresses consist of four numbers, each between 0 and 127.

More like between 0 and 255, for the IPv4.

IPv6 addresses are hexa..

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@timur,

You're right. Mindo on my part. Wrong power of two.

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@Thomas,

Thomas wrote:

The implied punch line in hingehead's joke lies in the double meaning of "server" (as barman on the one hand and as the other side of a TCP transaction on the other hand.) It took me a while to get it because the word "server" isn't even spoken.

On almost all computers, 127.0.0.1 is the IP address of "localhost", meaning your own "home" computer. So DrewDad's joke is a pun on the Wizard of Oz. (IP addresses consist of four numbers, each between 0 and 127. They are to computer networks what phone numbers are to telephone networks.)

Gotcha.

DrewDad's was clearly funnier.

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