Geek and Nerd Humor

I studied Philosophy in college, and that's the best I've heard.

Apparently it's a meme....

I think this is my favourite philosophy related giggle:



Edgar posted it in 2014 from Facebook - but the image link has long since rotted.

Wheat from chaff time

But the top dog is a cat.

Your imagination belongs in Hollywood.

Don't know if this is true, but an interesting idea. https://barcelonayellow.com/bcn-tourist/911-eiffel-tower-originally-offered-to-barcelona

I thought the Eiffel Tower was specifically constructed as part of one of those "world fair" exhibitions.

Yeah, I don't get why we don't just teach folks TCP and be done. OSI is a nice reference model, but TCP/IP has clearly won.

I saw a great talk by Geoff Houston (early pioneer of AARNet) on why OSI was a lost cause (in 1992, I think).

The fact that it's still used means he was wrong, sort of.

OSI is theoretical, it offers more flexibility, but the cost is complexity. It's a useful framework to talk about issues of interoperability, but that's about it.

Houston's two main points were:
1. TCP/IP was actually being used - there was plenty of proof that it worked, people all over the nascent internet were using it while OSI had/has no real world application.

2. (This was the good bit) He said that because OSI was a cross industry standard all the big players committed staff to its development - but his take was all those companies donated the staff they could most do without at interminable meetings and arcane conversations, a confluence of mediocrity.

I have no idea why I'm rabbiting on about this - but I'm just glad at least one of you was wheat (I'm just well-read chaff).

Your wheat and chaff has a lots of good food in it, and read most of your posts when I see them. It's good food for the mind.

And the clearly Stranger Things inspired character design....

Out of this world, seems like.