The attempt: to send a message from one computer to another for the first time ever. A test of the newly developed DARPAnet.
The message sent: “L O G”.
The message received: “L O ” and then the network connection crashed.
The article doesn’t say, but I imagine this happened next.
The outcome: They sat on hold waiting for a representative from the cable company to answer their call because the call was important to the cable company. After 45 minutes, someone finally came on and in a bored sounding voice asked them to turn the router off and on again.
I don’t know if this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen, or the saddest.
Both, I think.
“charlie and spike are two kittens with myotonia congenita, otherwise known as ‘fainting goat’ syndrome. at the slightest sound, the kittens respond by collapsing and falling into a rigid paralysis which lasts about a minute before they return to normal.”
This blog is a dump of great links I find while working on the net all day.
It *used* to be my personal blog, but the posts were getting lost among all of my weird links, so I moved my personal blog to Lego and Sawdust. Go there if you came here looking for woodworking, religion or family discussions.
I have left all the old posts here because the search engines bring lots of people. Any posts that aren't about weird links from the net will be on my other blog. Go there.
Because it's the source of most of my hits recently, here is a link to the "Faith" category of posts, where we discuss our recent decision to leave Christianity and the fallout that is occurring.
