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  • L Lost User

    What? You mean he didn't invent it?

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    Richard C Bishop
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    Oh wait, my mistake, he did actually. It came to him when he was conjuring up "global warming" and he decided to run with both in his hands like sharp scissors until he tripped and fell on them in a tragic embarrassment.

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      Oh wait, my mistake, he did actually. It came to him when he was conjuring up "global warming" and he decided to run with both in his hands like sharp scissors until he tripped and fell on them in a tragic embarrassment.

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      At which point he was heard to utter "Oh, b*ll*cks". :((

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      • L Lost User

        At which point he was heard to utter "Oh, b*ll*cks". :((

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        Richard C Bishop
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        Indeed, those were his last words before all credibility danced out the window like a fresh breath of two of the necessities for life on this planet, oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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        • L Lost User

          Yes I'm a web developer :doh:

          My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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          jschell
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          محمد م. محمد wrote:

          Yes I'm a web developer

          That doesn't answer the question. Start by explaining what a router does. And explain what happens when it fails to do what it does.

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            So you know that the backbone of the internet is carrier pigeons, and the telephone exchange is stuffed full of the little darlin's. When you "post" a message it is transcribed, attached to a pigeon and sent to the exchange nearest the website. It's response returns the same way. SO what do you think pays for all the bird seed if it isn't the money you pay for the internet?

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            Nicholas Marty
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            Yeah. I know I'm a bit late about that. But I was out of the office much of last week :D However this reminded me of this: Google Pigeon Rank[^] :laugh:

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            • N Nicholas Marty

              Yeah. I know I'm a bit late about that. But I was out of the office much of last week :D However this reminded me of this: Google Pigeon Rank[^] :laugh:

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              OriginalGriff
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              I was thinking more of this: IPoAC: IP over Avian Carriers[^]

              Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

              "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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              • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                I was thinking more of this: IPoAC: IP over Avian Carriers[^]

                Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                Nicholas Marty
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                :thumbsup: Haven't seen that one yet :laugh:

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                • L Lost User

                  Well it's the same as the money you pay for your telephone service. It funds the businesses that maintain the systems on which the internet runs. What did you think, that the entire system runs on thin air?

                  Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                  Albert Holguin
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                  Mine runs on fat air... I've asked it to start working out again and cut back on fast food. :cool:

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    So you know that the backbone of the internet is carrier pigeons, and the telephone exchange is stuffed full of the little darlin's. When you "post" a message it is transcribed, attached to a pigeon and sent to the exchange nearest the website. It's response returns the same way. SO what do you think pays for all the bird seed if it isn't the money you pay for the internet?

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                    Albert Holguin
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                    ...I must sadly report that a lot of these carrier pigeons end up in my city... they mustve lost track of where they were going. :sigh:

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                    • A Albert Holguin

                      Mine runs on fat air... I've asked it to start working out again and cut back on fast food. :cool:

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                      Lost User
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                      :laugh:

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                      • L Lost User

                        After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                        My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                        محمد م. محمد wrote:

                        After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                        Maybe you do not understand this but these three letters ISP[^], do a lot more than get you a valid access point.

                        Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.

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                        • L Lost User

                          What? You mean he didn't invent it?

                          Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                          Lost User
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                          Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                          What? You mean he didn't invent it?

                          He never claimed he did. ref[^] It was just political buzz used to burn him. And the fact that people to this day still think he claimed that shows it worked. Simple fact is though, he never claimed that.

                          Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.

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                          • L Lost User

                            Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                            What? You mean he didn't invent it?

                            He never claimed he did. ref[^] It was just political buzz used to burn him. And the fact that people to this day still think he claimed that shows it worked. Simple fact is though, he never claimed that.

                            Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.

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                            And I didn't claim that he claimed to. It was a silly joke in a silly thread.

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                            • L Lost User

                              And I didn't claim that he claimed to. It was a silly joke in a silly thread.

                              Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                              Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                              And I didn't claim that he claimed to. It was a silly joke in a silly thread.

                              And I did not claim that you claimed that he claimed to. Just pointing out the facts :)

                              Computers have been intelligent for a long time now. It just so happens that the program writers are about as effective as a room full of monkeys trying to crank out a copy of Hamlet. The interesting thing about software is it can not reproduce, until it can.

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                              • L Lost User

                                After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                                My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                                GuyThiebaut
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                                More to the point as far as I am concerned - why do so many people expect everything to be free nowadays? I write open source software and have a donation feature - after around 350,000 downloads of one of the applications I have had around 5 donations. That's why I use 'crappy advertising' if you don't want to pay for a service then expect to either get advertising or rubbish.

                                “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                • L Lost User

                                  This is The Soapbox

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                                  What this message has to do with this forum?

                                  My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                                  Ingo
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                                  محمد م. محمد wrote:

                                  This is The Soapbox

                                  Yes, and the Soapbox is rated M. No childish questions please. :-\

                                  SharePoint Consultant and Developer at acocon Author of Primary ROleplaying SysTem I'm the ninth in a row of seven!

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                                  • N Nicholas Marty

                                    Yeah. I know I'm a bit late about that. But I was out of the office much of last week :D However this reminded me of this: Google Pigeon Rank[^] :laugh:

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                                    Killzone DeathMan
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                                    That was an April fool’s post from Google.

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                                    • K Killzone DeathMan

                                      That was an April fool’s post from Google.

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                                      Nicholas Marty
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                                      You don't say. I thought they were serious about that ;P

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