Comments on: Internet Stupidity

By: #9

#9 — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:17:38 +0000

They have tubes at the drive in at the bank. They make a whooshing sound. Maybe that is how Ted thinks the “Internets” work.

By: Justin Buist

Justin Buist — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 04:28:10 +0000

I have to say, the �tubes� remark scares me more than any internet I might find in my inbox�.

“Tubes” was the least odd thing he said in there. Tech geeks constantly refer to Internet connections as “pipes.” “Our pipe is full.”… “I opened up the pipe to 30Mbps” …. “There’s nothing coming down the pipe.”… etc.

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 21:57:40 +0000

I agree with Justin – for there to be two or more Internets would require not only two backbones, but two worldwide networks, which do not connect to each other. Since they do, they’re one big Internet.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:20:36 +0000

I have to say, the “tubes” remark scares me more than any internet I might find in my inbox….

By: Justin Buist

Justin Buist — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:21:16 +0000

Internets isn�t technically incorrect. There is the WWW which you and I use, and there is I2, the new University Internet. So Internets is a technically correct term, if one is referring to both of them.

WWW does not equal “Internet.”

And yes, I2 is still part of the Internet as a whole every bit as much as my home LAN is.

By: Fill

Fill — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:25:35 +0000

How about ‘the Gore-sent Internets’? Like God-sent or heaven-sent….remarks to his inflated ego as well. Wan to know the difference between God and Al Gore? God doesn’t think he’s Al Gore.

By: Joseph A Nagy Jr

Joseph A Nagy Jr — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:13:51 +0000

Internets isn’t technically incorrect. There is the WWW which you and I use, and there is I2, the new University Internet. So Internets is a technically correct term, if one is referring to both of them.

By: Justin Buist

Justin Buist — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:32:37 +0000

I thought it was Bush 43 that said “Internets” in one of the 2004 debates? I remember cringing when he said it.

Regardless… Steven’s remarks scare the crap out of me.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:00:53 +0000

>I�m not quite certain how to incorporate that bit of dumb-assery into my blogging…

With a tube, obviously.

By: #9

#9 — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:30:29 +0000

Ted has a bridge he will sell you.

A living breathing example of why term limits are needed. I hate term limits but the danger of clowns like Ted are worse.

BTW, I heard manbearpig is on the run in Alcoa. Better get a pro to help you with that.