• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Would love to see them try this with the Message In a Bottle protocol. Would probably take a few centuries, but still…

    “Hi, I’d like to hear a TCP joke.”

    “Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?”

    “Yes, I’d like to hear a TCP joke.”

    “OK, I’ll tell you a TCP joke.”

    “Ok, I will hear a TCP joke.”

    “Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?”

    “Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke.”

    “Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline.”

    “Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline.”

    “I’m sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?”

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    I don’t get how this relates to icmpv6. Can someone explain? I read the explainxkcd and didn’t get it. It seems to make fun of icmp requests in general by pointing out the absurdity of pinging across an ocean using a message in a bottle but this joke would work for both ipv4 and ipv6

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    A reminder that all packets are delivered on a “best effort” basis, and some packets will be simply dropped en route.