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Try a traceroute on 216.81.59.173

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I found the table on page 3 of this article most amusing (likely common to all forms of consulting, not just statistics).

[Dr T]

To be honest anything from wrong hands blog
 

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Try a traceroute on 216.81.59.173

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trace 216.81.59.173

  

That's great 

If anyone else wants to try from windows this is the command:

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tracert -h 60 216.81.59.173

Very but good too.

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No pictures, in this geeky vaguely funny thing...

What if people bought cars like they buy computers?   General Motors doesn't have a "help line" for people who don't know how to drive, because people don't buy cars like they buy computers - but imagine if they did...

 Helpline:
    "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
 Customer:
    "I got in my car and closed the door, and nothing happened!"
 Helpline:
    "Did you put the key in the ignition and turn it?"
 Customer:
    "What's an ignition?"
 Helpline:
    "It's a starter motor that draws current from your battery and turns over the engine."
 Customer:
    "Ignition? Motor? Battery? Engine? How come I have to know all of these technical terms just to use my car?"



 Helpline:
    "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
 Customer:
    "My car ran fine for a week, and now it won't go anywhere!"
 Helpline:
    "Is the gas tank empty?"
 Customer:
    "Huh? How do I know?"
 Helpline:
    "There's a little gauge on the front panel, with a needle, and markings from 'E' to 'F'. Where is the needle pointing?"
 Customer:
    "I see an 'E' but no 'F'."
 Helpline:
    "You see the 'E' and just to the right is the 'F'."
 Customer:
    "No, just to the right of the first 'E' is a 'V'."
 Helpline:
    "A 'V'?!?"
 Customer:
    "Yeah, there's a 'C', an 'H', the first 'E', then a 'V', followed by 'R', 'O', 'L' ..."
 Helpline:
    "No, no, no sir! That's the front of the car. When you sit behind the steering wheel, that's the panel I'm talking about."
 Customer:
    "That steering wheel thingy -- Is that the round thing that honks the horn?"
 Helpline:
    "Yes, among other things."
 Customer:
    "The needle's pointing to 'E'. What does that mean?"
 Helpline:
    "It means that you have to visit a gasoline vendor and purchase some more gasoline. You can install it yourself, or pay the vendor to install it for you."
 Customer:
    "What? I paid $12,000 for this car! Now you tell me that I have to keep buying more components? I want a car that comes with everything built in!"



 Helpline:
    "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
 Customer:
    "Your cars suck!"
 Helpline:
    "What's wrong?"
 Customer:
    "It crashed, that's what went wrong!"
 Helpline:
    "What were you doing?"
 Customer:
    "I wanted to go faster, so I pushed the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor. It worked for a while, and then it crashed -- and now it won't even start up!"
 Helpline:
    "I'm sorry, sir, but it's your responsibility if you misuse the product."
 Customer:
    "Misuse it? I was just following this damned manual of yours. It said to make the car go to put the transmission in 'D' and press the accelerator pedal. That's exactly what I did -- now the damn thing's crashed."
 Helpline:
    "Did you read the entire operator's manual before operating the car sir?"
 Customer:
    "What? Of course I did! I told you I did EVERYTHING the manual said and it didn't work!"
 Helpline:
    "Didn't you attempt to slow down so you wouldn't crash?"
 Customer:
    "How do you do THAT?"
 Helpline:
    "You said you read the entire manual, sir. It's on page 14. The pedal next to the accelerator."
 Customer:
    "Well, I don't have all day to sit around and read this manual you know."
 Helpline:
    "Of course not. What do you expect us to do about it?"
 Customer:
    "I want you to send me one of the latest versions that goes fast and won't crash anymore!"




 Helpline:
    "General Motors Helpline, how can I help you?"
 Customer:
    "Hi! I just bought my first car, and I chose your car because it has automatic transmission, cruise control, power steering, power brakes, and power door locks."
 Helpline:
    "Thanks for buying our car. How can I help you?"
 Customer:
    "How do I work it?"
 Helpline:
    "Do you know how to drive?"
 Customer:
    "Do I know how to what?"
 Helpline:
    "Do you know how to DRIVE?"
 Customer:
    "I'm not a technical person! I just want to go places in my car!"

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[Obi-Wan is lost...]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/12/nsa_logo_scandal/

This is slightly brilliant.

[tomtom]

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/difference-between-geek-and-nerd-infographic

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http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-06/difference-between-geek-and-nerd-infographic

Heres the original blog describing how the words were collated from Twatter and a very brief overview of the technique used to group the words called Pointwise Mutual Information.

Oh and the resulting graphic...

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Funny moving picture...

[JackAus]

That was quality... :D

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Taking full advantage of free Wifi...

[mark20]

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I have no life....

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[tomtom]

:D

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[r-man]

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[tomtom]

Is that a MacBook Pro Poo?

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Not computing, but a geeky breakfast menu...

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Genius (and it will at last be a thing of the past in USB 3.1)...

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Someones mum asked for a "Linux cake" and got this....



This tickled me...

Sometimes regular expressions can get messy. That's what she sed.

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