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From: Peter Ceresole on 19 May 2010 10:36 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Okay, here it is: the address space 192.168/16 is non-routable and reserved > for private networks. My own at home uses 192.168.1.x. > That means, in the context of the joke, the killer is on the local LAN. HE > COULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR! I don't think you even need to know that much. To me the idea that children sitting round a camp fire would be gasping at an ip address space is funny in itself. And yes, the mouseover text is priceless. -- Peter
From: Richard Tobin on 19 May 2010 10:38 In article <85ib64F85qU36(a)mid.individual.net>, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >There's an XKCD forum, but - really - you might just as well accept that >you're never going to get all of 'em. There even a site that explains each one: http://xkcdexplained.com/ -- Richard
From: Richard Tobin on 19 May 2010 10:40 In article <1jiqw5m.nnul6dbsrv9aN%peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk>, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: >I don't think you even need to know that much. To me the idea that >children sitting round a camp fire would be gasping at an ip address >space is funny in itself. It's a lot funnier when you know it's a parody of a specific scary camp-fire story. -- Richard
From: Jim on 19 May 2010 10:42 On 2010-05-19, Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> Okay, here it is: the address space 192.168/16 is non-routable and reserved >> for private networks. My own at home uses 192.168.1.x. >> That means, in the context of the joke, the killer is on the local LAN. HE >> COULD BE RIGHT NEXT DOOR! > > I don't think you even need to know that much. To me the idea that > children sitting round a camp fire would be gasping at an ip address > space is funny in itself. On that basis then the joke's funny on two levels. Neat. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Peter Ceresole on 19 May 2010 10:45
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Even if, after several hours of TCP/IP theory and practice, the reference > finally became clear, the humour would have been long since gone. It's a gentle satire on geekiness and traditional fireside stories. It really doesn't need any detailed knowledge at all of ip address space. Although the mouseover does, but that's another level down and again, is gently hilarious with effectively no specialist knowledge at all. -- Peter |