I’m making my way through the 77.2342 gazillion pages of reading I have for school. It’s really not that bad. That is, until I came across this gem. It’s too good, and I just had to share. If you’re not really the techie-type, I think you’ll still find the wording quite hilarious. You just can’t make this stuff up.
“To users of the Internet, TELENET is rather like riding on a swan; that is, the users gets a very smooth ride, but the TELENET swan is paddling like crazy beneath the surface, making links, exchanging protocol parameters, and transferring information across the multiple boundaries.” – Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, chapter 6, page 163
Oh, but wait, there’s more!
“One can think of the stateless Web server as a Pez dispenser, sending the little candies down a chute as quickly as it can flip its top.” – Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, chapter 6, page 168
I totally demand a print of this painting you speak of on teh twittah. This is delightful imagery. I am not sure what it is supposed to be describing, exactly; but it is a delightful description of SOMETHING!
I’ll make sure you get a print of this.
This is me riding on a swan: It feels very feathery. My feet are wet. I’m a little scared that my weight is going to sink the swan (unless, of course, we are riding on swans that were given super-growth hormones….which makes sense if one day in the future they might start to attack people. swans would be much scarier if they were super huge).
I love when people use random examples for things.
And this totally just makes me think of Shades of Grey. I’m sure the swans are huge. I’ve commissioned artwork for this from my sister. Because obviously. :)
I want to see said artwork when you receive it!
I find myself thinking of Shades of Grey quite often, actually. The second book needs to come soon!