Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Linux needs new leadership. | Date | 2 Apr 2002 22:41:28 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20020402230203.B2722@alcove.wittsend.com> By author: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > "Electricity over IP" is right up there with the Google(tm) Pigeon > > Clusters a fine addition to the tradition IMHO. > > Agreed, but one of my favorites was RFC 1097, "TELNET > SUBLIMINAL-MESSAGE Option". That one had people FURIOUS and SCREAMING > when it came out. It was declared unethical and illegal. Then someone > pointed out that the option code BYTE value was 257. :-> That and > the date of April 1, 1989 (Ok, I'm an old fart) delivered a rather > major clue by four to the side of some stiff necks. :-) > > But, yes... Electricity over IP joins the hallowed halls of > honored April 1 RFCs... >
Nothing beats RFC 1437, though...
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