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yesthattomRob Austein sent to the old qotd list:
Q: "But what *IS* the Internet?"
A: "It's the largest equivalence class in the reflexive transitive
symmetric closure of the relationship 'can be reached by an IP packet
from'."
--Seth Breidbart (attributed by Joe Abley)
To which Don Hopkins responded:
Q: "Nice, but can you reword the definition of the Internet, so it
doesn't end in a preposition?"
A: "It's the largest equivalence class in the reflexive transitive
symmetric closure of the relationship 'can be reached by an IP packet
from', asshole."
Just like the good old days!
(I like this joke because it combined my favorite definition of "the internet" and my favorite grammar joke: "Where's the library at?" "At Harvard, we don't end our questions with prepositions" [scratches head] "Ok... Where's the library at, asshole?")
Q: "But what *IS* the Internet?"
A: "It's the largest equivalence class in the reflexive transitive
symmetric closure of the relationship 'can be reached by an IP packet
from'."
--Seth Breidbart (attributed by Joe Abley)
To which Don Hopkins responded:
Q: "Nice, but can you reword the definition of the Internet, so it
doesn't end in a preposition?"
A: "It's the largest equivalence class in the reflexive transitive
symmetric closure of the relationship 'can be reached by an IP packet
from', asshole."
Just like the good old days!
(I like this joke because it combined my favorite definition of "the internet" and my favorite grammar joke: "Where's the library at?" "At Harvard, we don't end our questions with prepositions" [scratches head] "Ok... Where's the library at, asshole?")
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Date: 2004-02-26 09:42 pm (UTC)Your LJ is highly enjoyable. Would it be too gauche of me to ask if you mind if I friend you so I may both chuckle and think deep, political things on a semi-daily basis?
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