If we had to choose from all the technological advances of mankind which they must be more human creativity rather than the observation of the natural environment, no doubt would choose development and Internet software. In a computer program or a communication protocol achieves a level of abstraction only limited by your own creativity which creates it. Thus, it is logical that they appear numerous references cultural, as the names of the programming language Python (by Monty Python) or the web framework Django (by guitarist Django Reinhardt). Moreover, it is rarely brought into the code some jokes, some hard to find as the famous Easter Eggs .
But do not believe that this applies only developers working on their own, but there are agencies that do too. For example, neither more nor less than the IETF, the Internet standards organization, published since 1978 (although intermittently but increasingly often) a joke RFCs each April 1 ( April Fool's Day ), the Day of the Innocents in many countries (including U.S.).
Many of you wondering what the heck is that of the RFC. stands for Request for Comments (something like "Request for Comments"), documents that regulate in some way how you have to do something on the Internet: how to encode messages into bits, how requests are made to a website, what should be used in a multimedia communication, etc. Its name comes from what began as projects that were hung on the net waiting for you people think on their applicability and possible improvements were discussed, but now practically already taken as definitive standards.
joke These documents have exactly the same format as any RFC, and grace lies precisely in its apparent seriousness. Some are really clever, as proposed that a communication protocol to see if it meets the Infinite monkey theorem , you know, this theorem says that if you put an infinite number of monkeys front of an infinite number of typewriters eventually end illuminating the complete works of Shakespeare. RFC covers everything from how to handle all the monkeys through messages to how apes can meet their nutritional needs. There are also focusing on puns, like that translates messages to work on SONET fiber optic poetic sonnets (sonnets English). Yesterday
published no fewer than three new RFC false. The first intends to use ESP to reduce the time it takes for packets transmitted over the network, while the second proposes to use the atmosphere as a means of multicast of messages, something completely ridiculous, of course. The last is a revision to the new version of IP (IPv6) RFC another joke published in 1990, which raised an adaptation of the Internet protocol for use of carrier pigeons to transport requests and responses (which was tested on real life ).
Not bad this fun initiative, which serves to lower a bit the serious tone that often take this type of organisms in their writings. To see other humorous RFCs, there is a complete list on Wikipedia English.
But do not believe that this applies only developers working on their own, but there are agencies that do too. For example, neither more nor less than the IETF, the Internet standards organization, published since 1978 (although intermittently but increasingly often) a joke RFCs each April 1 ( April Fool's Day ), the Day of the Innocents in many countries (including U.S.).
Many of you wondering what the heck is that of the RFC. stands for Request for Comments (something like "Request for Comments"), documents that regulate in some way how you have to do something on the Internet: how to encode messages into bits, how requests are made to a website, what should be used in a multimedia communication, etc. Its name comes from what began as projects that were hung on the net waiting for you people think on their applicability and possible improvements were discussed, but now practically already taken as definitive standards.
joke These documents have exactly the same format as any RFC, and grace lies precisely in its apparent seriousness. Some are really clever, as proposed that a communication protocol to see if it meets the Infinite monkey theorem , you know, this theorem says that if you put an infinite number of monkeys front of an infinite number of typewriters eventually end illuminating the complete works of Shakespeare. RFC covers everything from how to handle all the monkeys through messages to how apes can meet their nutritional needs. There are also focusing on puns, like that translates messages to work on SONET fiber optic poetic sonnets (sonnets English). Yesterday
published no fewer than three new RFC false. The first intends to use ESP to reduce the time it takes for packets transmitted over the network, while the second proposes to use the atmosphere as a means of multicast of messages, something completely ridiculous, of course. The last is a revision to the new version of IP (IPv6) RFC another joke published in 1990, which raised an adaptation of the Internet protocol for use of carrier pigeons to transport requests and responses (which was tested on real life ).
Not bad this fun initiative, which serves to lower a bit the serious tone that often take this type of organisms in their writings. To see other humorous RFCs, there is a complete list on Wikipedia English.
(Thanks to JJ Merelo by the news)
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