PSA: this is not a tube

[zinfamous]

This is called the internet, and it is not made of tubes.






Also, in case you were expecting something else, this is not a tube, either:

It's called a subway, because it transports you beneath (sub) the surface.

some people call this a Sub sandwich, b/c it resembles the train, I guess:

depending on where you live, though, you might call that a pistol. I am not yet sure if that is grounds for insanity, though.
:hmm:

 

[Duder1no]

PSA threads are now officially lame.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Yup.

 

[HAL9000]

It's called a subway, because it transports you beneath (sub) the surface.

It's also in a cellendrical tunnel, which resembles.... AH TUBE! BY GOD?!

 

[FelixDeCat]

 

[zinfamous]

PSA threads are now officially lame.

It appears that you prefer grinders:

 

[Blackjack200]

some people call this a Sub sandwich, b/c it resembles the train, I guess:

depending on where you live, though, you might call that a pistol. I am not yet sure if that is grounds for insanity, though.
:hmm:

Actually, sub sandwich is short for submarine sandwich. I'm guess they were named that way because they look like submarines.

Sub-Way got it wrong.

 

[zinfamous]

It's also in a cellendrical tunnel, which resembles.... AH TUBE! BY GOD?!

does that mean, "of the stars," or something like that?

this makes even less sense, now.

:hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

Actually, sub sandwich is short for submarine sandwich. I'm guess they were named that way because they look like submarines.

Sub-Way got it wrong.

oh yes, i forgot the submarine part.

and lol, i never realized how their subway system decor totally screwed the origin.

 

[preslove]

Sorry, Zinfamous, but you were held up by lameness and missed the train :-/

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cZC67wXUTs&feature=related

 

[sandorski]

More LIES from the Intertubes!!!!!

 

[zinfamous]

Sorry, Zinfamous, but you were held up by lameness and missed the train :-/

I used the tubes to google "train," and was horrified!

D:





(now imagine someone saying that exact phrase 15 years ago, and then you're trying to figure out wtf it meant.)

 

[spidey07]

The internet is actually a series of tubes. It's the best visualization there is. You can also think of traffic as water. If the pipe isn't big enough and you dump too much water it falls on the floor - that is called packet loss. The water is packets.

 

[zinfamous]

The internet is actually a series of tubes. It's the best visualization there is. You can also think of traffic as water. If the pipe isn't big enough and you dump too much water it falls on the floor - that is called packet loss. The water is packets.

OK, but where do the microwaves fit into the equation.

:hmm:

 

[Blackjack200]

The internet is actually a series of tubes. It's the best visualization there is. You can also think of traffic as water. If the pipe isn't big enough and you dump too much water it falls on the floor - that is called packet loss. The water is packets.

Yeah, but when networks slow down, isn't it generally because the servers can't keep up with demand, as opposed to the actual fiber and cable being overloaded?

 

[spidey07]

Yeah, but when networks slow down, isn't it generally because the servers can't keep up with demand, as opposed to the actual fiber and cable being overloaded?

Normally it's because a tube somewhere along the way is full and the water is backing up or spilling onto the floor.

 

[techs]

Normally it's because a tube somewhere along the way is full and the water is backing up or spilling onto the floor.

Now Comcast tech support becomes perfectly clear....