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michiexile) wrote2004-05-01 12:29 pm
michiexile) wrote2004-05-01 12:29 pm
The naming of boxes (with excuses to T. S. Eliot)
The naming of boxes's a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your afternoon games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a manager
When I tell you a box must have three different names.
First of all, there's the name that all users us daily,
Such as imap, three-double-us, router or home,
Such as carroll, or melari, or jonathans-laptop --
All of the sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for academics, some for the gamers:
Such as Plato, Archimede, Electra, Demeter -
But I tell you a box needs a name that's particular,
Else how can it keep up it's filtering rulesets
Or spread out its packages -- or cherish it's work?
Of names of this kind I can give you a quorum,
Such as eighty, two-seventeen, eighty two, two;
Such as five, two, one, three - or maybe four two
Names that never belong to more than one box.
But above and beyond, there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will see;
The name that no user research should discover --
But THE BOX ITSELF KNOWS - and will only confess
To routers; I tell you, they will need to know it
And ask for it with a series of arp packages
It's used for the boxes to speak to another
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of their MACs
Their ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name.
It isn't just one of your afternoon games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a manager
When I tell you a box must have three different names.
First of all, there's the name that all users us daily,
Such as imap, three-double-us, router or home,
Such as carroll, or melari, or jonathans-laptop --
All of the sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for academics, some for the gamers:
Such as Plato, Archimede, Electra, Demeter -
But I tell you a box needs a name that's particular,
Else how can it keep up it's filtering rulesets
Or spread out its packages -- or cherish it's work?
Of names of this kind I can give you a quorum,
Such as eighty, two-seventeen, eighty two, two;
Such as five, two, one, three - or maybe four two
Names that never belong to more than one box.
But above and beyond, there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will see;
The name that no user research should discover --
But THE BOX ITSELF KNOWS - and will only confess
To routers; I tell you, they will need to know it
And ask for it with a series of arp packages
It's used for the boxes to speak to another
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of their MACs
Their ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name.
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Ah! I know who will dig this as well! *giggles* Besides my entire friends list, that is. Or most of them.
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Michi, that's one hell of a compliment she just gave you!
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Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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OK, was a very good Monday morning boost. Thank you.
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$HOME is where I lay my $@
$HOME, sweet $HOME
You want more?
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Please?
Re: Please?