[Wolves] Re: Wolves LUG Christmas Quiz

[Ron Wellsted]

As promised the answers to the quiz:

1.What improvement over RFC 1149 was offered by RFC 2549?
Quality of service (to allow for sparrowhawks etc.) (See http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2549.html).

2.Who were the first group to implement RFC 1149?
Bergen Linux User Group (see http://blug.linux.no/rfc1149/).

3.Who/what does the term “scratch monkey” commemorate?
Mabel, the Swimming Wonder Monkey (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/scratch-monkey)

4.What were the programs “Robin Hood” and “Friar Tuck” used for?
To force Xerox to acknowledge and fix a security bug in their mainframe (see http://www.jargondb.org/the_meaning_of_hack).

5.What happens when the switch is flipped from “more magic” to “magic”?
The computer crashes.  (see http://www.jargondb.org/a_story_about_magic).

6.What was the first computer bug?
A Moth (see http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Folklore/First%20Computer%20Bug.html).

7.How do you measure nuclear warhead yield using ethernet?
Run the cable towards the device, then use TDR to measure the (very, very rapidly) decreasing length of the cable.
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~magi/personal/humour/Computer_Folklore/How%20do%20you%20measure%20nuclear%20warhead%20yield%3F.html).

8.What is a terminak?
A faulty terminal, especially the ADM-3A. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/terminak).

9.What is important about the 3rd - 13th September 1752?
They did not exist (switch from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1752).

10.Approximately how long is a micro-fortnight?
1.2 Seconds (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/microfortnight).

11.What was the date of the first USENET posting from kremvax?
1st April 1984 (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/kremvax).

12.What was SAIL?
Stanford  Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/sail).

13.Who created and unleashed the Great Worm?
Robert Tappan Morris. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/great-worm).

14.Where did TANSTAAFL come from?
“The moon is a hash mistress” by Robert A. Heinlein 1966. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/tanstaafl).

15.What is the Utah Teapot?
One of the first complex 3D models. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/utah-teapot).

16.What year did the “September that never ended” begin?
1993. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/september-that-never-ended).

17.What is magic smoke used for?
It's what keeps chips working. (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/magic-smoke).

18.What book was the origin of the “Endian”?
Gulliver's Travels (see http://www.netrino.com/Embedded-Systems/How-To/Big-Endian-Little-Endian).

19.What is an ICBM address?
The Latitude & Longitude of your home (see http://www.jargondb.org/glossary/icbm-address). (see my sig block)

20.What type of computer was John Titor after?
IBM 5100 (see http://www.johntitor.com/Pages/5100.html).

Congratulations to the winners James, Chris and Aq.

-- 
Ron Wellsted
ron at wellsted.org.uk http://www.wellsted.org.uk
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