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RFC 1925: The Twelve Networking Truths

59 points by kaeso 15y ago

dexen 15y ago
I love how ``It is always possible to add another level of indirection'' is described as corollary to moving problems around instead of solving them :D
b_erb 15y ago
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1925&eid=3104 http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1925&eid... Mark Nottingham's update on the speed of light.
tawm 15y ago
"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
sargun 15y ago
Number 2 should have the subpoint "You must travel along the curvature of the Earth" - that is, until we get IP over neutrino. Honestly, even for a joke-RFC, this is pretty spot on.
seigel 15y ago
Love it. Ahh, those lighter more fun days. Try getting an RFC like that in there now.
- DanBC 15y ago
  I particularly like the tribute to Postel: (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468)
- rmccue 15y ago
  It was an April Fools' Day RFC, which they do at least one of every year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_RFC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_RFC
edw519 15y ago
(0) For every fundamental truth, there exists a counterexample: (1) It Has To Work. Counterexample: U.S. healthcare. (2a) No matter how hard you try, you can't make a baby in much less than 9 months. Counterexample: adoption. (3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. Counterexample: Who cares? </resumes eating his BLT> (4) Some things in life can never be fully appreciated nor understood unless experienced firsthand. Counterexample: Microsoft Windows. (5) It is always possible to aglutenate multiple separate problems into a single complex interdependent solution. In most cases this is a bad idea. Counterexample: U.S. Constitution. 6. It is easier to move a problem around (for example, by moving the problem to a different part of the overall network architecture) than it is to solve it. Counterexample: Joe Biden's speeches. (7a) (corollary). Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three). Counterexample: Five Guys. (8) It is more complicated than you think. Counterexample: "All you lawyers do is complicate situations that aren't complicated." - Erin Brokovich 9. For all resources, whatever it is, you need more. Counterexample: calories. (10) One size never fits all. Counterexample: Pencil and paper. (11) Every old idea will be proposed again with a different name and a different presentation, regardless of whether it works. Counterexample: suicide. (12) In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Counterexample: Hacker News.
- ars 15y ago
  Your counterexamples for the most part make make no sense. I feel like I should give a line by line rebuttal, but that's probably giving your joke more attention that it deserves.
mariuolo 15y ago
Twelve truths and a misspelling (aglutenate).
dfc 15y ago
April Fools Day is bad enough why are we reliving it on HN again and again?

59 points by kaeso 15y ago

dexen 15y ago

I love how ``It is always possible to add another level of indirection'' is described as corollary to moving problems around instead of solving them :D

b_erb 15y ago

http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1925&eid=3104 http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=1925&eid... Mark Nottingham's update on the speed of light.

tawm 15y ago

"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

sargun 15y ago

Number 2 should have the subpoint "You must travel along the curvature of the Earth" - that is, until we get IP over neutrino. Honestly, even for a joke-RFC, this is pretty spot on.

seigel 15y ago

Love it. Ahh, those lighter more fun days. Try getting an RFC like that in there now.

DanBC 15y ago
I particularly like the tribute to Postel: (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2468)
rmccue 15y ago
It was an April Fools' Day RFC, which they do at least one of every year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_RFC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_RFC

edw519 15y ago

(0) For every fundamental truth, there exists a counterexample: (1) It Has To Work. Counterexample: U.S. healthcare. (2a) No matter how hard you try, you can't make a baby in much less than 9 months. Counterexample: adoption. (3) With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead. Counterexample: Who cares? </resumes eating his BLT> (4) Some things in life can never be fully appreciated nor understood unless experienced firsthand. Counterexample: Microsoft Windows. (5) It is always possible to aglutenate multiple separate problems into a single complex interdependent solution. In most cases this is a bad idea. Counterexample: U.S. Constitution. 6. It is easier to move a problem around (for example, by moving the problem to a different part of the overall network architecture) than it is to solve it. Counterexample: Joe Biden's speeches. (7a) (corollary). Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three). Counterexample: Five Guys. (8) It is more complicated than you think. Counterexample: "All you lawyers do is complicate situations that aren't complicated." - Erin Brokovich 9. For all resources, whatever it is, you need more. Counterexample: calories. (10) One size never fits all. Counterexample: Pencil and paper. (11) Every old idea will be proposed again with a different name and a different presentation, regardless of whether it works. Counterexample: suicide. (12) In protocol design, perfection has been reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Counterexample: Hacker News.

ars 15y ago
Your counterexamples for the most part make make no sense. I feel like I should give a line by line rebuttal, but that's probably giving your joke more attention that it deserves.

mariuolo 15y ago

Twelve truths and a misspelling (aglutenate).

dfc 15y ago

April Fools Day is bad enough why are we reliving it on HN again and again?