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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by jeffreygoesto on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:14PM (#45635322)
"With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea."
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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by mkoubaa on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:37PM (#45635569)
Reminds me of a Russian joke:

Can a hedgehog fly? Yes, if you kick it.

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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by hinkley on Sunday October 19, 2025 @01:30PM (#45636031)
Birdie, birdie in the sky

Dropped some toothpaste in my eye

Me no care, me no cry

Me just glad that cows don’t fly

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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by ackreq on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:49PM (#45635664)
"It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead."
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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by dc396 on Sunday October 19, 2025 @12:50PM (#45635673)
"with sufficient thrust, anything can fly -- it's the landing that can get messy"
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Re:What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet by znort_ on Sunday October 19, 2025 @02:52PM (#45636850)
apropos of that: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2549
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