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Transatlantic Gigabit Gaming.. err, Research
YourHero writes: "Science Technology And Research Light-Illuminated Gigabit High-Performance Transit. All hail acronyms. U Illinois at Chicago has hooked up to SURFnet (Netherlands) at 2.5Gbps, with plans to go to 10Gbps and hook up Canada, Asia and other parts of Europe. StarLight as its called makes a monster gaming ... err. I mean 'real-time, multi-site virtual reality.' Looks like they've been racking up killer ping times for a few weeks now.
Okay... This is your "favorite" essay about latency? Where do I start? That you even HAVE a favorite essay? That this essay is your favorite about latency, implying that you have other favorite essays about other things?
You are definately a Master Geek. I cower in the shadow of your geekdom.
You ruled about four hundred years ago. Now you're a crusty old man that needs to put on a fucking shirt to hide your scaly chest, sit the fuck down, and shut the fuck up. I paid to see you in concert a few years back and was SEVERELY dissappointed by your obvious lack of enthusiasm. You know, as much as you don't like to admit it, retirement is something that should have claimed you long, long ago.
Bite my yammer.