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shub-internet
(foldoc) | Shub-Internet
/shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional
deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young)
The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a
Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise,
and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity
formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of
MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and
praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is
malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown.
Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet
for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along
the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps
happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when
the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is
seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three
times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair
beneath the Pentagon.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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shub-internet
(jargon) | Shub-Internet
/shuhb' in´t@r·net/, n.
[MUD: from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity Shub-Niggurath, the Black
Goat with a Thousand Young] The harsh personification of the Internet:
Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise,
and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all
the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships
Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no
avail — its purpose is malign and evil, and it is the cause of all network
slowdown. Often heard as in “Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for
slowing her down.” (A forged response often follows along the lines of: “
Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.”) Also cursed by
users of the Web, FTP and telnet when the network lags. The dread name of
Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three
times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the
Pentagon. Compare Random Number God.
[January 1996: It develops that one of the computer administrators in the
basement of the Pentagon read this entry and fell over laughing. As a
result, you too can now poke Shub-Internet by pinging
shub-internet.ims.disa.mil. Compare kremvax. —ESR]
[April 1999: shub-internet.ims.disa.mil is no more, alas. But Shub-Internet
lives, and even has a home page. —ESR]
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shub-internet
(foldoc) | Shub-Internet
/shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional
deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young)
The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a
Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise,
and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity
formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of
MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and
praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is
malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown.
Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet
for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along
the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps
happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when
the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is
seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three
times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair
beneath the Pentagon.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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shub-internet
(jargon) | Shub-Internet
/shuhb' in´t@r·net/, n.
[MUD: from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity Shub-Niggurath, the Black
Goat with a Thousand Young] The harsh personification of the Internet:
Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise,
and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all
the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships
Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no
avail — its purpose is malign and evil, and it is the cause of all network
slowdown. Often heard as in “Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for
slowing her down.” (A forged response often follows along the lines of: “
Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.”) Also cursed by
users of the Web, FTP and telnet when the network lags. The dread name of
Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three
times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the
Pentagon. Compare Random Number God.
[January 1996: It develops that one of the computer administrators in the
basement of the Pentagon read this entry and fell over laughing. As a
result, you too can now poke Shub-Internet by pinging
shub-internet.ims.disa.mil. Compare kremvax. —ESR]
[April 1999: shub-internet.ims.disa.mil is no more, alas. But Shub-Internet
lives, and even has a home page. —ESR]
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