Exam preparation

20 Mar 2005

Snippets of conversation from MSN.

Regarding Minesweeper:

Ben: best time for expert is something like 183
Josh: i dont know if i’ve ever beat it, actually
Josh: hehe
Josh: well
Josh: im sure i have a few times
Josh: but i never pay any attention to how LONG
Josh: coz its always a distraction
Josh: not an extreme sport
Josh: …or something
Ben: hey minesweeper SO is a sport

Regarding Telstra’s crappy DNS:

Ben: use iinets:P
Josh: yeah i was, but that was just as slow… something about something? i dont know, it still DOWNLOADS fast, just takes ages to RESOLVE anything :/
Ben: sucks to be you trying to resolve?
Josh: hehe, guess so :p
Josh: but that’s okay
Josh: because it’s the journey, not the resolution, which matters
Josh: ;)
Ben: so exactly how many hops is it between your modem and the telstra DNS? explain the language forms and features (in binary) used and how they effect the responder (your home computer) as it goes about its trip.

What has the Board of Studies done to us?