re Net-Neutraltini

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Day <jeanjour () comcast net>
> Date: January 28, 2010 11:31:49 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Net-Neutraltini

> Wouldn't it have to be a "best-effort" drink?  Just whatever the  
> bartender could get a hold of and equal portions of whatever it  
> was?  ;-)
>
> BTW, as ancient history goes,
>
> The official drink of OSI was the B-52 (layered of course).  At an  
> OSI meeting in Japan, the bartender kept serving them stirred.  A UK  
> delegate to the upper layers group raised one of the many rounds,  
> looked a bit perplexed at the glass and said, "The bartender is an  
> implementor!"
>
> (The OSI clueless test was whether or not one implemented the upper  
> 3 layers as distinct separate layers (clueless) or whether you were  
> clueful enough to see that they should be done as as one state  
> machine.)
>
> There is also ISO Standard martini, I forget the number.  It uses  
> the radiation method:  A light is shined through a bottle of  
> vermouth onto a bottle of gin.
>
>
> At 18:33 -0500 2010/01/27, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> > > From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
> > > Date: January 27, 2010 5:50:44 PM EST
> > > To: dave () farber net, Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> > > Subject: Net-Neutraltini
> >
> > > Dave:
> > >
> > > Attendees at the "State of the Net" conference, held by an outfit  
> > > called the "Congressional Internet Caucus," are quaffing a drink  
> > > called a "Net-Neutraltini," the recipe for which is posted at
> >
> > > http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/78219-net-neutralitini-anyone-cocktail-makes-debut-today
> > >
> > > It seems to me, though, that if it were really a "Net- 
> > > Neutraltini," nobody -- not even its fans -- could agree on what  
> > > was in it. And no one's recipe could specify a specific brand of  
> > > gin, vodka, or liqueur, as does the one on the site; that would be  
> > > discrimination! In fact, the Federal Cocktail Commission would  
> > > dictate that anyone consuming the drink be able to request "any  
> > > ingredient" of his or her choosing, subject to "reasonable  
> > > nightspot management."
> > >
> > > It's enough to drive you to drink. ;-)
> > >
> > > --Brett Glass
>
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