make it stoooop!

I've had music from Smokey and the Bandit playing in my head for two days now.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound, just watch ol' 'Bandit' run

Keep your foot hard on the pedal
Son, never mind them brakes
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarcana
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound, just watch ol' 'Bandit' run...

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound, just watch ol' 'Bandit' run...

Ol' Smokey's got them ears on
He's hot on your trail
He ain't gonna rest 'til you're in jail
So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im
You got to keep that diesel truckin'
Just put that hammer down and give it hell...

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm east bound, just watch ol' 'Bandit' run...

(attr. dammit Jerry Reed, reproduced without permission)

more chat stupidity

<kathryn> [telco] want to know about our dialup to [provider] and what protocol it uses. What modem protocol do you use on the kiosks?
<waider> er
<waider> WTF?
<waider> modem protocol?
<waider> the dially one
<kathryn> Ah yes, v.dially
<waider> v22
<waider> v22bis, possibly
<waider> but most likely v22
<kathryn> They really want to know about the acks and naks I think, but I'll give them this too for completeness.
<kathryn> They say the layer 2 protocol, as if anyone ever anywhere has actually implemented the ISO 7 layer model properly
<waider> layer 2 is chocolate spread, with some traces of hazelnut
<waider> layer 3 is cream
<waider> then there's some sponge cake
<kathryn> I'll tell them that
<waider> that may be intra-layer, though