I'd tell you a UDP joke…

(codepuns.com)

159 points | by redmattred 15 hours ago ago

44 comments

  • LeoPanthera 13 hours ago ago

    "Hi, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

    "Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

    "Yes, I'd like to hear a TCP joke."

    "OK, I'll tell you a TCP joke."

    "Ok, I will hear a TCP joke."

    "Are you ready to hear a TCP joke?"

    "Yes, I am ready to hear a TCP joke."

    "Ok, I am about to send the TCP joke. It will last 10 seconds, it has two characters, it does not have a setting, it ends with a punchline."

    "Ok, I am ready to get your TCP joke that will last 10 seconds, has two characters, does not have an explicit setting, and ends with a punchline."

    "I'm sorry, your connection has timed out. Hello, would you like to hear a TCP joke?"

    • Izmaki 11 hours ago ago

      This one is the only one among the 10+ I browsed through on the website and read in the comments that actually made me laugh. Good one! Thanks for sharing. :)

  • dmurray 13 hours ago ago

    I was asked in an interview to explain the difference between TCP and UDP.

    I knew about enough to fill an index card: enough for an adequate interview answer, but not enough that I would relish getting follow-up questions.

    While deciding what to say I started with this joke. The interviewer laughed and moved on to the next question. I got the job offer.

  • bigstrat2003 12 hours ago ago

    I can tell you a DNS joke, but be aware that it might take 8 hours for everyone to get it.

    • cylemons 8 hours ago ago

      DNS is slow? or you mean domain updates

      • w-ll 6 hours ago ago

        I've updated the joke, refresh on your end.

  • divbzero 14 hours ago ago

    Or alternatively:

    > I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.

    • Neywiny 14 hours ago ago

      Or alternatively:

      > I would UDP joke tell you a… but you get it might not.

    • kuekacang 12 hours ago ago

      > A UDP joke I would tell you... but you might get it not

  • ericcumbee 10 hours ago ago

    An SQL Query walks into a bar and sees two table....he says "Mind if I join you?"

  • spiffytech 10 hours ago ago

    I used this during a "geeky jokes" icebreaker at work. No one got the joke so I just sounded condescending. Lesson learned.

  • blorenz 15 hours ago ago

    This was out of order.

  • travisd 14 hours ago ago

    packets udp bar walk a into

    • kachapopopow 8 hours ago ago

      ok this might sound crazy, but at first I completely missed the joke because it automatically rearranged the entire sentance into udp packets walked into a bar. I wonder how that works psychologically.

      • jbotz 3 hours ago ago

        You don't read a word at a time... every typical line of text is taken in with 2 or 3 eye focal points and the meaning of each group of words is determined in a single chunk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccade#Reading

      • lostlogin 7 hours ago ago

        > I completely missed the joke because it automatically rearranged the entire sentance into udp packets walked into a bar.

        Same here.

    • bitwize 6 hours ago ago

      2 FORTH PROGRAMMERS BAR INTO WALK

  • senthil_rajasek 15 hours ago ago

    Here is an ICMP joke,

    - Knock Knock

    - Who's there?

    - Thank you

    • redmattred 14 hours ago ago

      If you want to hear a great ICMP joke just ping me

    • burnt-resistor 14 hours ago ago

      Failed to shout it loud enough to make an echo. It TTL'ed 3 hops away.

  • memset 14 hours ago ago
  • CPLX 13 hours ago ago

    I'd share my joke about HTTP here, but it makes me feel insecure.

    • layer8 10 hours ago ago

      200 OK

    • lsc4719 13 hours ago ago

      Mix it with TLS joke

  • omoikane 10 hours ago ago

    This looks like a tumblr site, which means you can get all the content on one page instead of having to page through them one at a time:

    https://www.codepuns.com/archive

  • Zobat 5 hours ago ago

    There's two hard problems in programming. Naming things, cache invalidation and off by one errors.

  • mlhpdx 14 hours ago ago

    There are two kinds of people when it comes to UDP.

    • lucb1e 12 hours ago ago

      Which are those?

      Btw, it reminds me of "10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't"

      • d34th0rl1f3 11 hours ago ago

        those who get it, and ...

        • lucb1e 2 hours ago ago

          Ah, right! :D

      • fragmede 7 hours ago ago

        There are 11 kinds of people that understand binary. Those that understand binary, those that don't understand binary, and those that understand grey code.

  • charcircuit 12 hours ago ago

    You can't guarantee delivery of any message. This is the basis of the 2 generals problem.

  • Polizeiposaune 14 hours ago ago

    IP UDP we all P for TCP

    • DonHopkins 6 hours ago ago

      IBM, UBM, we all BM for IBM!

  • blacklion 14 hours ago ago

    There was list of such jokes for 40+ protocols, past and present, but I cannot find it anymore, only small part on different blogs and forums :(

  • kmoser 8 hours ago ago

    What did one broke programmer say to the other?

    "Hey, buddy, can you paradigm?"

  • irishcoffee 14 hours ago ago

    I think I prefer the punchline “I don’t expect you to get it, and it’s not a big deal if you don’t, happens to everyone”

  • burnt-resistor 14 hours ago ago

    Put a cork in it.

  • damnitbuilds 14 hours ago ago
  • Gibbon1 14 hours ago ago

    ght get it liYou mike this though

  • MarkusWandel 14 hours ago ago

    "get not you might it but"