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- FlakMonkey, on 10/12/2007, -7/+253I have not actually looked at this story but I think that any story that has more words in parenthesis than not definitely deserves a comment.
- piratearggghhh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9611 of 16 people found this reply helpful :)
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -3/+91Comments on Digg are usually of similar quality and are created using similar amounts of research
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+86I have not actually read your comment so I don't know what I am replying to,
- jonswift, on 10/12/2007, -26/+104You can read my blog at http://jonswift.blogspot.com or you may just want to review it without actually reading it.
- Terc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+52So... what's this reviewer's Digg account name?
- darkdaedra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36I have not read Mr. Swift's blog, but his name is clearly a reference to the novel, Gulliver's Travels, which was written by Jonathan Swift in the early 18th century. It was a subversive novel that seemed to suggest horses were better than humans. I've never spoken to a horse, but am against them in principle. I cannot recommend Mr. Swift's blog as his equine inclinations have no place on a computer screen.
- Feanaro, on 10/12/2007, -12/+40I am sure the best way to reach this Jon Smith quickly is by posting your letter as a comment on digg. Well done.
- squenix1221, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30"I have not actually read this book but I feel very sorry for Mr. Medved. It must be difficult being a film critic who hates films and the people who make them and I wonder if he wouldn't have been happier in some other line of work. I also think it must be very lonely for him being one of the only Jews in Hollywood. When I read in the Washington Post review above the story of how he was forced to choose between his religious faith and the opportunity to go on the Tonight Show and make fat jokes about Elizabeth Taylor I was very moved and it reminded me of the film Chariots of Fire (a movie he probably hated). I'm glad the problem was resolved and he was able to go on the Tonight Show and make fun of Elizabeth Taylor after all, but then it occurred to me that she is also Jewish and maybe he could have had at least one friend in Hollywood. That made me sad to think about."
- gregulate, on 10/12/2007, -15/+40Man, I was expecting these comments to actually be funny...but they weren't.
- leoCT, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27Best thing is the friggin tank which Amazon sells and the guy also reviewed. A friggin TANK for only 20k. The reviews there are hilarious.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1EYSAG06N5UOI/
this guys review of "The Story About Ping", a childrens book about a duck named ping, makes me laugh every time - ipodman715, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19***** Ping! I love that duck!, January 25, 2000
"PING! The magic duck!
Using deft allegory, the authors have provided an insightful and intuitive explanation of one of Unix's most venerable networking utilities. Even more stunning is that they were clearly working with a very early beta of the program, as their book first appeared in 1933, years (decades!) before the operating system and network infrastructure were finalized.
The book describes networking in terms even a child could understand, choosing to anthropomorphize the underlying packet structure. The ping packet is described as a duck, who, with other packets (more ducks), spends a certain period of time on the host machine (the wise-eyed boat). At the same time each day (I suspect this is scheduled under cron), the little packets (ducks) exit the host (boat) by way of a bridge (a bridge). From the bridge, the packets travel onto the internet (here embodied by the Yangtze River).
The title character -- er, packet, is called Ping. Ping meanders around the river before being received by another host (another boat). He spends a brief time on the other boat, but eventually returns to his original host machine (the wise-eyed boat) somewhat the worse for wear.
If you need a good, high-level overview of the ping utility, this is the book. I can't recommend it for most managers, as the technical aspects may be too overwhelming and the basic concepts too daunting.
Problems With This Book
As good as it is, The Story About Ping is not without its faults. There is no index, and though the ping(8) man pages cover the command line options well enough, some review of them seems to be in order. Likewise, in a book solely about Ping, I would have expected a more detailed overview of the ICMP packet structure.
But even with these problems, The Story About Ping has earned a place on my bookshelf, right between Stevens' Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment, and my dog-eared copy of Dante's seminal work on MS Windows, Inferno. Who can read that passage on the Windows API ("Obscure, profound it was, and nebulous, So that by fixing on its depths my sight -- Nothing whatever I discerned therein."), without shaking their head with deep understanding. But I digress."
lol - krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -4/+21on WoW forums, people say TLDR (too long didnt read). here on digg, people act like they read the article from start to finish - nevermind just scanning it or bypassing it entirely.
- Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15My favorite is still the milk reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/B00032G1S0/ref=cm_rev_sort/002-6635482-3528859?customer-reviews.sort_by=%2BSubmissionDate&x=5&y=14&s=gourmet-food
Sort by the oldest ones first. - MarkHarrison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15A few gems buried under a lot of fairly obvious stuff.
For those of us "over a certain age", then the McCarthy Hearings comment was wonderful - I genuinely had tears running down my face at that one.
Are you now, or have you ever been, a digg commenter? - Bullsnot, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Brokeback review:
Great movie but not gay, January 18, 2006
I have not actually read this book but I did see the movie and I liked it very much. However, I don't understand why people keep referring to it as the "gay cowboy movie." Can't two men be very good friends without everybody saying they're gay? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11From a review of Milk:
"My grown children and I sat down to breakfast this morning looking forawrd to trying this new... milk we bought online. At 1st it seemed absurd to buy milk and have it shipped at almost 3 times the cost of the milk itself. But then we... tasted it. It didn't taste like milk at all. It tasted... better. This could not have come from a cow. Men of great knowledge must have... engineered this substance. I couldn't help myself, I had to have more. I finished my glass like a man just rescued from the desert. And I remember... I... I... I cried... I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized... like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond... a diamond bullet right through my forehead... and I thought: My God... the genius of that. The genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than we." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15"I have not actually read this book but James Frey says that only 12 pages of his book are untrue and I think that's a pretty good average. I think it's a great and compelling book and recommend it highly. Only 12 words of this review are untrue. Can you guess which ones they are?"
- kysle, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Amazing how helpful his reviews are, too!
- Bamborzled, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"8176 of 8419 people found the following review helpful"
- fizzyalex, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Maybe they don't realize its the guy, they think its a random dude that's blog spamming.
PS. It's the guy - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -14/+23i digg this without reading it!
- pkulak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"I used to like Ms. Dowd when she was attacking President Clinton for having sex but now she is attacking President Bush and there is no evidence whatsoever that he is having sex so I don't understand what the problem is."
HAHA! - herro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8maybe because it had already been on the front page before.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Gee, thanks. I was having fun dribbling out my inanities here on Digg, when suddenly you reminded me what I was really doing.
- totro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Say what you will, but I think it's important to give some due credit for this pretty original culture hack, and I tip my hat to anyone who does it tastefully and satirically like this.
- Slybri, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This guy reminds me of the "Deep Thoughts" guy from SNL, Jack Handey.
- bariswheel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"I have not actually read this book but I agree with Mr. Hannity that evil is bad. I am against all evil whatsoever, whether it is in an axis or solo. Liberals are always making complicated distinctions between things that are a little bit evil and things that are moderately evil and things that are very evil. Not Mr. Hannity. Everything to him is either good or evil, period. I think that's a much easier way to view the world and it saves a lot of time."
WHO IS THIS GUY?!?!?!? that is the funniest thing I've ever heard.. hahaha
-b - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Irish Spring Deodorant Soap
Don't go to STORES...There's people there., November 9, 2004
This soap is great. I love this soap. It feels good against a body, I'll tell you that. And I'll also tell you that it's gentle. The kind of gentle that says: "I know you have saddle-rash from that horse yesterday, but I can smooth that out." Whatta soap. You can't find that kind of quality in stores. No, soap is best when bought online, and with the least amount of human contact possible. So don't go to the stores, you shut-ins, place an order for a bar of these babies, and shudder at the thought of meeting a stranger... - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5repruhsent - You have a severely underdeveloped humor gland.
- mikeswi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7When I was in the 6th grade, we were supposed to read the book "To Kill A Mockingbird". Being a lazy bastard, I didn't do it.
A week or so later, the teacher asks us about the book. I tried to headfake my way through it, but the teacher must have sensed something. She glared at me for a minute, then asked me flat out what the book was about.
"Umm......... It describes various methods of bird hunting during the 30's?"
I could tell from the laughter around me that this must not be correct.... - ZetSabre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Vikramkr,
The original Jonathan Swift was a famous satirist. One of his most famous works, "A Modest Proposal," was a critique of the views that the upper-class of England had on Ireland. However, on the surface, it was about eating babies.
Read into what "Jon Swift" says and realize that it's only a joke. It's Political satire much like the jokes of Stephen Colbert. - TomS64, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Well, at least he told you he didn't read the book unlike most other bashers/reviews.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I agree - this guy is hilarious. I would love to read an entire book of his reviews. Obviously, the book will be called "I Have Not Actually Read This Book."
- jeet404, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Doesn't every writer wants to get attention? If they don't want attention why would they write in the first place?
- jeet404, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4OH NOES!!! WHERES MY TIN FOIL HAT OMGZ PEOPLE MAKE JOKES OMG OMG OMG!!@!!!one!!
OK please don't tell me that they weren't funny? How will humanity be effected by this? - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4only 11?
- aboyd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4What's more awesome is that 15 out of 21 people voted that his review was helpful. That is just excellent.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8 Is too!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3There is a long history of great comments on Family Circus books. Amazon goes through and cleans them out periodically but they filter back in, like so:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-This-Say-Family/dp/0449148149/sr=8-6/qid=1157319669 - jdr93, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i have actually read some of the 'reviews' and i have the impression they were written by some sort of crank. perhaps a hand crank.
- AxeSwinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The cover makes me suspicious, January 16, 2006
I have not actually read this book but judging from the cover Mr. Savage is apparently from San Francisco. Generally, I am suspicious of people from San Francisco. Bill O'Reilly has said that we should encourage Al Qaeda to attack San Francisco, which I think is going a bit too far, but the point he is making that people from San Francisco are out of the mainstream of normal Americans is a good one. I believe that Mr. Savage is a conservative but if that is true I don't know why he lives in San Francisco so it makes me suspicious that he could actually be an undercover liberal who is being deliberately outrageous to make conservatives look bad. - lowerlogic, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'm thirsty.
- gamesector, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow, quoting Greenday, clever..
- AxeSwinger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The horror, the horror....
- zackk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I see "I have not actually read this book" in every comment. :)
- kafka47, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"I think it's a great and compelling book and recommend it highly."
- these 12. This guy is brilliant, lol! -
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