{"id":183500,"date":"2013-02-11T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/02\/11\/too-much-free-time-example-of-the-millennium\/"},"modified":"2013-02-11T21:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T02:04:00","slug":"too-much-free-time-example-of-the-millennium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2013\/02\/11\/too-much-free-time-example-of-the-millennium\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Much Free Time Example of the Millennium"},"content":{"rendered":"

I give you Ryan Werber, who created the world’s most amusing traceroute<\/a>:<\/p>\n

6 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 68.642 ms 67.307 ms 67.005 ms<\/span>
7 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 65.986 ms 68.502 ms 68.708 ms<\/span>
8 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 67.067 ms 70.139 ms 66.52<\/span>
9 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 70.214 ms 70.192 ms 71.622 ms<\/span>
10 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 71.427 ms 74.206 ms <\/span>
11 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 71.665 ms 70.434 ms 7<\/span>
12 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 69.218 ms 70.621 <\/span>
13 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 69.059 ms 68.931 ms 69.981 ms<\/span>
14 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 77.247 ms 72.757 ms 77.61<\/span>
15 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 71.224 ms 71.164 ms 69.543 <\/span>
16 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 68.744 ms 68.824 <\/span>
17 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 72.316 ms 74.551 ms 66.354 ms<\/span>
18 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 69.413 ms 70.334 ms 6<\/span>
19 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 66.182 ms 66.627 ms 71.23<\/span>
20 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 71.926 ms 71.266 ms 70.<\/span>
21 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 67.298 ms 65.956 ms 66.<\/span>
22 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 65.020 ms 67.806 ms 70.508 ms<\/span>
23 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 68.894 ms 71.147 ms 71<\/span>
24 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 72.130 ms 71.093 ms 74.026 <\/span>
25 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 68.568 ms 67.939 ms<\/span>
26 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 67.063 ms 69.874 ms 68.889 m<\/span>
27 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 70.395 ms 70.144 ms <\/span>
28 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 66.098 ms 65.432 ms <\/span>
29 0——————-0 (206.214.251.94) 75.931 ms 74.159 ms 80.012 <\/span>
30 0——————0 (206.214.251.97) 73.026 ms 73.403 ms 73.256 <\/span>
31 0—————–0 (206.214.251.102) 83.602 ms 82.079 ms 70.743 <\/span>
32 0—————-0 (206.214.251.105) 70.459 ms 69.403 ms 68.782 m<\/span>
33 0—————0 (206.214.251.110) 68.516 ms 72.472 ms 71.811 ms<\/span>
34 0————–0 (206.214.251.113) 69.056 ms 65.981 ms 68.202 ms<\/span>
35 0————-0 (206.214.251.118) 66.790 ms 71.556 ms 74.292 ms<\/span>
36 0————0 (206.214.251.121) 68.286 ms 71.042 ms 71.587 ms<\/span>
37 0———–0 (206.214.251.126) 72.702 ms 71.785 ms 72.442 ms<\/span>
38 0———-0 (206.214.251.129) 78.143 ms 74.411 ms 72.828 ms<\/span>
39 0———0 (206.214.251.134) 69.692 ms 66.187 ms 67.369 ms<\/span>
40 0——–0 (206.214.251.137) 69.184 ms 70.678 ms 67.445 ms<\/span>
41 0——-0 (206.214.251.142) 70.383 ms 68.220 ms 67.543 ms<\/span>
42 0——0 (206.214.251.145) 67.593 ms 72.970 ms 73.220 ms<\/span>
43 0—–0 (206.214.251.150) 70.964 ms 69.082 ms 70.831 ms<\/span>
44 0—-0 (206.214.251.153) 73.856 ms 71.848 ms 70.311 ms<\/span>
45 0—0 (206.214.251.158) 71.517 ms 69.204 ms 69.538 ms<\/span>
46 0–0 (206.214.251.161) 68.076 ms 68.179 ms 67.620 ms<\/span>
47 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 68.738 ms 70.518 ms 68.757 ms<\/span>
48 00 (206.214.251.169) 68.281 ms 70.225 ms 74.811 ms<\/span>
49 I (206.214.251.174) 70.203 ms 71.668 ms 71.672 ms<\/span>
50 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 68.900 ms 71.461 ms 72.297 ms<\/span>
51 When.CCIEs.Get.Bored (206.214.251.182) 75.816 ms 73.957 ms 71.333 ms<\/span>
52 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.185) 70.254 ms 73.799 ms <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, his little trick went viral, and then the script kiddies decided to DDOS the site, so the traceroute no longer works.<\/p>\n

H\/t DC at the Stellar Parthenon BBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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