From 7e6b7e57ed911c4ba82f9328f15670f5e4841fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:38:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] series of tubes --- entries/series_of_tubes.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 entries/series_of_tubes.txt diff --git a/entries/series_of_tubes.txt b/entries/series_of_tubes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4b66791 --- /dev/null +++ b/entries/series_of_tubes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +series of tubes + +A phrase used by US senator Ted Stevens in 2006 to describe the workings of +the internet. "It's a series of tubes!", "The internet is not a big truck" +and "what happens to your own personal internet?" soon became viral phrases. + +This rambling and highly incoherent speech about the internet - difficult +to really tell whether it was for or against net neutrality - is a classic +example of a suit who doesn't really understand the technology nevertheless +attempting to appear authoritative. \ No newline at end of file