[pa5tabear]

I never understand what's so wrong about the "series of tubes" metaphor. A tube connects something to something else, and it has the same characteristics like bandwidth, travel time, connections/splits, etc.

And isn't a good amount of the internet infrastructure guarded by conduit? Literally making it a series of tubes...

[leeoniya]

yeah, the same comparison is often used to explain current & voltage in electronics. i guess in his case, it was bandwidth being discussed, so it's quite appropriate.

[BlackDeath3]

I've been wondering this lately as well. It just seems like another excuse for technically-oriented people to laugh at non-technically-oriented people.

[justin66]

> It just seems like another excuse for technically-oriented people to laugh at non-technically-oriented people.

With Ted Stephens, it's probably more accurate to say that it was one more reason to dislike someone who a lot of people already had a lot of reasons to dislike.