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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Shub-Internet</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="shriek.html" title="shriek"/><link rel="next" href="SIG.html" title="SIG"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Shub-Internet</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="shriek.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="SIG.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Shub-Internet"/><dt xmlns="" id="Shub-Internet"><b>Shub-Internet</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/shuhb<68> in<69>t@r<>net/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [MUD: from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity Shub-Niggurath,
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the Black Goat with a Thousand Young] The harsh personification of the
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Internet: Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of
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Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity
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formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders
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worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good
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connections. To no avail — its purpose is malign and evil, and it is
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the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in “<span class="quote">Freela casts a
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tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down.</span>” (A forged response
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often follows along the lines of: “<span class="quote">Shub-Internet gulps down the tac
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nuke and burps happily.</span>”) Also cursed by users of the Web,
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FTP and telnet when the network lags. The dread
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name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating
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it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath
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the Pentagon. Compare <a href="../R/Random-Number-God.html"><i class="glossterm">Random Number God</i></a>.</p><p>[January 1996: It develops that one of the computer administrators in
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the basement of the Pentagon read this entry and fell over laughing. As a
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result, you too can now poke Shub-Internet by
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<a href="../P/ping.html"><i class="glossterm">ping</i></a>ing <tt class="systemitem">shub-internet.ims.disa.mil</tt>. Compare
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<a href="../K/kremvax.html"><i class="glossterm">kremvax</i></a>. —ESR]</p><p>[April 1999: shub-internet.ims.disa.mil is no more, alas. But
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Shub-Internet lives, and even has a <a href="http://www.shub-internet.org/" target="_top">home page</a>. —ESR]</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="shriek.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="SIG.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">shriek<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>SIG</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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