How the fuck does the internet actually work?
>When you load a web page, you have to load all the data to view it.
>In order to load all of the data, you must first load half of the data.
>In order to load half of the data, you must first load 1/4 of the data.
>In order to load 1/4 of the data, you must first load 1/8 of the data, and so on
>You see where this is going
So, how is the transfer of data... possible?
>>54226662
That is the most retarded thing I've ever heard
next level shitposting
>>54226662
pajeet's code thread, go on OP
DUDE WEED LMAO
>>54226662
you load the html and look at it to know what images to load and further scripts/css bollocks.
>>54226748
and those are all... data... correct...?
I think you might be onto something here, zeno!
>>54226662
Data is not infinitely divisible
>>54226662
Except Zeno's paradox relies on being able to split the thing into infinitely many parts. With data, the smallest unit is a bit
>>54226662
Is this jayden smith?
>>54226779
>>54226685
>>54226686
>>54226724
>>54226734
Day of the rope is coming, and all of you are on the list
This is a Millenial Post.
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IGNORE
>>54226662
stop shitposting, Zeno.
>>54226662
>How the fuck does the internet actually work?
Network+ and CCNA describes it pretty well.
Maybe instead of asking existential questions, you should just read a book. You know, written by professionals who get paid to teach this shit.
>>54226779
so what? the fuck are you arguing?
>>54226902
data transfer is impossible...
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>>54226840
>implying this thread is any worse than any other on this shit board
you aspies would discuss over binaries.
>>54226662
>How the fuck does the internet actually work?
It doesn't.
>>54226931
And you should with a pair of broken kneecaps and a noose around your neck nigger
>>54226962
woah woah woah dude... do you really have to bring race into this?
>>54226662
data is discrete not continuous faggot
OP, this is almost "microwave time" tier stupidity but let me explain why you're a fucking idiot.
A web request or response has a finite size in bytes, so it's not infinitely divisible to smaller pieces.
Let's say a webpage is 1000 bytes. Your web browser makes a connection to the appropriate web server based on the domain and specific page you want to load. There's a lot of TCP/IP magic that goes on to make your request arrive on the server that you can look up if you're interested.
The server then sends back a response that includes the content of the page (just a sequence of bytes) and this arrives at your browser (again, thanks to a bunch of TCP/IP magic).
When the page arrives, because it is a sequence of bytes your browser then runs the code it has for interpreting web page content. Once it has done this, you eventually see the web page appear in the window.
>>54226662
sounds like a stuck IE6 animation you're describing, only that it starts off with the big progresses
>>54227002
data is only discreet if you encrypt it, otherwise literally anyone can snoop in on it with little to no trouble
>>54226999
Real moon at it again too soon.
88 88 88
>>54227007
well yeah, but in order for the electrons to beam back to my house, they first have to come halfway back, but before that they must come a fourth of the way back, and before that an eighth of the way back... eventually we run into the same issue!
>>54227056
Can you walk 10 feet from where ever you are now?
>>54227085
Well, first I half to walk five feet...
This was actually a big problem when computer networking was first being developed. Computers kept getting caught in an infinite loop of downloading smaller and smaller bits of data.
They fixed this by adding 1/4th of the files size worth of garbage to the end of every file. First your PC downloads half the data then it downloads half of the rest of the data and ignores the rest. Unfortunately this means file sizes are bigger than they need to be but it's a physical limitation. Nothing can be done about it.
>>54227026
heh
>>54227171
has that changed at all since then?
>>54227248
Nah, the internet is basically held together by duct tape
>>54227248
no, it's only cloaked away from the user in the lower level nowadays
>>54226685 Have fun.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes
>>54226803
This. There is no half a bit
>>54227404
that's just because bits are a social construct and no one has bothered in how to measure data below a bit
>>54226662
Why doesn't my SSD HAVE INFINITE SPACE!?
first I put a 100MB file, then 50, then 25...
I just invented Zeno storage, I'm rich
>>54227453
>Why doesn't my SSD HAVE INFINITE SPACE!?
It does, you just have to use winrar and winzip in alternate turns to compress files down as small as you need
>>54227471
Someone in a higher dimension did this and they started showing up on my hardrive getting bigger and bigger every time they did another compression.
>>54226662
>>54227471
What happens when I compress an infinity file from my zeno drive?
>>54227715
It rolls a random number out of 2 and deletes either the first or second half of the file. When you unpack it you pull the rest of the data from a universe where the coin flip had the opposite result.
>>54227026
gtfo stallman
>>54227872
Do constant coin flipping and your drive is empty while still having all of the data, amazing
>>54227171
This is bullshit.
>>54226662
Discrete vs continuous now fuck off
>>54227960
Then why are there Recycle Bins?
>>54227960
No it is true even today
>>54228000
Literally [citation needed] you autistic faggot.
>>54227101
i dont fucking understand what you're trying to say here, and how youre confused
>>54228021
See >>54227980
Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZ-ixsxo3Q
>>54228027
In order to walk 10 feet, I first ahve to walk five feet. In order to walk 5 feet, I first have to walk 2 feet. Since I need to do this for infinity I can't actually move at all
Internet is sent by packets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_packet
Different protocols determine how those packets are sent, and determine the best way to get to the address you want to get to.
HTTP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol
UDP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol
Routing table
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing_table
stop shitposting
>>54228050
what? that still doesnt make sense to me. you can move, whats stopping you from moving?
>>54226791
>>54228050
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
>>54228050
Evidence to the contrary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUc_C_xJCAg
>>54228000
I'm a network engineer and I can guarantee there's nothing like you're describing.
>>54228068
You're not actually moving you're changing your relative position. In space you can only move by squared distances which is why we haven't been able to travel to Mars yet.
>>54228149
Do you ever work on low level architecture? The 1/4 standard was developed a long time ago so it's closer to bare metal than anyone ever sees.
>>54228149
It's done on chip level, too advanced stuff for you, you don't even need to deal with it as it happens automatically
>>54228194
Son I can send packets by tapping two wires together. Nothing like what you're describing exists.
>>54228068
Because in order to move a distance you first half to move half that distance, but in order to do that, you must move half of THAT distance. Since moving 10 feet takes an infinite amount of steps, it takes an infinite amount of time and thus is not movement at all
>>54228227
the delay starts to appear in larger network, 6 hops or more
>>54228194
Yes I do, and no it does not. Post a source or fuck off.
>>54228204
Reporting reports is against the rules, fukko
>>54228240
L'ebin troll m'lady, have an upboat!
>>54228259
>he believes the internet works like a cable in his garage
top kek!
>>54226662
The fucking Internet works like this:
>When you load a web page, you have to load all the data to view it
>First you must read the first byte
>Then you must read the second byte
>Then you must read the third byte
>You see where this is going
Except it "reads" chunks at a time for efficiency, though when you ultimately get down to it, it's a signal indicating either 'on' or 'off'. That's the smallest form that data takes.
>>54228248
>he's this assblasted
Then report me and see what happens you turboautist.
>>54226662
How do you load half of a bit?
>protip: your tard sequence ends at a single bit
>>54228305
a bit is arbitrary. I bet in plato times when people said "uhhh you can't go smaller than an inch" because they didn't invent cm yet, people saw that argument as just bullshit as the one you are spouting here
>>54228323
Yet now we are splitting atoms but can we split half of an atom?
>>54228323
No it's not. It's literally an "on" or "off" state. There is no halfway.
>>54228357
yeah eventually it's all spaghetti strings I heard
>>54228360
>CENIMETER
>METER
>KILOMETER
>CENTIBYTE
>BYTE
>KILOBYTE
>>54228366
The god all mighty spaghetti monster is the essence of our universe itself
>>54228379
The first computer I ever used only had 64 centibytes of RAM, it's been so long since I've seen anyone even mention this unit of datas
>>54228360
Yet atoms are the smallest atoms there is, but go ask people in hiroshima if they have witnessed the splitting of an atom and you will see that splitting a bit is a very real thing
>>54228234
>implying time and space are infinitely divisible
>>54228515
We are teleporting in grids, the world isn't analog but instead digital, computer simulation confirmed... It was a probable possibilty before but now it's confirmed
>>54228379
>CENTIBYTE
No
>>54228622
Didn't all your teachers in school tell you WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A VIABLE SOURCE!?!?
>>54228637
it's the current year and you still believe this
>>54228622
those are decimals above kilo you dumbass, centi is 0.1
holy shit americans are so silly
>>54228622
>for multiples
A cb is not a multiple of a b
>>54228746
this man my nig
