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the birth of the internet?
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Show threadarutazFeb 15
@nixCraft Only one can be the first to reach the console port :)
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 15

@arutaz @nixCraft

weirdly enough, that effect in biology is electrical

the egg rapidly changes electrical potential after one sperm enters. no more can enter

even weirder, the egg will emit a tiny flash of light (CORRECTION: see @seachanged 's comment below)

it's called a zinc spark

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/sperm-egg-zinc-sparks-1.3553550

When sperm and egg meet, 'fireworks' go off at microscopic level | CBC News

When you meet someone who ignites your passion, it can feel like fireworks are going off. New research by Northwestern University researchers, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that when human sperm meets an egg, it can also set off sparks.

CBC
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurFeb 15
@benroyce @arutaz @nixCraft
So there ARE fireworks!
I thought that was just an expression.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 15

@Guillotine_Jones @arutaz @nixCraft

electrical sparks

dr. frankenstein was right

Show threadseachangedFeb 15

@benroyce @arutaz @nixCraft

Alas, not as luminous as it might at first appear: no light is emitted in-vitro.

From the article, "Upon fertilization, calcium increases and zinc is rapidly released. When this happens, the zinc joins itself to small, light-emitting molecule probes." The word "probe" here is important: it is an introduced chemical that emits the light when it combines with the zinc.

The paper can be read at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4845039/
See Fluo-4-AM and FluoZin-3 dyes, within.

The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation

Egg activation refers to events required for transition of a gamete into an embryo, including establishment of the polyspermy block, completion of meiosis, entry into mitosis, selective recruitment and degradation of maternal mRNA, and pronuclear ...

PubMed Central (PMC)
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESFeb 15

@seachanged @arutaz @nixCraft

that makes sense

thank you for the correction!

Show threadUnbroFeb 15
@seachanged Those test tube babies have a lot to answer for - they've turned utero into vitro. I made the same error just yesterday. Glass uterus, anyone?
Show threadseachangedFeb 15

@rancoisse

Pride goeth before the fall!
Yes, exactly as you say, in-utero and not in in-vitro.

Show threadTuchowskiFeb 15
@nixCraft SPERM vs. CERN?
Show threadChristoph BegallFeb 15
@adipoeserPursch @nixCraft did it happen at CERN? So the internet is European? Mind blowing…
Show threadTuchowskiFeb 15
@nixCraft @christophbegall Well, the WWW. Internet somehow is a successor of left behind ARPAnet.
Show threadԎєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪Feb 15
@nixCraft
SPERM vs SPAM ?
🤒
Show threadSprocket The ClownFeb 15
@nixCraft that's where all the problems started.
Show threadpoetasterFeb 15
@nixCraft wait a moment. That was just conception. I think a big irix was involved in the 'birth' part.
Show threadChristoph BegallFeb 15
@nixCraft looks more like conception than birth. Birth would most probably have happened a few months after.
Show threadkaramazov1879Feb 15
@nixCraft Is that a digital bordello?
Show threadAscendorFeb 15
@nixCraft nope. The conception of the internet.
Show threadשוקו - ShokoFeb 15

@nixCraft

oh

Show threadL⌐ "SpätzleGrab™",8,1Feb 15

@nixCraft
#Cisco #juniper & Co. guys MAY become angry... 😱

#mikrotik started the internet ☝️

Show threadTuchowskiFeb 15
@nixCraft That's shirley an easter egg...
Show threadAarøn 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 Feb 15
@nixCraft @mikrotik, the mother of all routers.
Show threadCathyBikesBookFeb 15
@nixCraft lol
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurFeb 15
@nixCraft
ABSO-LUTELY!
Show threadMatv1Feb 15
@nixCraft Rather: Attack on Zion by the Matrix
Show threadlabbatt50Feb 15

@nixCraft

😆

Show threadderptronFeb 15

@nixCraft That would be an incredibly immature birth.

Yeah, checks out.

Show threadShoe BillFeb 15

@nixCraft

Not the birth, no. 

Show threadDoodlesFeb 15
@nixCraft Great image...🏆
Show threadSnow 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 15
@nixCraft 9.6 kbit/s
Show threadMutsuenka  Feb 15
@nixCraft aaaaaaaaaayyyyy
Show threadBertrand CherrierFeb 16
@nixCraft With a #MikroTik ( @mikrotik ) of course !
Show threadArrensFeb 16
@nixCraft Having a strong cybersecurity strategy would have prevented that.
Show threadEd NealFeb 16
@nixCraft "Someone f**kbombed the router!"
"Surely you mean f@@kbombed?"
"I'm not sure, but shortly after we migrated to the f@@k, things got f**ked!"
Show threadTaya NielsenFeb 16
@nixCraft 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Show thread@iveylineFeb 16
@nixCraft Clever.
Show threadAngela ScholderFeb 16
@nixCraft LOL!
Show threadgokayburucFeb 18
@nixCraft Wake up Neo! Unplug yourself!
Show threadJeroen Wiert PluimersFeb 21

@nixCraft thanks for the alt-text, as it lead me here thinking it was the original as more recent posts have no alt-text and way worse image quality.

Still I think the original is at https://programmerhumor.io/networking-memes/what-the-hell-is-going-on-zm4i as it has even better image quality.

BTW: I like your "the birth of the internet?" title more than the "what the hell is going on" from my link.

What The Hell Is Going On

Check out this programming meme on ProgrammerHumor.io