I wouldn't laugh. Apparently this whole ethernet thing is p-r-e-t-t-y important.

Also, I'm going to the theatre tonight to see this new movie called "The Empire Strikes Back" and then the arcade to play some new game called Pacman.

Ethernet is so 90s.

Today we surf the wi-fi...

There you go again, making fun of Norm Coleman for something he didn't say.

Norm Coleman knows what the internet is, thank you very much. What he's referring to is the ethernet, an underground group of social clubs where Minnesota Republicans smother each other with ether-soaked rags, and decide questions of policy and who amongst them will have the support of the party.

Seriously, you think Michelle Bachmann was born like that?

He'd be a perfect running mate for Sarah Palin.

Cagey B: There you go again, making fun of Norm Coleman for something he didn't say.

Norm Coleman knows what the internet is, thank you very much. What he's referring to is the ethernet, an underground group of social clubs where Minnesota Republicans smother each other with ether-soaked rags, and decide questions of policy and who amongst them will have the support of the party.

Seriously, you think Michelle Bachmann was born like that?

I thought those were called tearooms?

'Cause getting competitive on the token-ring would be just retarded.

Contact him at nor­m­cole­manlo­ac­o­m

You came here all the way from 1990 and that's all you've got to say?

I guess he thinks you wireless folk just aren't worth the effort.

What, he isn't concerned about token ring? Token rings are all the rage. Unfortunately, once you're done with them they can only be destroyed in Mount Doom.

/Got nothin'

Obligatory.

I really wonder if he really thinks he will ever win anything in Minnesota again. You would have to be a total putz or an eight percenter to be anything but totally disgusted with him.

Marcus Aurelius: He'd be a perfect running mate for Sarah Palin.

I'm thinking more along the lines of a Coleman/Stevens ticket.

impaler: Ethernet is so 90s.

Today we surf the wi-fi...

Not sure if your joking, but wi-fi (802.11) is an eternet standard.

Gawd, how can people who are "supposed" to represent us be so utterly clueless?

Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

I'd start with humorous faxes Norm. Don't get carried away.

He's out there man. He's in the ether.

MindStalker: Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

eh-internet, eh?

AntiNerd: I really wonder if he really thinks he will ever win anything in Minnesota again. You would have to be a total putz or an eight percenter to be anything but totally disgusted with him.

Yeah, but Bachman still gets elected...

Sounds like somebody's been sucking too much ether.

I'm pretty sure that Al Franken, like George W. Bush, got the drugs out of his system when George Herbert Walker Bush was President. Seat the poor SOB already. He's done enough stand-up for one lifetime in smokey, dark clubs and freak-shows. He deserves a crack at the Big Tent.

It's only a matter of time before America elects a meth-head to public office.

No.

Make that meth-whore.

If you want to stay one step ahead of politics in the satire business, you have to aim low. Aim for your toes and you're pointed in the right direction.

It's like hunting elephants.

First you dig a hole.

Then you put some peas in it.

When the elephant comes out for a pea, you tell it that it is the symbol of Republican Party, and it bitterly cries itself to death.

The bitter tears float the elephant and the peas out of the hole so you don't have to do so much work.

Maybe he means wrapping ethernet cords around your neck and genitals? I hear it's all the rage and Republicans would do well to keep up with pop culture.

Ringshadow: Obligatory.

When they said "intertubes", I thought this was what they were talking about...

MindStalker: Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

He said "it's in the eeenternet", with the Minnesota accent.

/If you want some fun, make someone with that Minnesota accent say "Nacho Cheese Doritos"
//My buddy from around there said it once, and he couldn't stop laughing at himself.

"thank you senator"

Uh..

/hot

I was saying eh-internet.

Last of the Crazy People: Not sure if your joking, but wi-fi (802.11) is an eternet standard.

No, it's not. Ethernet is 802.03, and requires either twisted-pair or fiber-optic connectors.

Approves

PicoDelSol: There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon.

Great young Norm pic there pico.

I couldnt find the one from Woodstock where I believe he was a roadie for TEN YEARS AFTER with the peace sign up and hair a flyin'.

This will have to suffice.

MindStalker: Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

"They were saying Booo-urns"

vernonFL: Contact him at nor mco le man lo ac om

Can I dial that on a standard phone?

WhoAskedForSocks: I was saying eh-internet.

"No, sir, they're saying eh-internet! Eh-internet!"

"Were you people saying "ethernet" or "eh internet?"

lolmadillo: MindStalker: Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

"They were saying Booo-urns"

He was saying, "Why'd he..?"

While Norm Coleman, who is currently fighting for his seat back in the U.S. Senate, tried to make some good points about conservatives being more aggressive in the online world through social networking and blogs, he showed his true knowledge of all things digitial by calling the internet "the ethernet."

Norm, it's not the medium, it's the message. Until the hard-liners get that, they'll never bridge the gap in youth voting.

lolmadillo: MindStalker: Watch the video, it's really not clear what he says. I think he said eh-internet

"They were saying Booo-urns"

I was saying Boo-urns.

Sum Dum Gai: Last of the Crazy People: Not sure if your joking, but wi-fi (802.11) is an eternet standard.

No, it's not. Ethernet is 802.03, and requires either twisted-pair or fiber-optic connectors.

That would be incorrect.

This is ethernet:



This is also (original) ethernet:



Neither is twisted pair or fiber optic.

Ethernet exists on top of a variety of physical layers, including wireless.

//hot like a vampire tap
//get off my LAN

UNC_Samurai: While Norm Coleman, who is currently fighting for his seat back in the U.S. Senate, tried to make some good points about conservatives being more aggressive in the online world through social networking and blogs, he showed his true knowledge of all things digitial by calling the internet "the ethernet."

Norm, it's not the medium, it's the message. Until the hard-liners get that, they'll never bridge the gap in youth voting.

[heavy sarcasm]NO![/end heavy sarcasm]

ragekage: WhoAskedForSocks: I was saying eh-internet.

"No, sir, they're saying eh-internet! Eh-internet!"

"Were you people saying "ethernet" or "eh internet?"

Orphan?

What I really need is a long session of layer one and five with a heaping dose of layer six. Own my protocol baby, own it!

UNC_Samurai: While Norm Coleman, who is currently fighting for his seat back in the U.S. Senate, tried to make some good points about conservatives being more aggressive in the online world through social networking and blogs, he showed his true knowledge of all things digitial by calling the internet "the ethernet."

Norm, it's not the medium, it's the message. Until the hard-liners get that, they'll never bridge the gap in youth voting.

They still think Obama was elected because he was Black.

This is going to take a long long time for them to figure out.

Is ethernet cable like phone cable, except with more wires and larger ends? Like what I have running between my office computer and router?

AntiNerd: I really wonder if he really thinks he will ever win anything in Minnesota again. You would have to be a total putz or an eight percenter to be anything but totally disgusted with him.

I think he's less interested in Minnesota now than he is in the area slightly to the south of Minnesota.

UNC_Samurai: While Norm Coleman, who is currently fighting for his seat back in the U.S. Senate, tried to make some good points about conservatives being more aggressive in the online world through social networking and blogs, he showed his true knowledge of all things digitial by calling the internet "the ethernet."

Norm, it's not the medium, it's the message. Until the hard-liners get that, they'll never bridge the gap in youth voting.

While I agree with your point, the notion that Norm is some sort of hard-right pol is just way off.

Were it not for his genuine Pro-Life (or at least anti-Roe) views, he'd probably still be a Democrat. He was run out of the party for that one sin.

By some miracle he was re-elected as St. Paul Mayor after becoming a Republican (voters saw his results turning that city around and rewarded him with a win) and would have won as Governor if it werent for the Perot type voters that put that chuckle-head Ventura into office.

Norms going to lose this one but will probably have a future in local Minnesota politics. Pawlenty just anounced he will not be running for re election as Governor.

He openly said he didnt want a non executive position before bieng pushed by Ws gang to run for congress.

So look for him to try again for Minnesota Gov.

No, wait, I'm thinking of Pawlenty. My mistake.

Coleman probably has an RNC job waiting for him.

/doesn't know what he'd do without those goofy cables

jonnyh: Ethernet exists on top of a variety of physical layers, including wireless.

Wi-Fi is not Ethernet. Both are somewhat similar link layer protocols. The Ethernet standard specifies kinds of cables other than twisted pair and optical (like the ancient ones you posted), but not for use over wireless. You might be able to use the Ethernet protocol over a wireless channel, but that isn't Wi-Fi, and would be a poor choice compared to Wi-Fi (primarily due to error handling).

UNC_Samurai:
Norm, it's not the medium, it's the message.

If you were shooting for a pun, Booooooooooooooooooooooooo.

DarnoKonrad

Isn't that one of the mmmbop kids? Nice try though.

Anyway, republicans still think its about the marketing and not about the message. Republicans continue to suck hard.

I'm pretty sure the Republican Party is still struggling with Arcnet.

Assuming that they're not busy marveling at that wonderful Mr. Morse's ingenious new device.