A God Damn Miracle

7. A college is building a new dormitory on its campus. Workers are digging in the ground to install a new water pipe for the dormitory. A worker accidentally damages a fiber optic cable that connects two of the existing dormitories to the campus data center. Although the cable has been cut, students in the dormitories only experience a very short interruption of network services. What characteristic of the network is shown here? quality of service (QoS) scalability security fault tolerance A GOD DAMN MIRACLE!

A multiple-choice networking question describes a severed fiber-optic cable causing only a brief service interruption, and the selected answer is “A GOD DAMN MIRACLE!” instead of the technical term “fault tolerance.” The joke mocks an unexpectedly lucky outcome and is used as a reaction to situations where something should have gone badly but somehow worked out. EN: A multiple-choice networking question describes a severed fiber-optic cable causing only a brief service interruption, and the selected answer is “A GOD DAMN MIRACLE!” instead of the technical term “fault tolerance.” The joke mocks an unexpectedly lucky outcome and is used as a reaction to situations where something should have gone badly but somehow worked out.

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