# Syn Syn Ack Ack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899 "2008-01-01T17:55:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/1 "2008-01-01T17:55:39Z")
Today’s Google picture is just one more reason I love Google. Mundane = yes, Pointless = yes, Shared = yes. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/2 "2008-01-01T17:59:25Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Today’s Google picture is just one more reason I love Google. Mundane = yes, Pointless = yes, Shared = yes. That is all. [/QUOTE] Mundane = maybe. Pointless = probably. Shared? = Definitely not. Linky-poo? 😃 Lucy ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/3 "2008-01-01T18:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=LucyInDisguise] Linky-poo? [/QUOTE] [Maybe this](http://www.google.com/)? Note the cord. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/4 "2008-01-01T18:08:48Z")
> **[Google](http://www.google.com)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. It turns out that TCP/IP, the core technology and protocols that makes Ethernet and by extension, the whole Internet and World Wide Web work, is having its 25th birthday today. More specifically, this is the date it was adopted as the standard. A bit of history is [here.](http://www.answers.com/topic/history-of-the-internet) ETA - Oh, and the title of this thread has nothing to do with _Mars Attacks!_ and is out of sequence anyway. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/5 "2008-01-01T18:09:08Z")
I loves me some tick-pip! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/6 "2008-01-01T19:46:30Z")
Do I recall correctly that they have an in-house artist especially for this sort of thing? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/7 "2008-01-01T20:37:47Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Do I recall correctly that they have an in-house artist especially for this sort of thing? [/QUOTE] Yup. **Johnny L.A.** – actually, note the confetti underneath the word. I kept wondering just WTF? I thought I was imagining things, but knowing Google, I saved the picture to my computer and enlarged it, and yeh – I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. Sorry about no link, figured most people could find the website easily enough on their own. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/8 "2008-01-01T20:41:51Z")
It took me a while to see it, but…wow, that’s cool! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/9 "2008-01-01T20:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Sorry about no link, figured most people could find the website easily enough on their own. :smack: [/QUOTE] Well, I set up an iGoogle page, and all I could see was the stupid monster facing whatever city that is. I had to sign out of Google and enter the address manually. There are some cool things about Google, but I’m kinda starting to worry that they’re going to the dark side. Too many fingers in too many pies. IMHO. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/10 "2008-01-01T20:46:49Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] **Johnny L.A.** – actually, note the confetti underneath the word. I kept wondering just WTF? I thought I was imagining things, but knowing Google, I saved the picture to my computer and enlarged it, and yeh – I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. [/QUOTE] Wow. I’m looking at a 15" laptop screen and totally missed that! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/11 "2008-01-01T21:35:54Z")
So for us innocents out here, could someone explain syn syn ack ack? Or should I just Google it? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/12 "2008-01-01T22:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=kittenblue] So for us innocents out here, could someone explain syn syn ack ack? Or should I just Google it? [/QUOTE] Answer [here](http://linuxgazette.net/issue42/tag/3.html). ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/13 "2008-01-01T22:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=kittenblue] So for us innocents out here, could someone explain syn syn ack ack? Or should I just Google it? [/QUOTE] It’s modem-speak - signals dial-up modems used back in the day to sync up with others modems. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/14 "2008-01-01T23:11:12Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] note the confetti underneath the word. I kept wondering just WTF? I thought I was imagining things, but knowing Google, I saved the picture to my computer and enlarged it, and yeh – I was seeing what I thought I was seeing. [/QUOTE] But they forgot FIN, FIN ACK. More about Google’s holiday logos and the artist who creates them here: [http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html](http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html) ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/15 "2008-01-02T01:57:43Z")
[QUOTE=Archergal] Well, I set up an iGoogle page, and all I could see was the stupid monster facing whatever city that is. I had to sign out of Google and enter the address manually. There are some cool things about Google, but I’m kinda starting to worry that they’re going to the dark side. Too many fingers in too many pies. IMHO. ☹ [/QUOTE] I agree to a degree. You know, it seems that every time I find something I really like – it has all the features I want, need and desire – it ends up going mainstream and being “enhanced.” Of course, by “enhanced” I mean dumbed down for the general population of morons. It makes me sad. It’s the price of being good, though – more people want you, but they get more demanding. It’s hard to maintain integrity and turn a profit in today’s world. For those who didn’t notice the confetti – don’t feel bad. Like I said, I had to save the image file to be sure I was seeing what I thought I was seeing, and then of course, I had a giggle-fest. Which is a lot like a google-fest, only noisier 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/16 "2008-01-02T02:03:49Z")
I saw the SYN SYN ACK ACK right away… but until the link upthread, I had no idea what it meant, if anything. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/17 "2008-01-02T04:58:45Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Excellent] It’s modem-speak - signals dial-up modems used back in the day to sync up with others modems. [/QUOTE] Nope. It’s at a higher level than that. This is about TCP/IP, after all. > [@gotpasswords](#): > > It turns out that TCP/IP, the core technology and protocols that makes Ethernet Ethernet would work just fine without TCP/IP. Ethernet’s a physical and low-level standard that can carry anything. TCP and IP are, however, essential to the Web and everything else that uses the Internet (as opposed to being used by the Internet). (Nobody ever mentions UDP. Damn shame.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/18 "2008-01-02T05:07:40Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] More about Google’s holiday logos and the artist who creates them here: [http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html](http://www.google.com/intl/en/holidaylogos.html) [/QUOTE] Who _is_ the in-house artist? Those are brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syn-syn-ack-ack/431899/19 "2008-01-02T05:33:35Z")
It’s on page already linked, but here’s another link for you… > **[Dennis Hwang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hwang)** > > Hwang Jeong-mok (Korean: 황정목; born c. 1978), known professionally as Dennis Hwang, is an American-born South Korean graphic artist currently working for Niantic, who was the original designer of some of the festive logos for Google. > Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he moved to South Korea when he was about five years old. His hometown was Gwacheon where he "had a very normal childhood". He went through public schools, spending six years at Gwacheon Elementary School and two years at Munwon Middle S...