Thoughts while trying to figure out why HP would ship a cable all by itself in a box labeled box 1of1...
I figure to myself --- hey, hp's a smart company [sic] thus, box 1of1 (ie: the cable) is complete just like magi suggested, it must not connect to anything else, EXCEPT ITSELF.
so I pull out the cable, GOSH a male on one end, and a female on the other. well, let's plug 'em together. yep, fits darn well.
then I noticed the paper in the box.
INTRODUCING THE HP INFINITY-NET
to meet the need for faster, faster, faster networking, HP has brilliantly merged token-ring and ethernet to create the bastard network media 'ether-ring (tm)' the AUI cable when connected to itself, spins the electrons around and around the cable faster than the Flash. honest.
the information, having nowhere to go, never gets lost and is always where it is headed.
HP foresees a lot of government orders......
WARNING
if you unplug the cable -- vewwwy quickly -- then some of the spining electrons will shoot out of the cable end. DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS ON A DAMP FLOOR.
Author unknown.
