Quotes About Protocol

Going to a party uninvited always has been a negative action. It never has been acceptable. At the very least, it upsets kitchen preparations, parking arrangements, and even details such as space for hanging coats and depositing dripping umbrellas.

Working on a token is similar to working on a startup: higher risk and lower initial impact but higher upside potential. How core protocol work is best funded beyond the initial Ethereum Foundation endowment is an open question, but likely further out.

In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

I made a bit of a stink. At the time, it was considered very bad form.

With respect to altitude, MEA means you would fly the highest of the following: Minimum en route altitude, Expected altitude, or Assigned altitude. When do you leave your clearance limit? That depends.

Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)

They had no idea what was or wasn't appropriate behavior, no concept of the usual give and take of normal relationships.

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.

I can go to my own opening, and the security guard will tell me that I have to go to the security entrance.

Arranging an official dinner in an embassy is a little like writing a script for a play. The prolog is the guest list, often the most difficult part of the whole creative operation.

Do you realize a fraction of the awful things you have let me in for? How on earth am I to remember whether I go in before the chef or after the footman? I shan't have a peaceful minute while I'm in this place.

By the way, one generally shakes hands in the smartest circles. Yours seem to be down there somewhere. Might I trouble you? Right. Got it? Thanks!

Sir Thomas extended three fingers. Jimmy extended two, and the handshake was not a success.

have not earned the right to call him a more casual name.

One does not go to Vatican City with one's ass hanging out.

Guest Relations Handbook

In Japan, I learned the hard way that the moment of exchanging business cards signals an important ritual. We Americans are prone to casually pocketing the card without looking, which there indicates disrespect. I was told you should take the card carefully, hold it in both hands, and study it for a while before putting it away in a special case

Typical conduct guides described how to stand (with feet turned out and one hand inside the waistcoat), to bow (with hat in hand, one knee bent and eyes downcast) and to walk (with head high and arms free) along with helpful pictures of the ideal poses, as well as detailed instructions on table manners and how to dance the minue

Biz here was a constant subliminal hum, and death the accepted punishment for laziness, carelessness, lack of grace, the failure to heed the demands of an intricate protocol

OSPF's backbone area is Area 0, and every other area we create must contain a router that has a physical or logical interface in Area 0.

Survival has its own etiquette.

when they travel, all royals bring along mourning clothes, in case a family member dies and they must rush home for the funeral.

From now until the end of the trial, every time [the jury] entered the court, Farquharson would spring to his feet in the dock and remain standing until they were seated—a protocol that seemed to say my fate is in your hands .

no matter how warm the relationship, there's always a certain etiquette when you deal with an in- law, a trace of formality.