Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (vintage nerd humor)

In a caffeine-starved state this morning, I was reminded of this relic of vintage nerd humor from 1998: Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP), a protocol for controlling, monitoring, and diagnosing coffee pots. [thanks, poeslacker]

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