/shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional
deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young)
The harsh personification of the
Internet, Beast of a
Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise,
and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity
formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of
MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and
praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is
malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown.
Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet
for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along
the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps
happily.") Also cursed by users of
FTP and
telnet when
the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is
seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three
times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair
beneath the Pentagon.