What happens to your browser when you get Rickrolled? Carlos Bueno visualized the network packets of a YouTube video, slowed down 12 times:
You can clearly see the handshake, some odd client/server negotiation, and the full ramp-up.
Created using Packet Flight: github.com/aristus/packet-flight
Each flying circle represents a network packet. The small green ones are control packets: ACK, SYN, etc. The larger blue ones are data packets.
The data is from a real tcpdump of the first 4 seconds of Rick Astley's music video.
Your browser's no stranger to TCP/IP. It knows the rules and so does YouTube: Link [embedded Vimeo clip]
Previously on Neatorama: 10 Neat Facts About ... Rick Astley!
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Can you also provide links to the previous two posts we have on this topic?
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/23/man-actually-conscious-throughout-two-decades-of-coma/
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/11/24/is-this-man-fully-alert-and-communicating-or-not/
Thanks!
At least, some would be able to communicate their wishes--I'm sure that brains atrophied to different degrees and in different regions would prevent communication.