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WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

The Syn is Fin

Jarrett Heintz · 3:34

  • Networking
  • Everything, A to Z
  • Wire & Packet
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Lyrics

  1. (Verse 1)
  2. Transmission Control, connects to your soul,
  3. He’s reliable, patient, and true.
  4. When he knocks, you ACK him in,
  5. He’ll handshake once, twice, then begin.
  6. Three steps to say, “I trust you too.”
  7. (Chorus)
  8. Oh TCP, you carry my heart,
  9. Bit by bit, you do your part.
  10. You check, confirm, and send again,
  11. A packet lost is not the end.
  12. But UDP just slips away,
  13. No goodbye, no word to say.
  14. He’s gone before the echo starts,
  15. And leaves behind our broken parts.
  16. (Verse 2)
  17. UDP’s a flash in the wire,
  18. Fast and loose, no known supplier.
  19. No handshake, no care, no state,
  20. He drops his line and leaves your fate.
  21. “Best effort, babe,” is all he’ll say,
  22. Then vanish down the datastream way.
  23. (Chorus)
  24. Oh TCP, you take it slow,
  25. Build connection, make it grow.
  26. Your window slides, your flow is kind,
  27. You keep lost fragments all aligned.
  28. But UDP just runs and hides,
  29. No checksums left to heal divides.
  30. He’s quick, he’s wild, he’s never through,
  31. A one-way message out to blue.
  32. (Bridge)
  33. TCP writes a sin-ful letter,
  34. ACK-knowledge it as true.
  35. We sin right back and wait for ACK,
  36. ’Til we FIN, the sequence through.
  37. (Spoken Interlude)
  38. You know... I was gonna tell UDP a joke once.
  39. But... he might not get it.
  40. (Final Chorus)
  41. Oh TCP, you bring me home,
  42. Across the ports where hearts have roamed.
  43. Your ordered love, your numbered grace,
  44. Keeps every bit right in its place.
  45. And UDP—fast, free, untrue,
  46. You burn so bright, then fade from view.
  47. But when the noise begins again,
  48. I’ll wait for ACKs to make amends.