the "French Cafe technique" in "How Samba was written"
Imagine you wanted to learn French, and there were no books, courses etc available to teach you. You might decide to learn by flying to France and sitting in a French Cafe and just listening to the conversations around you. You take copious notes on what the customers say to the waiter and what food arrives. [...]
We use the same technique to learn about protocol additions that Microsoft makes.
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