On: Google's “Director of Engineering” Hiring Test

[googlya]

Not agreeing with the recruiters attitude but "if Google is down you will need to know this to diagnose what the problem is." was his comment. In that case the developer should have cheat-sheets printed on their desks.

[apathy → googlya]

if Google is down you'll have other problems (SYN, ACK, SYNACK won't help much with the DDoS that's killing it)