Odysseus
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Post by Odysseus on Jun 21, 2024 2:36:58 GMT
Looking for names...
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Post by runswithscissors on Jun 21, 2024 3:00:54 GMT
My google is broken but I'm gonna give it a whack....it was wither invented back in the stone age (the letters in "internet" all consist of only straight lines easily carved into rock) and lost for thousands of years until Saint Joe (my father) discovered them in 1936. Or it could have been a military research gig under the defense advanced research projects agency, a James Bond type setup. Nothing's been the same since.
And tomorrow is the first day of summer....the longest day of the year. I dread it. trump will be able to have more time to tell lies.
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Post by Odysseus on Jun 21, 2024 3:29:56 GMT
My google is broken but I'm gonna give it a whack....it was wither invented back in the stone age (the letters in "internet" all consist of only straight lines easily carved into rock) and lost for thousands of years until Saint Joe (my father) discovered them in 1936. Or it could have been a military research gig under the defense advanced research projects agency, a James Bond type setup. Nothing's been the same since. And tomorrow is the first day of summer....the longest day of the year. I dread it. trump will be able to have more time to tell lies.
Nah, the internet was unlikely to have been created in the stone age. Hell, computers weren't invented until the 20th century.
And, also unlikely that it was created in 1936.
As for military research... I'd have to look that up. Not saying it's impossible, although it could be improbable.
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Post by runswithscissors on Jun 21, 2024 3:38:11 GMT
The ten commandments were allegedly written in stone. The current trend in right wing America is to make the internet like the ten commandments. And movies and tv and news and schools and everything. Many agree. Many don't. They should have a vote.
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Post by Odysseus on Jun 21, 2024 4:10:16 GMT
The ten commandments were allegedly written in stone. The current trend in right wing America is to make the internet like the ten commandments. And movies and tv and news and schools and everything. Many agree. Many don't. They should have a vote.
"The current trend in right wing America is to make the internet like the ten commandments."
That indeed would be very interesting.
Would you have a reference from the American right wing for that?
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Post by Mercy for All on Jun 22, 2024 16:30:19 GMT
Al Gore?
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Post by queshank on Jun 23, 2024 13:00:58 GMT
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Post by bama beau on Jun 24, 2024 2:17:53 GMT
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Post by DaveJavu on Jun 24, 2024 5:37:38 GMT
Bob Kahn invented the ARPANET (in 1969)which was the first name of the internet and then Vint Cerf invented the term "Internet"... So in a way together they invented the Internet. |
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Post by queshank on Jun 24, 2024 13:38:54 GMT
.... well .... ok.
But Al Gore is an inaugural member of the Internet Hall of Fame for a reason. And there's also a reason he was given the Cisco Systems Circle Award at their first annual awards back in 1993.
Tim might have created the architecture. But Marc Andreessen's Mosaic browser was the doorway to the Internet. Without the "general public" the Internet woulda gone nowhere.
And it's notable that Marc Andreessen credits Al Gore for making his dream possible. Saying "if it had been left to private industry it would have happened years later or never at all."
There's no one person responsible for the web we use today. But Al Gore deserves his spot. And I committed many years ago here on the boards when the "Gore invented the Internet" jokes were still flying in the zeitgeist to making people realize he deserves it. So I'm always gonna argue the Al Gore position.
Queshank
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Post by queshank on Jun 24, 2024 13:39:35 GMT
Bob Kahn invented the ARPANET (in 1969)which was the first name of the internet and then Vint Cerf invented the term "Internet"... So in a way together they invented the Internet. When we're looking at the Interstate Highway System it's important that we remember the name of the person who came up with asphalt.
Queshank
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Post by bama beau on Jun 25, 2024 3:26:45 GMT
Bob Kahn invented the ARPANET (in 1969)which was the first name of the internet and then Vint Cerf invented the term "Internet"... So in a way together they invented the Internet. When we're looking at the Interstate Highway System it's important that we remember the name of the person who came up with asphalt.
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I tell you what. If Belgium wins the Euros, I'll name him. |
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Post by DaveJavu on Jun 25, 2024 5:55:04 GMT
Bob Kahn invented the ARPANET (in 1969)which was the first name of the internet and then Vint Cerf invented the term "Internet"... So in a way together they invented the Internet. When we're looking at the Interstate Highway System it's important that we remember the name of the person who came up with asphalt.
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Why should we remember anybody at all then when the person people often think did the most is only the last and least important link in a chain of unsuspected dimension? |
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Post by bama beau on Jun 25, 2024 6:03:19 GMT
When we're looking at the Interstate Highway System it's important that we remember the name of the person who came up with asphalt.
Queshank
Why should we remember anybody at all then when the person people often think did the most is only the last and least important link in a chain of unsuspected dimension? That last post was never written by a Frenchman. J'accuse! |
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Post by Odysseus on Jun 26, 2024 5:55:49 GMT
Bob Kahn invented the ARPANET (in 1969)which was the first name of the internet and then Vint Cerf invented the term "Internet"... So in a way together they invented the Internet.
Could have been Phileas Fogg...
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Post by queshank on Jun 26, 2024 15:29:51 GMT
When we're looking at the Interstate Highway System it's important that we remember the name of the person who came up with asphalt.
Queshank
I tell you what. If Belgium wins the Euros, I'll name him. I don't even know what that means but I'm here for it.
Queshank
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Post by thor on Jul 5, 2024 14:59:15 GMT
Noot said it was Al Gore. |
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Post by Odysseus on Jul 11, 2024 7:56:56 GMT
Noot said it was Al Gore.
Who or what is "Noot" ?
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Post by CadesCove on Jul 11, 2024 15:42:14 GMT
Noot said it was Al Gore.
Who or what is "Noot" ?
Seriously? |
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Post by Odysseus on Jul 11, 2024 16:06:50 GMT
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