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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: NUKE on July 23, 2004, 01:24:37 AM
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America gave the world the internet. Discuss.
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AL GORE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OO!
-SW
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Originally posted by NUKE
America gave the world the internet. Discuss.
my understanding of the internets origin is that the military back in the 70s needed a way to send data during a nuke war. EMP and fallout would not permit this so the internet was born. Then colleges started sharing info on the same lines....than BANG ISPs sprang up like AOL and prodigy.
I'm not sure how Europe or the rest of the world got invited but I do know that huge phone lines at the time were being installed over the atlantic.....than fiber.
How did it spring up in europe? I actually have no clue?
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America gave the world the internet. Internet gave the world personalities like Voss and Lada.
Applying the associative property to these statements: America gave the world Voss and Lada.
Most convincing reason yet to hate the US.
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For those intersted - how it really began:
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
-SW
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
For those intersted - how it really began:
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
-SW
what a gay site! lol.
The US gave the world the internet.
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
For those intersted - how it really began:
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
-SW
wow so kinda like what I said only paraphrased and abriged
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Ah, the backlash.
I'm letting you poor fishies go, if you look at that page you will find a "next" to click on or click on the years at the top.
-SW
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I am so shrecking cool.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
How did it spring up in europe? I actually have no clue?
Two fashionable guys were having coffee one afternoon.
One of them got excited.
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Ah, the backlash.
I'm letting you poor fishies go, if you look at that page you will find a "next" to click on or click on the years at the top.
-SW
ahhh.....didnt see the next. Will take a second look
PS BRO. Not everyone is lashing out at you.
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Ok America gave the world the intardnet, but Yurop hit back with the Web, and then teh finnish l33t invented the IRC OMFG!
Daniel
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Originally posted by CyranoAH
Ok America gave the world the intardnet, but Yurop hit back with the Web, and then teh finnish l33t invented the IRC OMFG!
Daniel
On what processor and OS were you running this "web" that Yurop made?
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lol nice one Cyrano :)
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Not everyone is lashing out at you.
Thats not what the brain implants are telling me!!
-SW
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Ah, the backlash.
I'm letting you poor fishies go, if you look at that page you will find a "next" to click on or click on the years at the top.
-SW
ok so clicked next a few times. Got asked who my ancestors were. And read. Yes Gunslinger can read.
so kinda like what I said only paraphrased and abrigedSo
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Amerkia rules!
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Thats not what the brain implants are telling me!!
-SW
try this. Its a forum favorite: http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html
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Aluminum foil, how ingenious! I shall be back with my brain anti-reading helmet in place.
-SW
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Aluminum foil, how ingenious! I shall be back with my brain anti-reading helmet in place.
-SW
KEWL!
Maybe you actually see now that libralism is the downfall of society......or is that pushing it?;)
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HEY! I said "brain anti-reading", not "brain anti-writing"...
liberalism (or ****) makes every muscle in my body cringe and every orifice want to (imagine everything bad in the world happening at once).
-SW
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...but finns inspired the world wide web and IRC :D
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On what processor and OS were you running this "web" that Yurop made?
Ya, and a Swede invented Computer Graphics and the mouse so there.
:D
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The Internet was created to be a decentralized communications network capable of sustaining a newkuler attack. Think it's about time to test it. Lot's of nukes, lots of targets, any volunteers to help with the test? ;)
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Originally posted by Maniac
Ya, and a Swede invented Computer Graphics and the mouse so there.
:D
That's debatable. Who are you referring to as the inventor of "Computer Graphics"?
Inventor of the computer mouse: http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/m/mouse.html
You must be referring to this guy:
Hakan LANs
This year Hakan LANs was picked out as Year 2000's Swede of the World by a Swedish association. The statement of their reason mentioned his thirty years of epoch-making inventions that have given him many national and international honors. Mr. LANs is one of the persons behind the computer mouse, he invented and patented a technique that today is used in any computer's color graphic. He also invented the global positioning system now standard within both air traffic and shipping, though that patent he was forced to leave hold of by mighty American business interests, else the technique should have remained unused. That is how power by money and influence can be used.
But is it strange then, Swedes are proud of Hakan LANs? I do not think so, any country would time and again gladly mention such a person. And if there is no one they would speedily invent that person.
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Though MS inventented double-click :D :rofl
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Youre right about the mouse, djust looked it up, its a Swedish "urban legend" in Swedish media he is credited with inventing the mouse but its apparantly not true, he has not denied inventing the mouse and thats what have spread this "roumor" in Sweden...
He did build the first CGA monitor tough.
His name is Håkan Lantz (swedish inventor), he also invented a way for enabling GPS to cover the whole world (for air and sea traffic).
But is it strange then, Swedes are proud of Hakan LANs? I do not think so, any country would time and again gladly mention such a person. And if there is no one they would speedily invent that person.
I dont get this paragraph? What are he trying to get at? :confused:
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Originally posted by AKIron
On what processor and OS were you running this "web" that Yurop made?
NeXT cube with a motorola processor...
This very one :
(http://robert.cailliau.free.fr/ByLetter/M/Me/Photos/Large/NeXTm.jpg)
The 1st browser :
(http://robert.cailliau.free.fr/ByLetter/M/Me/Photos/Large/NeXTScreen.gif)
I still miss my beloved NeXT :(
1989
March
"Information Management: A Proposal" written by Tim BL and circulated for comments at CERN (TBL). Paper "HyperText and CERN" produced as background (text or WriteNow format).
1990
May
Same proposal recirculated
September
Mike Sendall, Tim's boss, Oks the purchase of a NeXT cube, and allows Tim to go ahead and write a global hypertext system.
October
Tim starts work on a hypertext GUI browser+editor using the NeXTStep development environment. He makes up "WorldWideWeb" as a name for the program. (See the first browser screenshot) "World Wide Web" as a name for the project (over Information Mesh, Mine of Information, and Information Mine).
Project original proposal reformulated with encouragement from CN and ECP divisional management. Robert Cailliau (ECP) joins and is co-author of new version.
November
Initial WorldWideWeb program development continues on the NeXT (TBL) . This was a "what you see is what you get" (wysiwyg) browser/editor with direct inline creation of links. The first web server was nxoc01.cern.ch, later called info.cern.ch, and the first web page http://nxoc01.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html Unfortunately CERN no longer supports the historical site. Note from this era too, the least recently modified web page we know of, last changed Tue, 13 Nov 1990 15:17:00 GMT (though the URI changed.)
November
Technical Student Nicola Pellow (CN) joins and starts work on the line-mode browser. Bernd Pollermann (CN) helps get interface to CERNVM "FIND" index running. TBL gives a colloquium on hypertext in general.
Christmas
Line mode browser and WorldWideWeb browser/editor demonstrable. Acces is possible to hypertext files, CERNVM "FIND", and Internet news articl
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Actually, the Internet sprang forth from the DARPA funding to find a way for dissimiliar computers to be able to share information in a seamless manner, regardless of the location of the computers.
Thus DARPA-Net was born. The project used, what would be later called, UUCP to trade files between desparate computer systems over 300 baud modems.
The primary use became one where various colleges and universities traded information and discussions. The first program created to automatically store and organize this data was developed at NASA and named 'Notes'. At its peak, the Notes network was pretty large and DARPA had pulled its funding. The project was renamed ARPA-Net and found funding in the various universities and corporations who had become dependent on the information and email capabilites.
Notes was lacking in some areas, and required a full download/upload of the entire tree of data when a new note was posted as the databases were single files with indexes to the information in those files.
As time went on, the number of people joining in the discussions grew and the Notes program was not up to scaling for this. Thus was born uunet (UUCP Network) (later to be named Usenet). By only trading the individual files/posts/emails, the network became much more efficient and about that time 1200 baud modems were becoming the norm.
The network was pretty centralized with server main hubs. The primary hub in this network was a computer named 'ihnp4' which was maintained by AT&T.
With no government intervention or restrictions this network grew at an incredible rate. UUnet was formed as a corporation and was the primary supporter of the network. Links to overseas were exstablished by various companies so thier offshore subsidiaries could communicate with headquarters.
In the mid to late 1980's, the name 'Internet' surfaced. A lot of finger pointing/hand raising goes on as to who named it and how it came to be. It was during this time that modems were being phased out in favor of direct high speed links and the use of TCP was supplanting UUCP. Various gateways between the two networks were available to keep everyone on the 'net'.
In the early 1990's AOL decided to allow thier users access to the Internet and thus the commercialization of the Internet reached staggering heights.
The early days were a lot of fun. The quality of information back then was simply outstanding.
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Wow - thanks Skuz.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
The early days were a lot of fun. The quality of information back then was simply outstanding.
Yeah but the porn nowadays is way better.
:D
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America gave the world the internet
And the point is??:confused:
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Nuke is such a cute little Barbara:D
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We didn't 'give' it to anyone. The contract stated very clearly that if you used it once you agreed to our price. The bills are in the mail....
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But the UK invented the electronic computer,
'Collosous' was used to during the BOB to decode the german codes
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A little more history: http://mbhs.bergtraum.k12.ny.us/cybereng/history.html
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Look, I know that other countries contributed to the internet in their own, small ways.
I honestly feel that America should be recognized for creating the internet.
I have always felt that any computer connected to the internet should be required to have a small American flag in the toolbar as a small reminder of the internets origin. It wouldn't harm anybody and it would help keep the other countries a little more respectful.
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Originally posted by NUKE
I have always felt that any computer connected to the internet should be required to have a small American flag in the toolbar as a small reminder of the internets origin.
LOL
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Originally posted by stegor
And the point is??:confused:
We win, of course.
You guys enjoying the Lance Show? :aok
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Originally posted by Maniac
He did build the first CGA monitor tough.
"Computer Graphics" existed long before CGA came along.
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Well, good point Nuke.....
otherwise is well known that americans gave to Europeans siphilis, that was not known in EU until the return of Cristoforo Colombo's sailors that infected themselves in America , and then spreaded that disease all over the world....
well consider where any siphilis infected person has to put that flag according to your idea:D
Still with all my respect to American flag, of course;I have one in my PC room :aok
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
The early days were a lot of fun. The quality of information back then was simply outstanding.
Before DSl I used to miss the text only "no Graphics" that even a 1200 bps modem would scream thru... Or searching for the mom and pop BBS wildcat dialups just before AOL offered tardnet service..... A terminal was considered hightech and fresh new idea... No one could afford a printer at every desk....
"The best of times the worst of times"
Or you actually made money selling hardware....
IKON
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I'm grateful for the internet but even more grateful for breast implants... who invented those?
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Dunno but it had to be a man :D
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A guy, sure... but one with very, very big hands.
(http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~magluby/dftg/pics/darahands.jpg)
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In America?
When I got my internet in the mail, opened it up...........tossed aside the bubble wrap, plugged it in.
On the bottom it says "made in China" ahhhh go figure:lol
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STEVE....more than a mouth full is a waist...came up with this when I thought I was going to have to pay for some he he he.
I thought al gore invented it.
Is that the right waist nope sorry before x toronto yells at me wondering what language i am using again, I will say sorry .
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Originally posted by NUKE
I have always felt that any computer connected to the internet should be required to have a small American flag in the toolbar as a small reminder of the internets origin.
..and by the same token, every telephone in the world should have small flag of Scotland on it as a reminder of where the telephone was invented. And every TV set should also have a flag of Scotland on it - same reason.
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WTG Scotland!
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Originally posted by beet1e
..and by the same token, every telephone in the world should have small flag of Scotland on it as a reminder of where the telephone was invented. And every TV set should also have a flag of Scotland on it - same reason.
But the telephone was invented in US by a US citizen. Television is a bit more difficult to pin down.
I just think that it wouldn't hurt anybody to have a small US flag appear in the task bar while connected to the internet. I feel it would help others to be a little more respectful of the reasons they have the privilage to use the internet.
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I think i invented pooping on the wall.
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Ah! Good to see you paying attention, NUKE. I was referring to AG Bell - a Scotsman who emigrated, originally to Canada, on health grounds.
But an Italian is credited with the invention of the telephone: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2956240.stm
As for the TV, I always understood it was John Logie Baird of Scotland.