QuoteWeb pioneer recalls 'birth of the Internet'
(CNN) -- It was 1969 and a busy year for making history: Woodstock, the Miracle Mets, men on the moon -- and something less celebrated but arguably more significant, the birth of the Internet.
On October 29 of that year, for perhaps the first time, a message was sent over a computer network. Leonard Kleinrock, a professor of computer science at the University of California-Los Angeles, connected the school's host computer to one at Stanford Research Institute, a former arm of Stanford University.
Forty years ago today, the Internet may have uttered its first word.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/29/kleinrock.internet/index.html
I just got done reading this. Very good article.
Wait a minute....Al Gore lied to us....I thought HE invented the Internet?
Quote from: mtraininjax on October 29, 2009, 12:04:37 PM
Wait a minute....Al Gore lied to us....I thought HE invented the Internet?
He never said that.
QuoteHe never said that.
Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but because the press and Jay Leno made fun of him for it, he is memorable and I remember him for it.
Whoever said bad press was bad?
Quote from: Al GoreDuring my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
Clearly, although Gore's phrasing might have been a bit clumsy (and perhaps self-serving), he was not claiming that he "invented" the Internet (in the sense of having designed or implemented it), but that he was responsible, in an economic and legislative sense, for fostering the development the technology that we now know as the Internet. To claim that Gore was seriously trying to take credit for the "invention" of the Internet is, frankly, just silly political posturing that arose out of a close presidential campaign.
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
That's what is both wrong and scary about our voting public today. They are shallow, gullible, and lazy in researching the truth and real issues about any subject. From health care to foreign policy to taxes to education to transportation - or any other subject.
What they are experts on are the trials and tribulations of the celebrities of the day. They probably know the names of Britney Spears or Michael Jackson's kids, but can't name the last three presidents we've had or the three branches of government or the fifty states or what year we declared independence.
Just watch Jay Leno's Jaywalking segments for a real wake-up call regarding the ignorance of our populace.
Stjr hit the nail on the head.They have no time for any news unless it's spoon-fed in small short sound bites.
OMG! they might miss dancing with the stars,american Idol, or the latest MJ homicide investigation news! :o
But that political stuff is hard! And complicated! (Whining)
You guys are hurting my feelings. Those of us who are too stupid/oblivious/ignorant/lazy/uninterested to keep up with the realities (so often percieved) of politics are easily frightened from those discussions we most need to pay attention to.
Inform we the sheeple. Don't ridicule us!
Quote from: Ernest Street on October 29, 2009, 02:04:33 PM
Stjr hit the nail on the head.They have no time for any news unless it's spoon-fed in small short sound bites.
OMG! they might miss dancing with the stars,american Idol, or the latest MJ homicide investigation news! :o
Don't forget whatever vampire tv show/movie/book is popular.
Do they teach anything like Civics or American History in the schools anymore? (Not trick question, just ignorance.)
I belive the internet was created for the military at first
QuoteJust watch Jay Leno's Jaywalking segments for a real wake-up call regarding the ignorance of our populace.
Yes, and the best babysitter in the world is the TELEVISION SET. Kids in Florida were ruined by the advent of Air Conditioning. They used to play outside before it became comfortable to sit inside and watch the BOOB tube.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's statement on the inventor of the computer, Alan Turing:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571