The Internet Turns 40 Tomorrow (9/2/2009)
Given the medium through which you're reading this message, it seems like appropriate celebration. But why is this Bruin related?
"Few were paying attention back on Sept. 2, 1969, when about 20 people gathered in Kleinrock’s lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, to watch as two bulky computers passed meaningless test data through a 15-foot gray cable.
That was the beginning of the fledgling Arpanet network. Stanford Research Institute joined a month later, and UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah did by year’s end."
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Tydides
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Shopping list for my drive home.
1. Gallon of milk.
2. Loaf of bread.
3. Birthday card to send to former VP Gore.
M
"In this program your passion bucket must be full to play SC." -- CRN, to Dan Patrick, 1/2008
That's right
I’m glad you brought this up.
In case anyone forgot:
The first packet-switched network node of what was to become the Internet, was switched on right here at UCLA. We had the Stone, Bronze, Iron, and Industrial Ages, and now we are living in the Information Age. The Information Age started right here at UCLA.
Oh, but winning the Pac-10 in football 7 years in a row equals that accomplishment right?
Troy will fall.
Long live the Internets
I can’t imagine living in the East Coast w/o getting my Bruin fix back in the day.
Ah ARPAnet
I have such a distinct memory of the ARPAnet logo on the old “green screens” when registering for my freshman classes in the Fall of ‘73. Of course I had to type my computer programs on keypunch cards and run them somewhere in the bowels of Boelter Hall. Little did I know I’d have a career in IT starting with similar green screens that would eventually morph into the PC I’m typing on now.
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