At 01:43 PM 1/20/02 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>David wrote:
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>>Pg 276 describes the origin of the "internet was designed for nuke
>>robustness" 'myth' though the 'myth' itself is not mentioned.
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>Not a myth. Here's some history, background, and free .pdfs, in case
anyone is
>interested...
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Not a completely unfounded myth but not directly in the ancestral line of
the netcode
or funders thereof. I was aware of the RAND stuff when I posted; in fact, I
was one
of the people who was publicly corrected on this list about that, some time
ago
---apparently because I didn't have a more complete history. From
reading _The Dream Machine_, I learned that the idea of the Internet as a
mind-extension/network of personal computers predates any specific
implementation plans.
......and now for something not completely different...
/* even GROSSER, but this is the Internet */
---found in in_pcbbind() in net/netinet/in_pcb.c
I think people have not quite gotten their hands around the
speed at which information can be disseminated online.
-Monica Lewinsky, LATimes 9 may 01
"Thus ends, at least in Italy, the absurd anarchy that permits
anyone to publish online without standards and without restrictions,
and guarantees to the consumer minimum standards of quality in all
information content, for the first time including electronic media.
Don't believe half of what you see
and none of what you hear ---Lou Reed
