--On Thursday, September 13, 2001 5:38 PM -0400 Michael Hammer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FYI. The U.S. Army used carrier pigeons during WWI to carry messages.
> Worked quite well considering the working conditions.
>
> Speaking of which, why is it that references to the early years of the
> Internet seem to downplay the fact that the ARPANET was originally
> developed by the U.S. DEFENCE Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA)?
Because from its formation in 1958 until 1972 it was called the Advance
Research Projects Agency (ARPA). In 1993, Bill Clinton switched it back to
ARPA. In 1996, the Congress put the D back in again.
Perhaps we should just call it (D)ARPA or maybe Arpadarpa.
--
Dennis Fazio
The Ephemeral Network
