Awesome. Thanks. On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014617758_apusobitpaulbaran.html > Paul Baran, Internet pioneer, dies at 84 > > """ > "Paul Baran is best known for the idea of "packet-switching," in which > data is bundled into small packages and sent through a network. Baran > outlined the concept while working on Cold War issues for the RAND > Corporation in Santa Monica in 1963 and 1964."... > > [His] son said his father recently shared a paper that he wrote in > 1966, speculating on the future of the computer networks he was > working on. > "It spelled out this idea that by the year 2000 that people would be > using online networks for shopping and news," he said. "It was an > absolute lunatic fringe idea." > """ > > -- > Mike Orr <[email protected]> > -- Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email.
