[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Good morning, all! Today is:



Republic Day (Turkey)
Frankenstein Friday
The Internet's Birthday



They could be related.



(Moved by PAL to today's thread.)

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Frankenstein Day

There are three known "days', and as a result, a little confusion. We have Frankenstein Friday, National Frankenstein Day, and Frankenstein Day.

Frankenstein Day is on August 30. This day is in honor of author Mary Wollenstone Shelly who was born on August 30,1797. She wrote the book "Frankenstein "in 1818. This day in in honor of her birth.

Frankenstein Friday is the Friday before Halloween. We traced some references to it back to a website on Frankenberry cereal, which suggests a commercial origin. Origin and details unknown.

National Frankenstein Day Google posts this as October 29th. We have not been able to verify that this as a true National Day.

Are you still confused? Then, do what we do and celebrate all three days!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Turkey's Republic Day party dress code: no head scarves

A spat over Islamic garb marred a celebration of the Turkish republic's anniversary on Wednesday.

By Nicholas Birch | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

ISTANBUL – Wednesday was supposed to be the day Turks celebrated the heritage of Kemal Atatürk, the resistance hero who 80 years ago dragged his people from the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire into secular republican modernity. Instead, it degenerated into a squabble, nominally over women's clothing, that had more to do with what it is to be modern in this mainly Muslim country straddling two continents and two civilizations.

As always with the most serious quarrels, this one began with a trifle - the president's annual party.

While foreign diplomats and opposition lawmakers - pillars of Turkey's Westernized and staunchly pro-secular elite - were invited to bring their spouses, male members of the conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP) were asked to leave their wives at home.

The reason? Most wear head scarves, legally forbidden in universities and public offices around the country. AKP deputies were far from alone in deploring the president's decision. But he had his supporters, too. "[Government supporters] claim this decision is against human rights and democracy," fumes Gulay Ertekin, who sells insurance in Istanbul. "Hypocrites! What's so democratic about the theocratic state they're trying to introduce?"

More at:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1031/p08s02-woeu.html

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On Internet's 35th birthday, pioneer still excited about its potential

By Dan Lee

Mercury News

The Internet's first baby steps began in Leonard Kleinrock's UCLA lab 35 years ago today.

The young computer science professor's team had networked its computer with one at the Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park. The plan was for UCLA to send the letters ``L-O-G'' and for SRI to answer back with ``I-N.'' The system crashed with the message reading just ``L-O.''

When a later attempt worked, UCLA graduate student Charley Kline's made a note in the lab's log book: ``Talked to SRI host to host.''

The test brought little fanfare. But Kleinrock knew that communicating over computer networks could change the world.

More here:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/10045262.htm?1c

[JustAmy]

Graphic and Text by St.Louie1

Happy Internet Birthday!!!

[NicknamedBob]

Frankenstein Friday

Percy’s wife once had a friend, who was a “self-made man”,
Even though his neck was fixed, with stuff from a frying pan.
A bit of this, a smidge of that, soon there was sufficient,
In fact, the stuff was all so plentiful, no need to be efficient.

And so, the best things were not used, the price was not a factor.
The clear result, as all could see, he was a lousy actor.
And thus condemned to cardboard roles, for all eternity,
He couldn’t put his soul into, those movies rated “B”.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . October 29, 2004