Posted on 05/23/2006 2:35:56 PM PDT by Thebaddog
Yes, the NET was invented by DARPA, but the WWW and HTTP protocol were created by Berners-Lee and associates at CERN . . . . .using the internet to send text and images. . .
You are mistaking "Web" and "Internet"
What's an RFC? And thanks for the insight you old conservative anti-hippie. Snork.
"Request for Comments." It used to be the standard mechanism to propose new stuff to the Internet Engineering Task Force. It was, like, "dude, wouldn't it be cool if...?"
Oh! Ow! Braincell gone to sleep! Waking up! Tingles! Hurts! Need more booze!
and long before 1989
That's true. I guess it did tend to keep out the riff-raff. OTOH, how much work could even those of us who knew what we were doing get done with 300-1200 baud modi?
I heard a story of a guy whose toddler was talking about the "dark place" on his PC. Turned out the Windows era tyke was talking about a DOS box!
The Net is the World's "Liberty Tree--" & WE KNOW IT!!
Too Late, the "Forces of Control" realized what we-on the net-knew; "The Net" is the ultimate avenue of "Free Thought" on the Planet.
The Net is THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAT to totalitarian thought on the Planet--& it should be Vigorously defended!
"The NET" is one of the most powerful civilizing influences ever given to Humanity.
Doc
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