^might be too late for some of us:1orglaugh
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Best invention during your lifetime?
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Not trying to be argumentative ...
Not even the "modern Internet" was invented in your lifetime if you were born 1983 or later.
I.e., most of the "modern Internet" was invented mid-to-late '70s, and the last, major "invention" was 1981 with a "decision" in 1983.
Even "modern" Internet e-mail was the 1970s, one of its first, major set of protocols protocols.
Only the HTTP protocol and World Wide Web came to be in your lifetime.
Some people consider that the "modern Internet" but variations of the protocol and sites were already running well before that, it wasn't even remotely original.
So HTTP/WWW wasn't really an "invention" at all, just the one that came much later and "stuck."
In fact, HTTP is a great example of how not to design a protocol (but I won't go there).
That was more because decent speed dial-up and, shortly afterwards, broadband became available.
That, along with the affordable, graphical desktop on a PC, which finally brough it to the masses.
I.e., most of us UNIX wennies had a GUI back in 1984+, and were the first with the "browser" -- as well as the latter 'Mosaic' "web browser" implementation.
Nothing made me chuckle harder than when a Microsoft executive stated they were the "first" with the "browser" idea.
Not only was it (like everything else, including the "office suite") invented on UNIX in the '80s,
but even the first graphical "web browser," Mosaic, was developed by Mark Andresen at the University of Illinois.
Andresen is best know as being the co-founder of Netscape, which utterly points to the gross ignorance Microsoft has towards people.
But even people believed the exec. Sad, but true.
Not trying to be argumentative, but no, the Internet was not invented in your lifetime (you weren't born yet).
Not even the "modern Internet" was invented in your lifetime if you were born 1983 or later.
I.e., most of the "modern Internet" was invented mid-to-late '70s, and the last, major "invention" was 1981 with a "decision" in 1983.
Even "modern" Internet e-mail was the 1970s, one of its first, major set of protocols protocols.
Only the HTTP protocol and World Wide Web came to be in your lifetime.
Some people consider that the "modern Internet" but variations of the protocol and sites were already running well before that, it wasn't even remotely original.
So HTTP/WWW wasn't really an "invention" at all, just the one that came much later and "stuck."
In fact, HTTP is a great example of how not to design a protocol (but I won't go there).
That was more because decent speed dial-up and, shortly afterwards, broadband became available.
That, along with the affordable, graphical desktop on a PC, which finally brough it to the masses.
I.e., most of us UNIX wennies had a GUI back in 1984+, and were the first with the "browser" -- as well as the latter 'Mosaic' "web browser" implementation.
Nothing made me chuckle harder than when a Microsoft executive stated they were the "first" with the "browser" idea.
Not only was it (like everything else, including the "office suite") invented on UNIX in the '80s,
but even the first graphical "web browser," Mosaic, was developed by Mark Andresen at the University of Illinois.
Andresen is best know as being the co-founder of Netscape, which utterly points to the gross ignorance Microsoft has towards people.
But even people believed the exec. Sad, but true.
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Web != Internet (massive difference)
The web is not the Internet at all, not in history, not in traffic (even today), etc...
It's a small portion of it ... very, very, very small.
Heck, some of us were around for the original Internet e-mail worm.
Trust me, there is a huge difference, and I'm not trying to be anal, argumentative or purely geeky.
In fact, because of this, many people have been wrong in this thread, e.g.,
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1300440
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1300245
After such posts, I made this (now I admit) "geeky" post here:
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1298804
It it's to show that the "modern Internet" was basically "invented" in the '60s and '70s.
The web is only a very small portion of it, very small indeed.
But yes, the web was invented during the lifetime of most 20-something year-old here.
The Internet was not, very much not.
Yes, huge difference!
The web is not the Internet at all, not in history, not in traffic (even today), etc...
It's a small portion of it ... very, very, very small.
Some of us were using Internet e-mail (not just CompServe or some other provider) before some of you were born.
Heck, some of us were around for the original Internet e-mail worm.
Trust me, there is a huge difference, and I'm not trying to be anal, argumentative or purely geeky.
In fact, because of this, many people have been wrong in this thread, e.g.,
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1300440
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1300245
After such posts, I made this (now I admit) "geeky" post here:
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?p=1298804
It it's to show that the "modern Internet" was basically "invented" in the '60s and '70s.
The web is only a very small portion of it, very small indeed.
But yes, the web was invented during the lifetime of most 20-something year-old here.
The Internet was not, very much not.
Yup the internet
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I still remember the first time my family got one of these. It cost $1000 and was as big as 35 inch TV. It made lots of noise. I remember my mom warning me not to put anything metal in it ever. 10 minutes after she said those words I had put a spoon inside and made a burn mark on one of the walls. I still laugh when I think about this. Also, at work the first time I put a cricket in it and went back to work. A few days later there was a sign on the microwave to not put insects inside. I laughed.....
I still remember the first time my family got one of these. It cost $1000 and was as big as 35 inch TV. It made lots of noise. I remember my mom warning me not to put anything metal in it ever. 10 minutes after she said those words I had put a spoon inside and made a burn mark on one of the walls. I still laugh when I think about this. Also, at work the first time I put a cricket in it and went back to work. A few days later there was a sign on the microwave to not put insects inside. I laughed.....
^and microwave fries:1orglaugh:throwup:
^and then reinventing it:1orglaugh
During your lifetime? My father was microwaving stuff back during World War 2!
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