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[iargue]

http://news.national...h-video-ap.html



40 years!

Edited by iargue, 02 September 2009 - 06:32 PM.

[Sweeney]

Please. This is just America trying to take credit for a British invention.

[iargue]

Please. This is just America trying to take credit for a British invention.

Lol, Britan has always been years ahead of America.

[Hydrogen]

Please. This is just America trying to take credit for a British invention.

A lot of the initial networking research was paid for by DARPA, which is a US institution . Sure, CERN did started the World Wide Web project, but surely you aren't suggesting that they would have been successful without the networking technology that was researched in the US. Claiming that one country or people are superior and more advanced than another is a mistake that many have made before our time .

[Sweeney]

A lot of the initial networking research was paid for by DARPA, which is a US institution . Sure, CERN did started the World Wide Web project, but surely you aren't suggesting that they would have been successful without the networking technology that was researched in the US. Claiming that one country or people are superior and more advanced than another is a mistake that many have made before our time .

No, it's like claiming the internet was born when someone invented wires. Or copper smelting. Or a pickaxe.

[Cyo]

No, it's like claiming the internet was born when someone invented wires. Or copper smelting. Or a pickaxe.

That's how MacGyver did it.

[Hydrogen]

No, it's like claiming the internet was born when someone invented wires. Or copper smelting. Or a pickaxe.

Not really . The world wide web is just the interlinking of pages over http. However, Internet is an interconnection of networks to form a larger network. This was a requirement for the world wide web to even exist.

[luvsmyncis]

That's how MacGyver did it.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Nice.

p.s. The internet is a series of toobs.

[Sweeney]

Not really . The world wide web is just the interlinking of pages over http. However, Internet is an interconnection of networks to form a larger network. This was a requirement for the world wide web to even exist.

And copper is (or, was) a requirement for networks to exist.

The Internet was born when Tim Berners-Lee said "Hey, let's make an internet".

[Frizzle]

Next time I see you Joe, I'm going to ruffle your hair <3

[iargue]

And copper is (or, was) a requirement for networks to exist.

The Internet was born when Tim Berners-Lee said "Hey, let's make an internet".

America was first to have computers in two different location connected to each other. Which mans it a WAN, and then a third joined, making it the INTERNET.


Thats why all internet traffic used to pass through the US. Now that other places are getting their infrastructure in place, we get bypassed.

[Sweeney]

America was first to have computers in two different location connected to each other. Which mans it a WAN, and then a third joined, making it the INTERNET.
Thats why all internet traffic used to pass through the US. Now that other places are getting their infrastructure in place, we get bypassed.

That's not even wrong.

[Tailwind]

Don't argue with Joe guys.

You won't win.

[iargue]

That's not even wrong.

Do you mean I am right, or that I am so far off base that you wont bother replying?

[redlion]

Do you mean I am right, or that I am so far off base that you wont bother replying?

I believe you answered your own question.

[Sweeney]

Do you mean I am right, or that I am so far off base that you wont bother replying?

I mean that you're not even wrong.

[Drakonid]

Joe=Sunscorch?
If so, I don't see why not argue with him, all he does is paraphrase "No, because I don't like your answer".

Edited by SilverRage, 04 September 2009 - 04:08 AM.

[Mr. Hobo]

Ya, Joe is Sunscorch

[Sweeney]

Joe=Sunscorch?
If so, I don't see why not argue with him, all he does is paraphrase "No, because I don't like your answer".

All I do?
You've obviously not been paying attention for the last four months.

[Drakonid]

I mean in this specific thread.

[Cyo]

btw Joe it's Internet.

[Sweeney]

btw Joe it's Internet.

Not necessarily.
The Times, for example, doesn't see "internet" as a proper noun, and neither do I.

[Cyo]

Not necessarily.
The Times, for example, doesn't see "internet" as a proper noun, and neither do I.

http://www.businessr...net_with_a.html

Aside form these instances, however, Internet, Web and Net are all proper nouns because they refer to a specific iteration of an interconnected network, and in English, proper nouns get an upper case. As a result, in the OED, Web, Internet and Net are all still upper case.

[Sweeney]

http://www.businessreviewonline.com/blog/archives/2004/08/internet_with_a.html

Next time, try something not five years out of date.

[Metigue]

Guys, does it really matter? Just be happy we have the internet and hope Obama doesn't shut it off