Comments on: The Origins of the Internet http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/ Ramblings of a GIS Hacker Mon, 21 May 2012 22:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: The Origins of the Internet http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-2065 The Origins of the Internet Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:15:16 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/#comment-2065 <strong>The Origins of the Internet </strong> The Origins of the Int... The Origins of the Internet

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]]> By: Philip Newton http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 Philip Newton Sun, 15 May 2005 13:13:27 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/#comment-1973 Thank you for the recommendation! That sounds exactly like the kind of book I'd enjoy, so I've ordered it now. Thank you for the recommendation! That sounds exactly like the kind of book I’d enjoy, so I’ve ordered it now.

]]> By: rho http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 rho Sun, 15 May 2005 10:42:29 +0000 http://crschmidt.net/blog/archives/64/the-origins-of-the-internet/#comment-1971 I remember from my time on Usenet, the tales from the venerable Old Farts, about how back in the good old days, messages would frequently take hours and even days to propagate. This was always cited as one of the important reasons for decent quoting and attribution; propagation was a whole lot better by the time I discovered Usenet for the first time in '97 but still far from perfect. If we had some sort of an interplanetary internet, then propagation time would become a fact of life again. People would grow to understand, by necessity, that if a Jovian posted a message, a Neptunian and a Venusian would both be able to see the message and write a considered and thought out reply well before either had seen the other's reply. "First comment" weenies would have to face up to the fact that it's even dumber to do when the playing field is so uneven. I'd like to think it would promote some sort of level of Clue, but I realise that may be a tad optimistic. At least it would allow you to use the phrase "I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner, but the laws of physics prevented me from doing so." I remember from my time on Usenet, the tales from the venerable Old Farts, about how back in the good old days, messages would frequently take hours and even days to propagate. This was always cited as one of the important reasons for decent quoting and attribution; propagation was a whole lot better by the time I discovered Usenet for the first time in ‘97 but still far from perfect.

If we had some sort of an interplanetary internet, then propagation time would become a fact of life again. People would grow to understand, by necessity, that if a Jovian posted a message, a Neptunian and a Venusian would both be able to see the message and write a considered and thought out reply well before either had seen the other’s reply. “First comment” weenies would have to face up to the fact that it’s even dumber to do when the playing field is so uneven.

I’d like to think it would promote some sort of level of Clue, but I realise that may be a tad optimistic. At least it would allow you to use the phrase “I’m sorry I didn’t reply sooner, but the laws of physics prevented me from doing so.”

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