24 Oct
2015
24 Oct
'15
10:56 a.m.
From: Johnny Billquist
Well, it is not correct when we then include that it
is 43 years old...
Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40.
Good point! {Does a little math in his head...} 43 years, that gives us 1972.
The OP was clearly thinking of the ARPANET. Which as I have mentioned, was
_very_ different from TCP/IP, inside.
Don't get me wrong, we learned a _tremendous_ amount from the ARPANET, and it
was a key step, but it's about as similar to TCP/IP as the Wright brothers
airplanes (with their 'wing-warping' roll control system, etc) are to modern
airplanes. (And actually, that's slightly unfair to the Wright brothers;
their airplanes are, IMO, actually closer to modern airplanes than the
ARPANET is to TCP/IP!)
Noel
24 Oct
24 Oct
1:53 p.m.
> Well, it is not correct when we then include
that it is 43 years old...
> Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40.
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
Good point! {Does a little math in his head...} 43
years, that gives us 1972.
The OP was clearly thinking of the ARPANET. Which as I have mentioned, was
_very_ different from TCP/IP, inside.
OR, he made a simple trivial typo or calculation typo, and meant 33,
instead of 43. That would place us in 1982, which is about right for TCP/IP.
25 Oct
25 Oct
4:39 a.m.
On 2015-10-24 19:53, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Sat, 24 Oct 2015, Noel Chiappa wrote:
But then pretty much wrong as to when the Internet came about.
Johnny
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Well, it is not correct when we then include that it
is 43 years
old...
> Internets using TCP/IP is a bit over 30 years old, but not over 40. Good point! {Does a little math in his head...}
43 years, that gives
us 1972.
The OP was clearly thinking of the ARPANET. Which as I have mentioned,
was
_very_ different from TCP/IP, inside.
OR, he made a simple trivial typo or calculation typo, and meant 33,
instead of 43. That would place us in 1982, which is about right for
TCP/IP.
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