Comments on: The History of the Interwebitubes http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: chuck http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1481122 chuck Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:12:27 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1481122 "With computers getting bigger and bigger they had to be stored in special, cooled rooms. But then developers couldn't work directly on the computers any more. Specialists had to be called in to connect them." Sounds like Google/Microsoft cloud-computing to me. “With computers getting bigger and bigger they had to be stored in special, cooled rooms.
But then developers couldn’t work directly on the computers any more. Specialists had to be called in to connect them.”

Sounds like Google/Microsoft cloud-computing to me.

]]> By: bb http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1481046 bb Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:50:37 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1481046 Sorry, lost me at the first scene, "Naturally, batch processing was not effective." BS. Batch processing was highly effective and very efficient with the very expensive processors of the day. One had to keep the CPU churning and churning just to pay for it. So you lined up job after job after job and kept it busy. You guys don't remember when "A computer on every desk" was a radical idea, much less than one in every home. Sorry, lost me at the first scene, “Naturally, batch processing was not effective.” BS. Batch processing was highly effective and very efficient with the very expensive processors of the day. One had to keep the CPU churning and churning just to pay for it. So you lined up job after job after job and kept it busy.

You guys don’t remember when “A computer on every desk” was a radical idea, much less than one in every home.

]]> By: Ron Larson http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480921 Ron Larson Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:53:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480921 It wasn't until HTTP and HTML was developed that the Internet became useful to average person. Before then, you had to have know lots o obscure commands. It was like the difference between command (like DOS) and graphical OS's (such as the Mac and Windows). It wasn’t until HTTP and HTML was developed that the Internet became useful to average person. Before then, you had to have know lots o obscure commands. It was like the difference between command (like DOS) and graphical OS’s (such as the Mac and Windows).

]]> By: FRAGaLOT http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480885 FRAGaLOT Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:51:44 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480885 Wow we went from serious scientific and military research, to watching videos of idiots farting and getting kicked in the balls. A lot does change in 50 years! Is it really progress though? :/ Oh yeah, it's a lot easier to get pr0n now, than it was 50 years ago (or even 15 years ago). That is progress!! Wow we went from serious scientific and military research, to watching videos of idiots farting and getting kicked in the balls. A lot does change in 50 years! Is it really progress though? :/

Oh yeah, it’s a lot easier to get pr0n now, than it was 50 years ago (or even 15 years ago). That is progress!!

]]> By: Jim http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480796 Jim Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:10:21 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480796 Very good video - I wasn't aware of some of the initial pieces (not that I've researched them anyway.) Now which text books are these in? I am still waiting for digital textbooks; I guess that technology is hundreds of years in the future. Very good video – I wasn’t aware of some of the initial pieces (not that I’ve researched them anyway.)

Now which text books are these in?

I am still waiting for digital textbooks; I guess that technology is hundreds of years in the future.

]]> By: Uncle Patso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480790 Uncle Patso Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:00:55 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480790 # 8 Uncle Patso said, in part: “Prof.” Irwin Corey: Wow! Cool to know that the world’s “Foremost Authority” is still out there enlightening us! I wonder if he and Soupy Sales ever get together for lunch. That, I'd like to see! # 8 Uncle Patso said, in part:

“Prof.” Irwin Corey:
Wow! Cool to know that the world’s “Foremost Authority” is still out there enlightening us!

I wonder if he and Soupy Sales ever get together for lunch. That, I’d like to see!

]]> By: Uncle Patso http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480776 Uncle Patso Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:36:08 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480776 At least as good as any of the educational film strips I saw in school. I think a class of kids between the ages of 6 and 12 would enjoy it and get something out of it. "Prof." Irwin Corey: Wow! Cool to know that the world's "Foremost Authority" is still out there enlightening us! At least as good as any of the educational film strips I saw in school. I think a class of kids between the ages of 6 and 12 would enjoy it and get something out of it.

“Prof.” Irwin Corey:
Wow! Cool to know that the world’s “Foremost Authority” is still out there enlightening us!

]]> By: BubbaRay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480736 BubbaRay Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:27:51 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480736 #3, John, Prof. Irwin Corey is alive and well. Here is his <a href="http://www.irwincorey.org/home.html" rel="nofollow">home web page.</a> Many videos to watch from this cool guy. #3, John,

Prof. Irwin Corey is alive and well. Here is his home web page.

Many videos to watch from this cool guy.

]]> By: amodedoma http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480611 amodedoma Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:48:01 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480611 #2 Yeah, I still have a model 100 that works, too - the world's first laptop. Nothing like 30 year old technology. They're still useful as portable serial terminals. The video was cool, but I had the feeling it was directed at non-techs, if so, the oversimplifications take too much for granted near the end. #2

Yeah, I still have a model 100 that works, too – the world’s first laptop. Nothing like 30 year old technology. They’re still useful as portable serial terminals.

The video was cool, but I had the feeling it was directed at non-techs, if so, the oversimplifications take too much for granted near the end.

]]> By: The Warden http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480610 The Warden Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:44:40 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480610 Total BS. The vid didn't give credit to Al Gore as creating the internet! Al Gore should use the hundreds of millions of dollars he made off of global warming to hire top notch lawyers to sue those who made this video to re-edit it to give him the credit he deserves. Total BS. The vid didn’t give credit to Al Gore as creating the internet! Al Gore should use the hundreds of millions of dollars he made off of global warming to hire top notch lawyers to sue those who made this video to re-edit it to give him the credit he deserves.

]]> By: Mr. Fusion http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480605 Mr. Fusion Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:28:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480605 Very interesting and well presented. Very interesting and well presented.

]]> By: John C Dvorak http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480591 John C Dvorak Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:10:16 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480591 Where is Irwin Corey when we need him? Where is Irwin Corey when we need him?

]]> By: BubbaRay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480565 BubbaRay Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:42:09 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480565 Hard to believe that a transmission protocol developed 25 years ago is so robust that it still carries all the traffic today. My wife worked at BBN, one of the first homes of the arpanet and then the internet, and I lucked out being able to watch it grow into the mid 70s. I still have my old 300 baud Racal Vadic modem, as well as 2 TRS-80 Model 100s that continue to work. Hard to believe that a transmission protocol developed 25 years ago is so robust that it still carries all the traffic today. My wife worked at BBN, one of the first homes of the arpanet and then the internet, and I lucked out being able to watch it grow into the mid 70s.

I still have my old 300 baud Racal Vadic modem, as well as 2 TRS-80 Model 100s that continue to work.

]]> By: Zybch http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/01/31/the-history-of-the-interwebitubes/comment-page-1/#comment-1480564 Zybch Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:42:02 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=38703#comment-1480564 Of course, in the southern US states there is a different explanation for the creation of the Internet: God Did It Of course, in the southern US states there is a different explanation for the creation of the Internet:

God Did It

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