Internet History In Pictures

Linus by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 18:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The server will be slashdotted because of the Linus picture IMO.

Re:Linus by bigjocker · 2003-12-23 18:45 · Score: 4, Funny

In those pictures are like a dozen jokes waiting to be posted on slashdot ....

BTW, where is the goatse guy?

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Re:Linus by Frymaster · 2003-12-23 19:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The server will be slashdotted
don't worry, someone will post the entire... uh... text.
nevermind.

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Re:Linus by Lord_Dweomer · 2003-12-23 20:49 · Score: 4, Funny

"In those pictures are like a dozen jokes waiting to be posted on slashdot ...."
Well, hopefully it will lead someone to post some good ones of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits. That's one picture that would be modded +5 informative so fast Slashdot would Slashdot itself.

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Re:Linus by zhenlin · 2003-12-23 21:40 · Score: 4, Interesting

Actually... Thanks to libshit... Ooops, libcaca, it is now possible to mirror images as text -- coloured text. Unfortunately, /. doesn't do coloured HTML text..
Re:Linus by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 23:41 · Score: 3, Informative

BTW, where is the goatse guy?
for the 5 billionth time: it's not goatse, it's goatse.cx: it's a joke, pronounced like "goatsex", and if you don't pronounce it that way, the joke is lost.
yes, that's right, a goatse.cx post that's +1 informative!

I remember the original IMPs by Animats · 2003-12-23 18:33 · Score: 4, Informative

I saw one of the originals, at Case, in the 1960s. Case blew it so badly in computer science R&D that they were kicked off the ARPANET for underperforming. Embarassing.

I've even seen a Pluribus IMP in operation.

Darn. by The+Human+Cow · 2003-12-23 18:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Try as I might, I couldn't find a picture of Al Gore anywhere on that page.

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Re:Darn. by Valar · 2003-12-23 18:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Son, you have no idea of the kind of thread you just started.

I hope you're happy.

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Re:Darn. by benk · 2003-12-23 18:41 · Score: 5, Funny

He'll probably say he was in the photo with Linus ... but was just under the table already at that point...

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Re:Darn. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 18:47 · Score: 5, Interesting

Well, in this letter, Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf, two people on the list and two people often called fathers of the Internet, defend Al Gore on the issue, saying the following:

There are many factors that have contributed to the Internet's rapid growth since the later 1980s, not the least of which has been political support for its privatization and continued support for research in advanced networking technology. No one in public life has been more intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving Internet than the Vice President. Gore has been a clear champion of this effort, both in the councils of government and with the public at large.

The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the value of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term and consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to American citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world.

I apologize from any resulting cognitive dissonance and you may now return to listening to Rush.
Re:Darn. by mcc · 2003-12-23 20:16 · Score: 4, Funny

but was just under the table already at that point...

*Looks at photo*

Hmmm.. and if you don't mind me asking, what exactly was he doing down there??

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Re:Darn. by javiercero · 2003-12-23 21:17 · Score: 4, Informative

You sir are rather ignorant, I assume that is why the internet runs on IPX or UDP, LOL. Nope, it seems that the TCP/IP (hint the last letters IP are for Internet Protocol) is what the internet runs over. Maybe TCP-IP seems to be a "small" detail to you, but unless you come up with something better... I rather keep Vinton Cerf in his original place and inventing the protocol that the internet uses mostly to transfer data is a rather important achievement. In case you did not know it, it also happens that it was Cerf (together with Kahn) who coined the term "internet" on a '74 paper on TCP. So let's see he came up with the protocol, and the name. Is that just not enough for you?

This is not even close to the apples to oranges comparison you tried to accomplish. Oh, well it is not like ignorance ever stopped anyone from posting on slashdot.
Re:Darn. by pen · 2003-12-23 22:59 · Score: 3, Funny

Just plugging the network cable in. What did you think?
Re:Darn. by Mr.+Jax · 2003-12-24 01:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Apples and Oranges - A comparison
Re:Darn. by cornjones · 2003-12-24 04:45 · Score: 3, Insightful

The point isn't that Gore "created" the internet. That was a huge spin story. What he was trying to say was that he pushed legislation that helped teh internet become what it was. In the mid 80's (far before most public and virtually any politicians had any concept) he pushed such concepts as a "Data highway" ('86) and wrote for a national data network in '88. (89?) This is exactly the same as when politicians say they "lowered crime" or whatever. They weren't really out there cuffing the bad guys, they were fighting to get money put into their cause. One of Gore's causes evolved into the internet. Not entirely due to him of course but still, he backed the right horse and it took off.

Even Vinton Cerf (created IP, IIRC) went on record w/ "I'd like to clear up one little item - about the Vice President (Gore) ... He really does deserve some credit for his early recognition of the importance of the Internet and the technology that makes it work. He was certainly among the first if not the first in Congress to realize how powerful the information revolution would be and both as Senator and Vice President he has been enormously helpful in supporting legislation and programs to help further develop the Internet - for example the Next Generation Internet program."

But surely, according to SCO... by benk · 2003-12-23 18:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Darl would have to be in there, naked, too.

Wait ... on second thoughts ... I don't want to see that...

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Re:But surely, according to SCO... by AndroidCat · 2003-12-23 22:21 · Score: 5, Funny

It's supposed to be people who left a mark. Darl is going to leave a stain.

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the shirtless pic of linus with beer .... by jms258 · 2003-12-23 18:37 · Score: 5, Funny

should most definitely be the new linux logo ... drop the penguin.... we can get corporate sponsorship from heineken!

didn't know... by krahd · 2003-12-23 18:38 · Score: 3, Funny

that allen was a ventriloquist!

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Slow links in post by Veovis · 2003-12-23 18:44 · Score: 5, Informative

The server is slashdotted and/or just slow, heres a (hopefully dont slashdot my server) mirror

http://www.mysticunderground.net/mirror/

Who would have thought... by teamhasnoi · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 4, Funny

such a skinny guy would be behind making so many computer users fat?

I Kid! (Besides, I'm working tonight and I feel Christmas fat settling on me even as I type)

Hmm.... by asadchev · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 3, Funny

Is there an image of the drunk Steve Ballmer doing monkey dance naked??? It could be the next goatse.

Ut-oh by BrianGa · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 4, Funny

"This page is 100K in size, please be patient while it loads"

Oh boy...

Linus Naked by rsmith-mac · 2003-12-23 18:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, I suppose that explains where "free as in beer" came from.

What the Hell? by teamhasnoi · 2003-12-23 18:56 · Score: 4, Interesting

What is the The Woz doing with Billy?

And what's with the rainbow? hmmm...?

(posted from a powerbook, you zealots!)

Linus naked? by edunbar93 · 2003-12-23 18:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Linus naked and drinking beer

Mmmm. Geek porn.

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One important missing image by Jon+Abbott · 2003-12-23 19:10 · Score: 4, Informative

I just checked their website, and they didn't have my personal favorite...

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Re:Gates and Allen by reiggin · 2003-12-23 19:11 · Score: 4, Insightful

You're wrong. Point your finger towards Palo Alto. Not Billy Boy "Why Invent When You Can Copy" Gates.

Missing names (and photos) by karl.auerbach · 2003-12-23 19:13 · Score: 4, Informative

Some names (and photos) seem to be missing.

I'd suggest John Romkey (author of PC/IP and one of the two original Internet toasters), Phil Karn (KA9Q), Louis Pouzin (I probably misspelled that), Don Davies. Mike St. Johns, Jake Feinler, Bob Braden, Milo, Jun Murai, Marshall Rose, Dave Mills, Dave Farber, Dave Clark, Jerry Saltzer, Noel Chiappa, Steve Casner, Dan Lynch, Radia Pearlman ... and many many others. One more than a few occassions siblings were involved - Judy and Deborah Estrin, and the Lyons brothers come to mind.

Carl Malamud's 1992 book, "Exploring the Internet" has a lot of anecdotes and a few photos.

Unfortunate omission by mcc · 2003-12-23 19:13 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a really cool page, but I find it too bad that they left out the absolutely priceless mug shot of Bill Gates from when he was arrested in 1977 in New Mexico on a traffic offense.

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rhymes with... by i_should_be_working · 2003-12-23 19:19 · Score: 3, Funny

his name is pronounced "lee-nus"??

good thing he didn't grow up in an english speaking country

Re:Not just Internet history by adept256 · 2003-12-23 19:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

Charles Babbage designed a working mechanical computer.

Mechanical.
Computer.

Sheesh, what does it take to get your respect?

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Linus by borgasm · 2003-12-23 19:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Why did I immediately click on the picture of Linus drinking beer naked!!!!

I think I had a freudian click.

Re:Gates and Allen by rmpotter · 2003-12-23 19:42 · Score: 4, Insightful

Sigh... try looking at this bit of HISTORY from a historical perspective. Consider the other names on the list. Some of them were relatively minor players in the grand scheme. Do you seriously believe the people who had a major hand in creating OS's which drive hundreds of millions of PCs should be ignored because you don't believe they "contributed"? It's history. It's evolution. It took MS a long time to create a usable, reliable (though not yet secure) desktop OS which has been deployed on millions of desktops with countless hardware combinations. Linux is inching toward the desktop. but it's not there yet. In the meantime, let's not re-write history.

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Re:Gates and Allen by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 19:44 · Score: 3, Insightful

Um...

So your logic here is that if Microsoft didn't exist, Apple wouldn't have succeeded in popularizing the GUI because Apple only has 1.8% market share?

Except that 95% of the market share currently belongs to Microsoft. So if Microsoft had never existed, who would have that 95% of the market share?

Microsoft has never created a technology of note. Microsoft has never even popularized a technology of note. All Microsoft knows how to do is take technologies that other people have already invented and popularized and make lots of money off of them. That's not something they really recieve any creativity points for.

Beer, Photos, and Linus by Bowie+J.+Poag · 2003-12-23 19:49 · Score: 5, Interesting

Back in '98 or so, my best friend Brian politely informed me that his employer at the time was footing the bill for him to fly out to LinuxWorld Expo for 3 days. Not a bad gig. This made me a bit jealous, of course, so I made a bet with him. I bet him $50 that he could not come away from the conference with a photo of him and Linus having a beer. See, Bri is painfully shy. The odds of him running into (let alone introducing himself to!) Linus were pretty damn low, I figured. Hahaaa, an easy $50, I figured. Sucker!

So Bri gets on the plane and leaves....Days went by, and I heard nothing. Of course, this meant I could (in my infinite wisdom) run out and immediately spend $50, because he was obviously going to return from the conference empty-handed. Ch-ching, -$50.00...(I think it was on something totally meaningful, like a spool of CD-Rs.)

A couple days later, I get a call from Brian. Snickering like a friggin hyena.

(bbRRRrrrring....bbRRRrrrriing..) (*click*)

Me: Hello?

Brian: (...silence...) (*snicker*)

Me: Hellloooo.....?

Brian: (*snicker*)...Hey...(*snicker*)

Me: Oh! Hey man! How was your trip?

Brian: (..silence...)....*snicker*... Y..Y-YOU OWE ME FIFTY BUCKS!! (*snicker*) PAY UP, BITCH!!!!

Me: ........oh no f*@*&$ing way...

Brain: OOOH YEAAH, PAY UP BITCH!!!

The consumate programmer that he is, Brian figures out a way to do it. That son of a bitch intentionally got drunk, and drunk enough to work up the courage to pull it off...He spots Linus, and immediately buys two big frothy glasses of beer. He walks over to him, and asks Linus if he can have his picture taken with him. Linus kindly obliges. "Here, hold this", Bri says, and hands one of the beers to Linus. Bri hands his camera off to a passer-by who snaps the photo. Picture perfect. There's Bri, theres Linus, and they're both holding a tall 'n frosty one. And it's a good picture. Son of a bitch! :)

Ch-ChinG! another -$50.00...

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Re:Bill Gates and internet history? by divide+overflow · 2003-12-23 19:49 · Score: 5, Informative

>Then he maded a new protocol NetBIOS *snip*

TOTAL BULLSHIT. Bill Gates had nothing to do with the creation of NetBIOS. The NetBIOS interface was developed by Sytec Inc. (now Hughes LAN Systems) for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1983. The original version of Windows, released in November 1983, had no network support. Microsoft didn't even provide integrated network support in Windows until the release of Windows for Workgroups in October 1992. Before the release of Windows for Workgroups you had to use non-Microsoft network protocol software to network Windows boxes.

Re:Gates and Allen by Professor+Bluebird · 2003-12-23 19:52 · Score: 5, Informative

In short, SMB was borrowed from IBM. Here (near the top of the page) is a brief history.

No goatsex? by wrinkledshirt · 2003-12-23 20:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Lord knows that's gotten more time on Slashdot than a naked Linus posing...

[pause]

Wait a second...! OH MY GOD!!!

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Re:Gates and Allen by pHDNgell · 2003-12-23 20:20 · Score: 4, Informative

Didn't they have something to do with DHCP?

I got in an argument with a windows adminstrator at work a few years ago about this. He'd always tell me how wonderful Microsoft is and cite things that had nothing to do with MS. One day I told him I was taking away their DHCP server because they weren't doing much with it and we needed to use it for the Unix servers. He told me that Windows would do it better because DHCP is a Microsoft invention. I pointed him to the standard and asked him to show me the word ``Microsoft.'' Nothing, of course.

This particular RFC (3004) you're referencing is regards to a new option to be added to DHCP. That they'll extend a protocol is not news.

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Re:Gates and Allen by DerPflanz · 2003-12-23 21:08 · Score: 3, Interesting

what have they EVER contributed to the net

How about massive acceptation? The internet has been around since 1969 or so, but with the developments in cheap hardware (thanks to IBM and Microsoft) and an easy to use operating system (again Microsoft), the internet had the environment to grow and become massively accepted by non-technical people. This acceptation then led to a faster, cheaper and bigger internet. The one we now use. Don't think too technical, social developments count too in 'The History of the Internet'.

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slashdotted! by toygeek · 2003-12-23 21:44 · Score: 5, Informative

Yep the site was slashdotted, my poor little 5MB ds3 wasn't quite enough to handle it. BTW I'm the host not the site owner.

Check the mirrors folks its a good site!

Sorry to wbglinks.net!!!

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Couldn't resist...had to look....garrrhhh.... by baudtender · 2003-12-23 23:15 · Score: 3, Funny

That must be the least satisfying naked picture I've ever seen.

Extraneous names and photos by FreeUser · 2003-12-24 01:20 · Score: 5, Insightful

Some names (and photos) seem to be missing.

Not only that, but some names and photos are extraneous and have no relevence to Internet history whatsoever.

To wit, what do Bill Gates and Paul Allen have to do with the history of the Internet? Absolutely nothing. Neither of them innovated a single thing with respect to the Internet, indeed, the Internet blindsided them while they were busy trying to setup a Microsoft version of CompuServe embedded in the windows desktop. Hell, they're still trying, by dumbing down the Internet to CompuServe-esque levels and embedding it into their desktop in the form of a pansy candy-assed butterfly by the name of MSN.

Unless Bill Gates is going down as the End of the History of Internet, killed by his desktop monopoly and wide deployment of DRM (events which have yet to happen, and arguably may never occur), his presence, while perhaps relevant to the history of personal computing, certainly isn't with repect to the history of the 'net.

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