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Vint Cerf on Why TCP/IP Was So Long in Coming
whitehartstag writes "TCP/IP is 25 years old this year. Vint Cerf says there was a long development cycle for both TCP/IP and for X.25, and we'd have been using TCP/IP much sooner if TCP/IP had been more marketable. 'Over the years, we can come up with many examples both of where the best technology did (or did not) win and of how marketing has defined a service. For example, many of the "best" features of frame relay, such as the ability to use Switched Virtual Circuits (SVC) in addition to Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVC) were never widely marketed because the pricing was too complex. Rather, the PVC was a simple replacement for a leased line at a fraction of the cost with better performance.'"
I am with Bjarne on this one.
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of the C++ programming language, claims that C++ is experiencing a revival and
that there is a backlash against newer programming languages such as Java and C#. "C++ is bigger than ever.
There are more than three million C++ programmers. Everywhere I look there has been an uprising
- more and more projects are using C++. A lot of teaching was going to Java, but more are teaching C++ again.
There has been a backlash.", said Stroustrup.
Sad news everyone - I just heard on the radio that presenter and comedian Jeremy Beadle has died of pneumonia. There weren't any more details. Even if you weren't a fan of his work, I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will join me in mourning a man who ultimately got dealt a shit hand in life.
GNAA, NIGERIA - Earlier today it was announced at a press conference before major members of the world medical community that GNAA Bioresearch is planning to create a superhuman being from recycled nigger parts.
The idea for this project came about after an abrupt suggestion of an online gaynigger suicide pact by GNAA member semi, probably under the influence of cocaine or LSD. "We believe even 25 gay niggers donating their fresh organs to the project could result in tremendous yields in the specimen," commented GNAA scientist kittense, "for example, 25 gay nigger livers could enable this Ubernigger to drink kiloliters of the strongest Niggerseed brand boomshine." When tapped on the shoulder, assistant researcher pzkpfwIV emerged from under kittense's lab coat with a loud slurping noise and added, "Or consider the raw concentrations of niggotine present in 25 exhalations of nigger breath. It could be added into menthols and marketed as ultra-smooth Niggerettes."
It is estimated that feeding this 'Ubernigger' would require the entire staff and services of a Popeye's restaurant operating 24/7, constantly offering up more buckets of crispy fried goodness. GNAA financial administrator rolloffle is said to currently be in negotiations with Popeye's corporate staff concerning opening a facility in the Bioresearch building's basement to coincide with the project.
GNAA shareholders stand to gain considerably from the project. New products stemming from the experiment include not only the aforementioned Niggerettes, but also a protein-rich and delicious energy shake made from semen produced by the 50 nigger testicles the Ubernigger would possess. A name for the drink has not been decided upon but there were several suggestions put forth at a recent brainstorming session in #GNAA, including Black Lightning, Teste's Best, and Rucas' Own Failure-Enhancing Semen Supplement. Furthermore, the Ubernigger project could be combined with the GNAA's somewhat-successful cloning efforts to create an unstoppable team to conquer the NBA, meaning millions in profits from endorsements of KFC and Chippendale's.
Coincidentally, the Ubernigger project could mean a world of good publicity for the GNAA, as a few Uberniggers living in a 3 room tenement could consume enough fried chicken, cheap liquor, bad crack cocaine, and second-hand clothing and sex toys to be a permanent boon to the economy of such places as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, or Harlem. It has also been suggested that 50 or so Uberniggers could outright conquer these places for the glory of the GNAA and homosexual afromen everywhere.
After the conference, GNAA associate Lo_Pan was heard commenting, "LOL RUCAS IS A GIRL".
About GNAA Bioresearch
Founded in 2002 at an undisclosed underground location (believed to be deep under the Artic ice cap), GNAA Bioresearch has since been at the cutting edge of development in fields such as cock enhancement, HIV delivery systems, and nigger supercrack production. It is the origin of such GNAA product lines as polymorphic rectal lining sheathes (which change shape and texture to suit every user's desire) and the ever-popular 'dikk-tikkler' take-anywhere self-pleasure undergarments, loved by gay niggers and Japanese businessmen alike.
About GNAA:
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
Are you GAY ?
Are you a NIGGER ?
Are you a GAY NIGGER ?
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