coopster
msg:4290964 | 8:40 pm on Apr 1, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Yeah, I caught that last weekend. Here is the quote I loved:
The son said his father recently shared a paper that he wrote in 1966, speculating on the future of the computer networks he was working on.
"It spelled out this idea that by the year 2000 that people would be using online networks for shopping and news," he said. "It was an absolute lunatic fringe idea." |
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PaulPA
msg:4290992 | 9:26 pm on Apr 1, 2011 (gmt 0) |
In my view, these early guys don't get enough credit for their contributions.
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creeking
msg:4290995 | 9:35 pm on Apr 1, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I'd like to see that paper he wrote.
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kaz
msg:4291047 | 12:09 am on Apr 2, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Here is a paper he wrote in 1964
[rand.org...]
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g1smd
msg:4291053 | 12:30 am on Apr 2, 2011 (gmt 0) |
This stuff is gold dust for future historians.
Imagine having the original documents written by the man who invented the wheel...
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coopster
msg:4291213 | 3:58 pm on Apr 2, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| I'd like to see that paper he wrote. |
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Ask and ye shall receive:
As a matter of fact, you can read as much Paul Baran [rand.org] as you can handle. The guy was brilliant.
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weeks
msg:4291237 | 5:35 pm on Apr 2, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I had no idea. Thanks for this post.
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caribguy
msg:4291628 | 11:30 pm on Apr 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Thanks Coopster!
On page 31 of the paper, he essentially describes Groupon. Amazing foresight, solid stuff. Back to reading!
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graeme_p
msg:4291724 | 6:41 am on Apr 4, 2011 (gmt 0) |
All the really important ideas, even in as new a field as IT, seem to have originated before 1970.
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weeks
msg:4291871 | 3:47 pm on Apr 4, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| All the really important ideas, even in as new a field as IT, seem to have originated before 1970. |
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Except for that idea I had yesterday. And, I did not write it down and I've forgotten it.
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