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To: Scumbria who wrote (103701)	4/11/2000 10:37:00 AM
From: milo_morai	Respond to of 1570321

The Internet: From ARPAnet to the NII THE FIRST NOTIONS of an information highway began with the birth of the ARPAnet in 1969. Commission by the U.S. Department of Defense, ARPAnet was a communications network which allowed computers at distant locations to "talk" with each other in order to exchange military and national security data. With this new technology, the data from one computer could be put into an electronic "envelope" and then be addressed to another computer. The originating computer would then direct the envelope by way of the ARPAnet to the receiving site. This method of packaging and shipping electronic information became known as the Internet Protocol, or IP for short. If a computer had the software for implementing IP, it could conceivably talk to any other computer in the world, as long as that other computer had similar IP software and was on the ARPAnet. In the years that followed, additional networks spread from defense research to general scientific and academic use. Universities and research groups began to develop in-house networks known as Local Area Networks, or LAN's. A LAN would connect one computer in an office or department with all other computers within the building. Using IP software, however, a LAN could connect with other LAN's - a network within a network, so to speak. For every LAN that joined onto a network, the number of individual users on-line increased dramatically. More in Link edweb.gsn.org Gore didn't do shit at inventing it.

To: Scumbria who wrote (103701)	4/11/2000 1:12:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1570321

Having worked for the DOD (at Los Alamos and Sandia) during much of the 80's and some of the 90's, I can assure you that the internet was created largely by the government, and that Gore was a key player. Scumbria, Its too bad the public perception of Gore. I find him to be one of the few politicians not to suffer from extreme meglamania. His comments appear to be well thought out....his speech at Columbine last year suggest he is a great orator. His stance on the environment is nothing less than heroic. And less you think the environment is fine, think again....a report has just come out stating that the wildlife on American rivers is slowly dyng out. Last year there were not enough bees to pollinate the fruit trees in Wisconsin. Here in the Northwest the native salmon is dying out and heron are refusing to return to local lakes that they have inhabited for hundreds of years. And the grizzlies in norther B.C. are starving because they can't find salmon to eat. The ozone hole in the Arctic has grown dramatically in the past 5 years. The island states in the South Pacific are slowly disappearing under the sea due to global warnings. Gore tirelessly pushes on environmental issues not because they are sexy but because he perceives a danger. I could never see Bush or Clinton doing that. And besides I don't think he is into cigars. Bottomline: its too bad people don't take him more seriously.....I think he would bring back honor to the presidential office.....something I believe the office desperately needs. ted