Nerds 2.0.1 - A Brief History of the Internet
About three years after the Architext/Excite guys went public, how much was each worth?
$10 million
Notes about computers of the 1960s
-Size of small apartments -Use was strictly rationed -Only a few people could use them/get near them
Notes about Amazon.com
-Started as being a virtual bookstore -Founder: Jeff Bezos -Started in Seattle
Glossary of Geek: TCP/IP
-Transmission control protocol, internet protocol -Determines how computer networks talk to each other
At the time of the release of this video, what percentage of American schools have access to the Internet?
70%
How many months did it take for the folks working on the ARPAnet to finish their work?
9 months
What did Eisenhower create?
ARPA- Agency to fund high powered scientific and space research
What two "monster companies" declined to get involved with building a network of mainframes over telephone lines?
ATT and IBM
In the (Silicon) Valley young entrepreneurs recruiting a CEO is referred to as...
Adult Supervision
Who was Dave Walden? Frank Hart? Severo Ornstein?
All part of the team on BBN: Walden - made juggling a hobby throughout the office Hart - System engineer, tough manager Ornstein - Musician and rock climber later founded computer scientist for social responsibility
What networking technology was used in Hawaii in place of phone lines?
Aloha net
What was the first network to transmit data into a computer by means of radio waves rater than telephone lines or conventional wires? Wireless data...
Aloha net
What space program succeeded Gemini? What type of mission were involved?
Apollo, Lunar
Besides the Boston Tea Party, Harvard, and MIT what high-tech engineering company was the Boston/Cambridge area known for?
BBN
Where and when was electronic mail invented? Who invented it?
BBN in 1972, Ray Tomlinson
What two guys invented TCP/IP?
Bob Con and Vint Cerf
Who is Len Kleinrock?
Colleague of Larry Roberts, mathematician - gambler
According to Steve Jobs, what's one of the biggest advantages of the Internet?
Communication
What did Pentagon scientist decide "had the right stuff"?
Computers
Whats the difference between people talking over phone lines and a computer sending bursts of data over a phone line?
Computers do it quickly and more efficiently
What is the current name and the former name of the ball park where the SF Giant play?
Current- 3Com, Former- Candlestick Park
At the same time, who was funding mainframe computers for research at major universities?
DARPA
Who is Bob Khan?
Designed ARPAnet, from BBN
Who is Vince Cerf?
Designed ARPAnet, from UCLA
Why did he think computers were better than drugs?
Drugs never got any better, and more money could be made form computers
What's the "problem" in the 70s with the other networks beside ARPAnet? Why couldn't programs be sent between these networks?
Each network was different, with own rules, couldn't send packets from one network to another. There was no common language
According to Steve Balmer, what drives the Internet?
What did Apollo 8 accomplish?
First men to orbit the moon
By the mid-60s, what program was regularly sending men into orbit?
Gemini
Cringely Crash Course in Geek: Digital =
Information can be represented as a string of 0, 1 (binary)
What is an IMP? What function did it perform? What is it called today?
Interface Message Processor, packet switching, router
What has Edwin Chiu done with his life?
Invented a goped (moped and go kart ) and laser beam pointer from dental floss box
What "visionary psychologist at MIT" saw the growing potential of computer technology and had an early concept of the intergalactic network? Did he know how to build it?
JCR Licklider AKA "Lick", No clue how to build it
What's wrong with cyber-romances (according to the video)?
Lack of emotional interchange
What did Kennedy do (involving space)?
Landed a man on the moon
Glossary of Geek: Packet =
Little chucks of data sent thought a network
What was the first message on the Internet?
Login
Who is Larry Roberts?
MIT Computer scientist, Chief architect of ARPAnet
What role is the Adult industry playing in the growth of the internet?
Mature content
What happened seven weeks before the ARPAnet came alive?
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon
Why does Frank Hear compare the network at that time to a new highway system with no cars
Network was undersused
What was Taylor on a mission to do? How much money did he ask for to do it? Did he get it?
Networking all of ARPA's computers together, $1 million, yes
What is the "true birthplace of the Information Age"? In the 60s it was the hub of what?
New England, Advanced computer research
How wealthy are the inventors of the Internet today?
Not very
What examples are given to show how fast things are moving on the internet?
Number of users; 3 million → 100 million → 1 billion
By 1970 Packet-switching networks were running where?
On phone lines, radio, and satellites internationally
What is "The WELL"?
One of the oldest electronic meeting place
What was the original name of the company started by six guys in a garage (including Graham)? What is the name of their company now? What were these guys "smart enough to see"?
Original- Architext, Current- Excite, information technology was going to be a big business
According to John Doerr, what was the "largest single legal creation of wealth on the planet"? How much does he say the new web companies are worth at this point?
PC, $40 billion
How were phone lines used with "packets" in the new network?
Packets were sent over phone lines
Where was the internet invented?
Pentagon
What is DARPA? What was its function/purpose? What is the acronym?
Pentagon Project, research interest of people controlling the money, Defense Advance Research Project Agency
What did computers have to do with "Power to People" according to these hippies/hackers?
People have the tools to do things
What do we owe it all to the Russians? What is Sputnik? How did Sputnik put two US presidents into action?
Satellite launched by USSR in 1957, techno initiations
Who got all the media's attention in the 1960s?
Space Race
What was Bob Taylor's responsibility at ARPA/ the Pentagon? What did he decide to start?
Spending the Pentagons Budget for computer research, ARPAnet
What was the "killer app" of the IBM PC? The Macintosh? the Internet?
Spreadsheet, Desktop publishing, A way of communicating- email
Who was responsible for ARPA?
The Pentagon
According to Bob Metcalfe, where/what/when is the Information Age?
The internet, present
Protocol =
The rules that control how different computers talk to each other
What drew Norm Abramson to Hawaii?
The surf
Why are packets like postcards?
They have to and from addresses, finite amount of content, could get lost
What was the scientific name of the system that allowed more people computer access to a mainframe?
Timeshare
What universities did Taylor begin with ARPAnet?
UCLA, UC Santa Barbra, Stanford, University of Utah
According to Cringely, where were the Internet and the World Wide Web "born"?
US Pentagon
What did "theory" Len Kleinrock "uncover" in his Ph.D. dissertation?
Underlying principles of data network
What is the name of the Venture Capitalist who funded the Architect/Excite guys? What did he like about them?
Vinod Khosla, good character
How did the universities involved react to the ARPAnet?
Weren't enthusiastic, saw ARPAnet as a threat
What catalog did Hippie/Hacker Stewart Brand found?
Whole Earth catalog
What potential did Ted Nelson see for computer networking in his book "Computer Lib"? Evolving ideas...
tools of liberation
