Random, Thoughts, X,XXIV

Went to ingles earlier to get stuff to make meatloaf. I asked the cashier how she was today, and she said fine, except she desperately needed a relationship. Said she hadn't had one since 2019, and needed a good man to go home to. Guess I'll mind my business at ingles 🤣, some people share too much
 
The Internet was made possible by the invention of two Americans, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn. Their intention was to improve data conveyance over ARPANET, a Defense Department network connecting universities engaged in research considered of strategic interest. TCP/IP was so effective that it allowed the development of the commercial network we know as the Internet.

Brits will claim that one of their scientists created the Internet. Bah humbug. Without these two Americans, there would be no Internet.

While enrolled at UT in the early 70s, I played BOOG on the ARPANET, a submarine warfare game requiring players to calculate three axis navigation and firing solutions, entering these in green characters on a gray screen. One had to anticipate the actions of one’s opponent in determining the inputs. Early geek video gaming, it was a training exercise. I imagined my opponents were midshipmen, though it was very likely that they were engineering students like me.
 
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