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Originally posted by OwenGP185
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Originally posted by Jim Scott
Iran, we invented the internet.
We invented the computers your geeks are using to disrupt our economy.
We invented YOU.
Now, be nice and go home and play before we get angry.
The British invented the computer.
Originally posted by OwenGP185
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Originally posted by Jim Scott
Iran, we invented the internet.
We invented the computers your geeks are using to disrupt our economy.
We invented YOU.
Now, be nice and go home and play before we get angry.
The British invented the computer.
Originally posted by michael1983l
Originally posted by buster2010
Originally posted by pcrobotwolf
reply to post by OwenGP185
this is a quote from the dumb ass bbc article that starting all the misunderstanding about the subject.
edit on 9-8-2011 by pcrobotwolf because: (no reason given)By splitting data into packets and threading them on the same line, the carrying capacity of that link could be boosted and the whole network made more powerful.
Roger Scantlebury, who worked with Dr Davies, presented the ideas about "packet switching" to a conference in the US, where they were picked up by the creators of the nascent Arpanet, the fledgling internet.
Does that mean Britain invented the internet?
"Yes and no," said Mr Scantlebury. "Certainly the underlying technology of the internet, which is packet switching, we did invent."
British researchers also worked on hyperlinks, another crucial Internet technology, way back in the early 1970s.
David Yates was project manager of a program called Scrapbook which rolled together word processing, e-mail and hypertext - a system that incorporated many elements of the World Wide Web.
Scrapbook went live on 28 April 1971...Scrapbook helped people across the 28 acres of the NPL campus collaborate or projects without having to sit next to each other.
Clearly, the British had developed many of the technologies that went into the Internet. And Tim Berners-Lee, is a Brit and he invented the world wide web...
So maybe the British did invent the Internet but with typical British modesty, didn't want to blow their own horn. At least until now.edit on 9-8-2011 by pcrobotwolf because: (no reason given)edit on 9-8-2011 by pcrobotwolf because: (no reason given)edit on 9-8-2011 by pcrobotwolf because: (no reason given)
No the British didn't invent the internet America did. Leonard Kleinrock an American is the man who invented the method of packet switching and Lawrence Roberts was the scientist to finally utilize the proposed method of packet switching. Later Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf worked to modify the original method of packet switching pioneered by Roberts and Kleinrock and eventually created what is now known as the TCP/IP protocols. It was at this point when ARPANET was finally changed to the more easily pronounced Internet.
Have you ever heard of the Janet network which was invented by UMIST Manchester England to connect to other Universitys accross the country to transfer large pieces of data. No.... thought not. That was the idea the internet spawned out of so yes the Brits DID invent the internet as we know it.
Originally posted by Jim Scott
Iran, we invented the internet.
We invented the computers your geeks are using to disrupt our economy.
We invented YOU.
Now, be nice and go home and play before we get angry.
Originally posted by Kingbreaker
reply to post by yellowbeard
Actually most would argue that Konrad Zuse of Germany invented the computer, or at least a freely programmable computer.
And the internet was initially created by ARPA or Advanced Research Projects Agency in the United States during the late 1950s to the 1970s
On Topic: Iran doesn't have to do anything, China is already handling it, the other day it was revealed that China has been hacking us the last 5 years..Just compare China's new stealth fighter with the J-35
edit on 9-8-2011 by Kingbreaker because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jstanthrno1
The US has been spending trillions upon trillions on defense. We have weapons right out of science fiction.
Enough is enough, blow Iran to pieces with HAARP and deny, deny, deny. If Russia and China want some of this we have plenty of nukes we can ship them, free of charge.