Some guys in the Czech Republic figured out how to broadcast data in beams of light capable of streaming DVD-quality video over neighbourhoods.( 10 Mbit/s full duplex Ethernet point-to-point link.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RONβ¦
Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe predicted that the internet would collapse in 1996, promising to eat his words if not. In 1997, he took a printed copy of his column that predicted the collapse, put it in a blender with some liquid and then consumed the pulpy mass. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robβ¦
The data connection between the ISS and other modules is just plain old ethernet via the International Docking System Standard connector (page 73) internationaldockingstandβ¦
ALOHAnet was the first computer network in the world to use randomized packet access to a shared medium and heavily influenced the development of modern protocols such as ethernet spectrum.ieee.org/the-insβ¦
Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, predicted in a 1995 InfoWorld article that the Internet would "catastrophically collapse" in 1996, and promising to "eat his words" if wrong. In 1997, he put his article in a blender and drank it at the International World Wide Web Conference. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robβ¦
There is a supercomputer -- "Spaceborne Computer" -- aboard the International Space Station. "[W]e include standard Ethernet cables, standard 110 volt AC connectors and NASA-approved water cooling technology . . . We literally use the chill of space to pull heat out of the Spaceborne Computer!" news.hpe.com/one-small-stβ¦
Ethernet is named after the Luminiferous Ether (or aether) once postulated to exist as an "omnipresent, completely-passive medium for the propagation of electromagnetic waves." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethβ¦
Today I learned about a R&D company - Palo Alto Research Centre which was responsible for development of GUI, text editor, ethernet, LCD, laser printer, optical disk, OOP, MVC - all being elements of modern computing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARβ¦
Gibson Guitar and 3COM developed an audio-over-ethernet protocol called MaGIC in 1999 that features 32-bit/192 kHz sampling rates (most audio interfaces today are only capable of 24-bit/96 kHz at most.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibβ¦
Today I learned of RFC1149 - Using Avian Carriers (birds) instead of Ethernet. Despite claims to the contrary it was accepted as a valid standard by the IETF ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt
In 1995, Ethernet inventor Robert Metcalfe predicted that the Internet would collapse and promised to eat his words if it did not. At a conference two years later, he took a copy of his column that predicted the collapse, put it in a blender with some liquid, and then consumed the pulpy mixture. ibiblio.org/pjones/ils310β¦
Xerox's PARC lab actually innovated many important aspects of the computer (GUI, Ethernet, the mouse, and more), but the company's management believed it was a waste of resources and did not incorporate it into their business model. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARβ¦
Ethernet is named after the "Ether" which was believed to exist our in space. It was also originally called Alto Aloha Network. ethermanage.com/ethernet/β¦
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