Slog - Comments on Le réseau du monde http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde The New York Times has a neat article today on Paul Otlet, a Belgian who imagined the internet 57 years before the first web browser was released: In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or “electric telescopes,” as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks. He called the whole thing a “réseau,” which might be translated as “network”... Copyright 2008 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:09:08 -0800 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:49:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by A Yeah, most computer theory was created before computers. I remember in college, our Automata book was written in the 20s, and our Computer Language theory book was mostly written by Chomsky, who isn't a computer person to most people.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052449 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:00 -0800 Comment by A On that note, transistors are what made computer theory into reality, here is a modern version of pre-transistor adders/calculators:
http://www.retrothing.com/2006/12/the_tinkertoy_c.html

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052456 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:45:32 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle The best programmers and computer language creators have always been women.

But the demand for pr0n is why men popularized the Net - ok, that and getting good beamtime ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052513 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:11:31 -0800 Comment by A I'd say sex has nothing to do with it, I've known some piss-poor programmers, both male and female. My current team is great and has both as well.

]]> A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052539 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:22:15 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle gender.

not sex.

please note I include FTM and MTF as their chosen gender.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1052747 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:08:32 -0800 Comment by Greg Will, shut the fuck up.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1053071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/le_reseau_du_monde#c1053071 Tech Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:49:03 -0800