Re:The Decentralized Future
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:10AM
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> Internet was a "solution in search of a problem" too
Eh, the history of ARPANET involved practical use cases (i.e. communication between specific institutions and ballistic missile defense coordination) from the start [1]. If one includes circuit switches, i.e. the telegraph/telephone system, as a blueprint Internet then the practical application reaches back earlier.
Eh, the history of ARPANET involved practical use cases (i.e. communication between specific institutions and ballistic missile defense coordination) from the start [1]. If one includes circuit switches, i.e. the telegraph/telephone system, as a blueprint Internet then the practical application reaches back earlier.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET#Creation