Way ahead of his time
Here's a guy who envisioned the World Wide Web -- in 1934.
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Comments (4)
Ha! Take that Al Gore!
Posted by Dave Lister | June 18, 2008 10:13 AM
Beats me by 30 years.
It was 1973 before I heard of it, sent and received my first emails, (in the year 10 b.s. -- before spam), and wrote a printer driver program which was copied onto other 'servers' (mainframes) around the 'net' (ARPA).
I was a member of a group that sent a delegation (without me) to lobby Congress for appropriations funding the worldwide web ... taught Gore everything he knew and all he needed, to know to take the point and lead Senate sponsors in the measure. Ahhh, the good ol' pre-Chimp decades, when there was R & D, and technology progressed.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | June 18, 2008 2:33 PM
I wonder if he thought he could use his "electronic telescope" to peep at women in other countries?
Posted by Travis | June 18, 2008 2:37 PM
Pete Townsend envisioned the internet between 1967 and 1971 in his "Lighthouse" concept album. That eventually got cut down to become The Who's most celebrated "Who's Next" album. The greatest of Who albums, it contained "Ba'ba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland)", "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Bargain", and "Gettin In Tune." In fact, ever song on that album is a classic and staple of FM radio.
Posted by Ted | June 18, 2008 7:50 PM