[139145] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Paul Baran, RIP.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucy Lynch)
Mon Mar 28 09:27:17 2011
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:26:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: Lucy Lynch <llynch@civil-tongue.net>
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
In-Reply-To: <14930353.820.1301318058007.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2011, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
>
>> <http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-paul-baran-packet-switching-obit.html>
>
> Oh hell; now we'll *never* lay the ghost of "packet switching was
> invented to create a nuclear-war-survivable network".
>
> [ reads obit ]
>
> See?
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Ransom Stoddard: You're not going to use the story, Mr. Scott?
Maxwell Scott: No, sir. This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes
fact, print the legend.
- Lucy
> Happy Landings, Dr B.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
