Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Rand Simberg (simberg.interglobal_at_org.trash)
Date: 02/15/05


Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 04:30:51 GMT

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:23:03 GMT, in a place far, far away, Joshua
Halpern <vze23qvd@verizon.net> made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

>> : Yes, virtually all of the net's software components were created for the
>> : benefit of the community, rather than for the benefit of some corporate
>> : bottom line.
>>
>>
>> Perhaps, but the internet was a US Army government program that was then
>> turned over to the private sector to flourish.
>
>Actually it was first turned over to NSF.

And it was developed by DARPA (actually, at that time ARPA), not the
Army.



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