run_atalanta on Nostr: npub1grx4w…suxfe As someone who has saved emails from 1979, I’d say the arpanet ...
npub1grx4wzqldf8clxusxpz78adjcukkqvdkhf8amsdhr6sy3ctuu2fqvsuxfe (npub1grx…uxfe) As someone who has saved emails from 1979, I’d say the arpanet didn’t feel large at all.
Instead, it made the distance between nodes shrink immensely.
To be able to exchange written (typed) messages that transited immediately, and then to get a response in minutes, was simply…. very cool. Of course you could phone that person, but long distance calls were expensive, and college kids often only had access to a payphone to call outside the local city.
Instead, it made the distance between nodes shrink immensely.
To be able to exchange written (typed) messages that transited immediately, and then to get a response in minutes, was simply…. very cool. Of course you could phone that person, but long distance calls were expensive, and college kids often only had access to a payphone to call outside the local city.