Technology is Incredible...

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Ron Natalie wrote:

I remember two major turning points.

The first is when I was looking for an IRC relay and the closest
one I could find was in Slovakia (if you told me that I'd be using
the outgrowth of a military network to talk to Slovakia back in
'83 I'd have though you were daft).

I remember in 1992 being on a chatline (non-IRC, but same concept)
and talking to people on all seven continents at the same time.
Yes, there was someone on from Antarctica, at McMurdo Station. Not
surprisingly, his handle was 'Coldman'.

The funny thing was a few semesters later having a CS Professor
talk about how the Internet reached six of the seven continents,
and having to correct him.

John
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John Clear writes:

The funny thing was a few semesters later having a CS Professor
talk about how the Internet reached six of the seven continents,
and having to correct him.

The Internet connections to the poles are still quite iffy, if I
remember correctly. There aren't likely to be any fiber connections
any time soon, and satellites over the pole aren't always practical.

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