M.A.D. Internet roots

[Jasper Fidget]

Corollary: The Aegis Destroyer evolved from the concept of the canoe,
therefore the canoe was designed with the Aegis Destroyer in mind.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
> Behalf Of pynchonoid
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: M.A.D. Internet roots
> 
> In "our" 1984, after all, the integrated circuit chip
> was less than a decade old, and almost embarrassingly
> primitive next to the wonders of computer technology
> circa 2003, most notably the internet, a development
> that promises social control on a scale those quaint
> old 20th-century tyrants with their goofy moustaches
> could only dream about.
> -Thomas Pynchon, Foreword to _1984_
> 
> --- Malignd <malignd at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Designed for control from its inception?
> 
> MEMORANDUM
> RM-3420-PR
> AUGUST 1964
> 
> On Distributed Communications:
> I. Introduction to Distributed Communications Network
> Paul Baran
> 
> This research is sponsored by the United States Air
> Force under Project RAND-Contract No. AF 49(638)-700
> monitored by the Directorate of Development Plans,
> Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development, Hq
> USAF. Views or conclusions contained in this
> Memorandum should not be interpreted as representing
> the official opinion or policy of the United States
> Air Force.
> 
> DDC AVAILABILITY NOTICE
> Qualified requesters may obtain copies of this report
> from the Defense Documentation Center (DDC).
> 
> Copyright (c) 1964
> 
> Preface
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