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It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). But I digress, Arpanet was the first WAN a

It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). But I digress, Arpanet was the first WAN and so I guess I see your point.

zepto 5y ago
> It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). What are you talking about? The internet started with Arpanet. Later, other countries built their own TCP/IP networks and connected the. There is no ambiguity and no collective effort across many countries except for the fact that many countries later built their own parts of the network. The internet began in the US.
- adreamingsoul 5y ago
  TCP/IP is just one part of that system. Arpanet as a project built upon existing ideas to create a wide-area network. Yes, this project began in the US and it built upon the work of others. I wasn’t there and I’m not a historian, but when I try to understand the facts I see many nationalities and countries having contributed to what we ultimately call the Internet.
  - zepto 5y ago
    > ideas to create a wide-area network Having ideas to create something is very different from actually building it. Everything is built on existing ideas. It is meaningless to reference this. > I see many nationalities and countries having contributed to what we ultimately call the Internet. We aren’t talking about ‘what we ultimately call the internet’. This discussion is about the birthplace of the internet which is unequivocally the US, and which you denied. The birthplace of the internet was the US. The birthplace of the web was Switzerland. It’s complete bullshit to pretend otherwise.
    - adreamingsoul 5y ago
      I don’t recall any denials on my part, and for a fact I know my first post was a question.
      - zepto 5y ago
        You don’t recall writing this? > It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). It’s a denial that the US was the birthplace of the internet, as it is you answering your own question.
        adreamingsoul 5y ago
        That’s not a denial.
        zepto 5y ago
        Yes it is, when you contradict something, you deny it. I’ll assume you didn’t intend it as a denial and that this made an unintentionally ambiguous statement. We can clear this up easily with a clarifying question: Do you agree that the US was the birthplace of the internet?
adventured 5y ago
Funny, I've now lived long enough to see people attempting to openly deny the US its central credit for creating the Internet. It was a collective human effort! Comedy gold.

It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). But I digress, Arpanet was the first WAN and so I guess I see your point.

zepto 5y ago

> It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). What are you talking about? The internet started with Arpanet. Later, other countries built their own TCP/IP networks and connected the. There is no ambiguity and no collective effort across many countries except for the fact that many countries later built their own parts of the network. The internet began in the US.

adreamingsoul 5y ago
TCP/IP is just one part of that system. Arpanet as a project built upon existing ideas to create a wide-area network. Yes, this project began in the US and it built upon the work of others. I wasn’t there and I’m not a historian, but when I try to understand the facts I see many nationalities and countries having contributed to what we ultimately call the Internet.
- zepto 5y ago
  > ideas to create a wide-area network Having ideas to create something is very different from actually building it. Everything is built on existing ideas. It is meaningless to reference this. > I see many nationalities and countries having contributed to what we ultimately call the Internet. We aren’t talking about ‘what we ultimately call the internet’. This discussion is about the birthplace of the internet which is unequivocally the US, and which you denied. The birthplace of the internet was the US. The birthplace of the web was Switzerland. It’s complete bullshit to pretend otherwise.
  - adreamingsoul 5y ago
    I don’t recall any denials on my part, and for a fact I know my first post was a question.
    - zepto 5y ago
      You don’t recall writing this? > It was a collective effort by many people (of varying nationalities) across many countries (US, UK, France, etc../). It’s a denial that the US was the birthplace of the internet, as it is you answering your own question.
      - adreamingsoul 5y ago
        That’s not a denial.
        zepto 5y ago
        Yes it is, when you contradict something, you deny it. I’ll assume you didn’t intend it as a denial and that this made an unintentionally ambiguous statement. We can clear this up easily with a clarifying question: Do you agree that the US was the birthplace of the internet?

adventured 5y ago

Funny, I've now lived long enough to see people attempting to openly deny the US its central credit for creating the Internet. It was a collective human effort! Comedy gold.