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As others pointed out, web, out of CH. Datagrams as an FR invention. Fiber optics, CN I purposely did not mention the "inventors" of these 3 random tidbits bec
by karambahh 4y ago
As others pointed out, web, out of CH.
Datagrams as an FR invention.
Fiber optics, CN
I purposely did not mention the "inventors" of these 3 random tidbits because, guess what? It's not that much important because invention is an iterative process and nationalism should not have any part in it. Don't be glad <country> invented <thing> because they usually didn't, and it was a collective progress made on top of something else.
However, the life of Tim Berners Lee is very interesting, the maths of Pouzin are cool and Kao got a Nobel Prize in physics...
- Symbiote 4y ago> Fiber optics, CN Meaning Charles Kao? A Hong Kong citizen working in Britain for a British subsidiary of an American company. His family fled communist China, Kao probably wouldn't want his work attributed to that country.
- karambahh 4y agoThat's definitely a very good point. It also sort of matches my point: nationalities of inventions are, at best, flexible (and shouldn't be used, really). The CCP would likely be adamant that fiber optics are a CN invention. Your remark would likely point to fiber optics as a UK one...