by Bob | Mar 14, 2021 | Hidden History
First Internet Message In the late 1960’s, scientists face a fundamental question regarding computing. In what direction will the future go? The big corporations, IBM and others, want to build centralized, large computers that people must go to. Others want computers...
by Bob | Oct 28, 2020 | Hidden History
In 1929, the 29th of October is the day the Great Depression officially began. The stock market had been going down, but this was the day of the crash that didn’t rebound. The bubble burst and it would take over a decade for the world’s economy to recover...
by Bob | Oct 30, 2019 | Hidden History
That’s called foreshadowing. The message was supposed to be L-O-G-I-N, but after the L-O the system crashed. It was going from a lab at UCLA to one at Stanford. It’s interesting that the internet came about as computing faced a crossroads in development:...
by Bob | Oct 29, 2019 | Books, Movies and TV shows
Tuesday, 29 October 1929. The day that changed the world. Ushered in the Great Depression which would end with World War II. What if it hadn’t occurred? What if history was changed on that day? And on other 29 Octobers throughout history? What if Sir Walter...
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