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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:16:43 -0500 "Travis H." <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if this guy is still with us, but wanted to read "Confessions > of a Hearing-Impaired Engineer", if anyone has a copy. > I think you're probably talking about Vint Cerf, and he's still quite live, and now working for Google : http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html#vint You might be able to email him to see if he wrote that paper (IIRC he did) and may have a copy he can send you. A google search(!) should probably produce a working email address. He may even lurk here. > > BTW, "Where Wizards Stay up Late" is an entertaining book about the > origins of the ARPAnet. It even has some of the first (hand-drawn, > natch) network diagrams... > > Apparently, nuclear holocaust considerations did not really play much > of a part in ARPAnet's genesis, despite folklore to the contrary. > Withstand a nuclear war was not a design consideration (for most of > the key players); any such properties were side effects of the real > design considerations and decisions. > Agree, great book, I think it should be manditory reading for anybody who's running any parts of Internet. I think it always is useful to know why certain things are the way they are. Regards, Mark. -- "Sheep are slow and tasty, and therefore must remain constantly alert." - Bruce Schneier, "Beyond Fear"
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