Leonard Kleinrock

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The Day E-Mail Was Invented

1:05PM October 30, 2010 | Maureen OConnor

Forty-one years ago today, a pair of computer scientists tried to send the world’s first computer-to-computer message via the internet. The message was to be the word “log.” Their connection crashed before they got to “g.” [BoingBoing, CR4, image via] More »

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The Computer That Made The Internet

5:40AM October 31, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

This is Dr. Leonard Kleinrock pinching the nipples of the Interface Message Processor, a ruggedised Honeywell DDP-516 Minicomputer. This box is responsible for what you are reading now, which either makes her my mum or the internet’s mum or both. More »