December 22, 2003
Your grandfather's internet
In 1934, this fellow realized that it would be handy to have all of the world's information stored on index cards, in a machine that could spin about and help you find whatever you were searching for. The cards would even have relational references...or "links" to other cards.
A sort of "web" of knowledge, he said.
And you could one day telephone in, and view the cards by some form of projection onto a screen in front of you from remote locations.
Fantastic! I'll take two.
You know, I've grown to like this giant, electric-telescope, card-flipping, relational-document machine.
I think I'll keep it.
Posted by andy at December 22, 2003 06:14 PMComments
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