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 Topic: HistoryThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
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The Internet
Posted by: slmcd on Friday, September 26, 2003 - 11:43 PM
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DETROIT-Each year, the American Polish Engineering Association, an affiliate of the Engineering Society of Detroit, honors one of their own and one outstanding Polish American engineer, scientist or technician who has made outstanding contributions to the field of engineering. In an effort to honor these people further and to get the word out about the contributions of Polish engineers and scientists, the APEA publishes a booklet about these individuals. They are distributed at the association's annual banquet, as well as to schools, libraries, and other centers.
This year, the APEA honored Paul Baran, the inventor of Packet Switching and internet pioneer. (Packet Switching is the technology that allows information to travel over the internet).
See....it wasn't Al Gore who invented the internet. It was a Pole.
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Happy 20th birthday to the internet
Posted by: BStoner on Thursday, January 02, 2003 - 12:57 PM
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Transition to TCP/IP took place on 1 January 1983 The internet has officially celebrated its 20th birthday.
On 1 January 1983 the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (Arpanet) of the US Department of Defence - the forerunner of the internet - was switched to the TCP/IP protocol.
This enabled millions of computers to go online instead of the Network Control Protocol (NCP) which limited it to just 1,000 machines.
The TCP/IP protocol was designed by Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn.
On the mailing list of the Internet Engineering Task Force, internet pioneer Bob Braden wrote: "The most logical date of origin of the internet is 1 January 1983, when the Arpanet officially switched from the NCP protocol to TCP/IP.
"Six months later, the Arpanet was split into the two subnets - Arpanet and Milnet [Military Network] - which were connected by internet gateways.
"There may still be a few remaining T-shirts about that read: 'I Survived the TCP/IP Transition'."
Braden added that some people would be surprised to discover that there were actually a few souls wanting to work on the TCP/IP changeover on 1 January. But they did.
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Lowe Surname: Veterans in Our Families
Posted by: CStoner on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 05:58 PM
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<font face="arial" size="2"><font color="#003399">In observance of Veteran's Day, Sharon Lowe McDonnell has submitted this information about members of our families that have served our country:
<font size="3"><font color="#003399">Revolutionary War
<font size="2">Colonel John Peters, a Patriot, was father-in law to Samuel Lowe.
James Carnahan, Lieut. 4th Regt. PA Volunteers in this war, promoted by General Washington to Capt. of 7th Regt. for meritorious service - was taken prisoner at the battle of Trenton, made escape with several others. Served until the close of the war.
Benjamin Doom, was made colonel of the home militia.
Jacob Doom, Private John Caldwell's Battalion, Kentucky Mounted Volunteers, 1794.
<font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#003399" size="3">Civil War
John Carnahan, Private, E Co. 80th Inf. Reg. IN. Killed at Perryville, KY on 08 October 1862.
William J. Carnahan, Private, E Co. 80th Inf. Reg. IN. Enlisted 22 September 1862.
James M. Carnahan, Private, C Co. 63rd Inf. Reg. IN. Enlisted 01 May 1862. Mustered Out on 03 May 1865.
John Carnahan, Sargent, K Co. 42nd Inf. Reg. IN. Enlisted 30 October 1861.
Thomas J. Robertson/Robinson, husband of Willie Ann (Lula) Doom. Lula collected his Civil War pension until her death in 1950.
Elizabeth M. Doom married Dr. Harrison McGowan and they received many a wounded soldier at their mansion in Bardstown, KY. Elizabeth was widely known as an expert needlewoman and she fashioned a Southern flag of finest silk for presentation by her daughter to Captain Wickliffe, who commanded the Nelson Greys. The captain, so the story goes, brought his company to the doorway, received the banner, and with grace, thanked the ladies.
<font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#003399"><font size="3">World War II
Billy Bradshaw, U.S. Navy (husband of Jean Eloise Lowe).
Ira Lowe, Jr. U.S. Navy.
Charles Floyd Lowe, U.S. Navy.
Lt. Frank Ammerman Jr., U.S. Army Air Forces (son of Jimmy Dooms).
<font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#003399" size="3">Peacetime
Donald R. Fenrich, Jr., U.S. Army (husband of Colleen Joyce Lowe).
Robert Donald Knowles (aka Don), U.S. Army (son of Glennadine Lowe).
Michael Dennis Lowe, U.S. Navy.
David Charles Lowe, U.S. Navy.
Richard Hobbel, Army Reserves (son-in-law of Jean Eloise Lowe).
<font face="Arial" color="#003399" size="2">Thanks to all of them, and those we did not mention but who served, we can enjoy the freedoms this country has to offer. God bless and keep them.
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