砰!旧式电子邮件、Usenet 和冷战的终结
真糟糕,让我们以此为基础构建社交网络吧。
很难不对Usenet抱有不切实际的乐观态度。
实际上,许多历史事件都可以在Usenet上找到。
1981年,发送一封电子邮件可能需要几天时间。
维基百科上一个未经证实的说法是这样的:以前你想发邮件的时候,需要知道邮件发送过程中经过的每一个步骤。
如果我想从斯坦福大学寄邮件到麻省理工学院,我可能需要特别说明邮件必须经过以下地点:🚀 NASA AMES、莫菲特机场、加州大学伯克利分校。
51区以及伊利诺伊大学。
我会使用一个名为 💥 bangpath 💥 的特殊地址来列出我们正在快速完成的步骤:
!ames!moffett!berkeley!illinois!theactualpersonimtryingtogettowtf
当邮件到达一个节点时,转发器会剥离一个 bang 段,然后将其发送到下一个地址。
真糟糕,让我们以此为基础构建社交网络吧。
bangpath 是 UUCP(Unix-to-Unix Copy,Unix 到 Unix 复制)内部的一个系统。在 20 世纪 70 年代末,UUCP 主要用于发送邮件,但它的工具套件也包含了发送和接收在其他计算机上运行的命令的方法。
又过了 10 到 15 年,蒂姆·伯纳斯-李才开始着手 HTTP 项目。
因此,当 Tom Truscott 和 Jim Ellis 在 1979 年开始着手开发后来成为 Usenet 的东西时,他们的想法与 UUCP 紧密相关。甚至“Usenet”这个名字也是为了与 Unix 用户组“Usenix”相似。
在后台,Usenet 会从用户那里获取 bangpath。用户只需将消息发布到自己所属的服务器,然后服务器之间会共享这些信息。(编辑:请注意,您仍然需要服务器的 bangpath;例如 hplaps!hpftc!econrad)
很难不对Usenet抱有不切实际的乐观态度。
与互联网的许多部分一样,Usenet 是冷战时期西方世界的产物。许多人理所当然地认为,生活在铁幕后面的人们永远不会卷入早期的网络骂战。
人们普遍认为,世界上大部分地区最终都会陷入一场更加真实的战争。
但到了1990年,发生了一件怪事。莫斯科核能研究所的程序员们开发了自己的操作系统,成功接入了互联网,并悄悄注册了Usenet *su域名。
一年后,柏林墙倒塌了。你仍然可以在eunet.politics网站上找到关于此事的帖子:
Unbelievable!
Incredible!
Historic!
实际上,许多历史事件都可以在Usenet上找到。
Linus Torvalds于 1991 年在 Usenet 上介绍了 Linux,他当时说了这样一句话:
Are you finding it frustrating when everything works on minix? No more all-nighters to get a nifty program working?
net.space挑战者号航天飞机爆炸事故于[日期]公布:
At 8:39 AM PST today, the shuttle Challenger exploded at about a
minute into the flight. NASA is searching for survivors now. It appeared
that the orbiter and external tank exploded completely: television pictures
showed the SRBs moving away from a cloud of debris. Thus it appears that
the first inflight disaster of the NASA space program has claimed the
lives of six astronauts and NASA's first passenger.
The disaster occured 17 years and 1 day after the Apollo I tragedy.
-- Rick.
mi.jobs杰夫·贝佐斯正在为一家“资金雄厚的西雅图初创公司”寻找 Unix 开发人员。
Well-capitalized start-up seeks extremely talented C/C++/Unix
developers to help pioneer commerce on the Internet. You must have
experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable)
systems, and you should be able to do so in about one-third the time
that most competent people think possible. You should have a BS, MS,
or PhD in Computer Science or the equivalent. Top-notch communication
skills are essential. Familiarity with web servers and HTML would be
helpful but is not necessary.
Expect talented, motivated, intense, and interesting co-workers. Must
be willing to relocate to the Seattle area (we will help cover moving
costs).
Your compensation will include meaningful equity ownership.
Send resume and cover letter to Jeff Bezos:
mail: be...@netcom.com
fax: 206/828-0951
US mail: Cadabra, Inc.
10704 N.E. 28th St.
Bellevue, WA 98004
We are an equal opportunity employer.
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"It's easier to invent the future than to predict it." -- Alan Kay
1989年,我们获得了天安门广场大屠杀的目击者证词。
The situation is Beijing is MUCH WORSE that what is reported by the
media. A friend of mine just made a phone call to her brother at
Beijing Normal Univ. Her brother said that thousands have been killed,
many of them run over by tanks.
不知道你们怎么想,但我开始觉得“互联网”这玩意儿未来可能会变得非常重要。
文章来源:https://dev.to/flaque/bang-old-email-usenet-and-the-end-of-the-cold-war-26e