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- Network Working Group S. Greenfield
- Request for Comments: 1300 Ziff-Davis
- February 1992
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- Remembrances of Things Past
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
- not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
- unlimited.
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- Discussion
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- When Shannon was a river
- and Turing was a car
- When Banyan was a tree
- and buses travelled far
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- dBase was where you ran to
- after you hit the ball
- Often we were ANSI
- RISC aversive not at all
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- Windows were for looking out of
- in a Tandem, two could take a spin
- Bridges were for crossing
- a frame was to keep pictures in
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- A semi-conductor was a maestro
- not in the big time yet
- A port you sought in a storm
- fishermen used a net
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- Woody Guthrie sang of "My LAN"
- WAN was a despairing mood
- LATAs were for high places
- menus featured food
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- Greenfield [Page 1]
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- RFC 1300 Remembrances of Things Past February 1992
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- If a cursor used four letter words
- a sensor cut them out
- The sight of a mouse in an office
- was sure to raise a shout
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- Haloid perfected photocopying
- and thereby made a hoard
- Then came Japanese competition
- and its "ox" was gored
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- Frequency was measured in cycles
- Hertz referred to multiple pain
- Modem was a harvesting command
- for bringing in the grain
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- Modelling was at fashion shows
- bauds were ladies of the night
- Prompting was helping actors
- contesting for resources, a fight
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- Walking and chewing gum concurrently
- requires considerable skill
- We called it multi-tasking
- and by gosh we always will
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- We had no electronic calculators
- just slide rules by Keuffel & Esser
- I am still a true believer
- Keufel & Esser war besser
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- Chips were used for gambling
- von Neuman was a pup
- Monte Carlo a place to visit
- squaring the circle ... well, we gave up
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- A Sprint was less than 880
- a relay was a team
- Greene was just a color
- breaking up AT&T a dream
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- Greenfield [Page 2]
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- RFC 1300 Remembrances of Things Past February 1992
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- Coherent was applied to speech
- not a spectral line excited
- Multi-media meant prose and song
- and Noel Coward was knighted
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- Cerf was found at the beach
- a Rose was a Rose was a Rose
- Jobs were to look for
- and Gates were to close
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- "2B" was an elementary school class
- and "D" a failing grade
- A router was a tool
- a server was a maid
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- Lotus was a flower
- adobe was a brick
- Postscript was an afterthought
- joy a popsicle stick
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- We called a plotter a CAD
- a token ring a sham
- A buffer was for buffing
- a male goat was a ram
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- The best noise supressor was ... ssh
- we knew little of egos and ids
- For archival storage and encryption
- we looked to the pyramids
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- Now in accordance with Greenfield's Law
- in voice both loud and clear
- Here's to exponential growth in memory
- & operating speed next year.
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- --srg
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- Greenfield [Page 3]
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- RFC 1300 Remembrances of Things Past February 1992
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- Stanley R. Greenfield
- Ziff-Davis
- One Park Avenue
- New York, NY 10016
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- EMail: 0004689513@mcimail.com
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- Greenfield [Page 4]
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