This is what the entire internet looked like in 1973
Nearly half a century ago, the entire internet consisted of just 45 computers and could be mapped out on the back of a napkin. The squares in the picture below represent nodes, or gateways, which were the first-generation routers on ARPANET, the predecessor of the internet we know today. Image: ARPA/ARPAnet Completion Report
Fouille archéologique du Déjeuner sous l'herbe
La fouille vingt-sept ans plus tard, à l'initiative de Bernard Müller et sous l'égide de Daniel Spoerri, d'un segment du Déjeuner sous l'herbe est d'un grand intérêt archéologique pour différentes raisons. D'un point de vue méthodologique, il est intéressant de voir, un quart de siècle plus tard, quels types de vestiges, dans un contexte où une documentation orale, écrite et photographique existe, peuvent être retrouvés et de mettre en évidence les raisonnements qui seront utilisés par les archéologues d'aujourd'hui. Si la Garbage Archaeology, archéologie des vestiges détritiques contemporains, a été pratiquée aux Etats-Unis par William Rathje avec d'importantes conclusions méthodologiques, il n'y a d'expériences similaires ni en Europe en général, ni en France en particulier. Cette fouille pose aussi, y compris d'un point de vue juridique et administratif, la question de la définition de l'archéologie.
The four tech superpowers changing our world
The term ‘superpowers’ conjures an image of major nations shaping the course of global history. But in the digital era, I believe it’s time we expanded that definition to include four extraordinary technological superpowers that promise to wield as much influence over the next 20 years as any nation state: mobile technology, the cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT). Each of these capabilities is transformative in its own right, but together they unlock game-changing opportunities that have not been available to us until this moment in history. And we are just beginning to tap their full potential.
Nature morte 224 la chaise cann233e, Picasso, 1912
Il y a bien des analyses sur la nature morte à la chaise cannée de PIcasso. Cette nouvelle analyse apporte un regard neuf sur cette toile qui a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. C’est en travaillant sur la peinture d’Antonello da Messina, que j’ai eu comme une sorte de fulgurance, que j’ai vu une évidence qui jusque là m’avait échappée. Pourquoi peindre cette chaise cannée ? Le geste révolutionnaire consistant à mettre un morceau de toile ciré est depuis longtemps pointé du doigt.
How the BBC News website has changed over the past 20 years
Twenty years ago this week, when the BBC News website launched, there were fewer than eight million people online in the UK - there are now about 60 million. In 1997, it was the age of Tamagotchis, Minidiscs and PalmPilots. Mobile phones at the time included the Nokia 6110 and the futuristic Motorola StarTAC flip phone. Most people used dial-up internet connections with top speeds of up to 56Kbps.
Site Recite « Gary Hill
Appearing as a hazy horizon laden with strange objects, the scene comprises bones, skulls of small mammals, butterflies, nuts, and other botanical “finds” spread out on a round table. These are objects of the kind that one might collect on a nature trail in a forest—but also shells and crumpled notes. They are relics that suggest the cycle of life in a way familiar to us from vanitas still life painting and natural history collections. The camera moves around the table, picking out objects which, because of the shallow depth of focus, stand out one after another from the panorama of the jumbled collection.
Google gets go-ahead to restore cell phone service in Puerto Rico with its balloons
Postcards connecting the world - Postcrossing
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC),1977. :D by mohammadabdelkhalek Jan 30