Shocking Pink (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} fionnghuala) wrote,@ 2008-06-02 23:54:00 |
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ARPAnetz
Despite all the hype, technoscience is not the Greatest Story Ever Told, but it is playing powerfully to large, widely distributed audiences.- DH
Have just been reading Donna Haraway's thought-provoking thow-away comments (can that woman do no wrong?) about the implications of the internet originating in military contexts, then NSFnet and university contexts, etc, etc. And suddenly I realised, I have heard this ancient history story a million times, but I have no idea about the infrastructure of the internet right now. What computers does it run on? Who do they belong to? How is it funded? How come we hear tons about google and microsoft and gang their hold on the internet, but never anything about this material stuff?
Then I realised you wise lot on my friends list are sure to know the answers to these questions. So I am asking you...
