Topic 25.
Internet in daily life
More and more people nowadays are interested in all events and getting some information very quickly. With the help of Internet you can make it easily.
Back in the 1960th, at the time of cold war, Pentagon asked a question: "How can orders be issued to the armed forces in the U.S. were ravaged by a nuclear assault?" The communication ways at that time were telephone, which connected offices, radio and TV stations. They were very vulnerable to attack. Pentagon
needed military systems that would continue to work even the phones and radio had broken down. In 1964 Paul Baran connected 4 computers in different parts of the USA and posted a message. You couldn't destroy Internet if some computers will be broken down, the rest will work well.
Nobody owns the Internet, and there is no organization which controls its use.
Now millions of people around the world are logging into libraries, call up satellite weather photos, download computer programs and music, take part in discussion groups. Even the Presidents have their own Internet accounts.
In fact, anyone with modem connected to the phone line can enjoy Internet. Internet users are unimpressed by television promise of 500 channel future. The Internet already delivers 100.000 channels for all interests. In future all techniques will be connected to the Internet. Now we can connect with Internet through mobile phones, palm computers etc.
Now we can be connected with all worlds everywhere: in the bus, underground and even on the North Pole.
Check yourself!