OT: Impossible question

[Witfull]

ok,,ill venture a guess...packets, when one computer broke down information in to small bite sized packets and the destination computer reassembled the info.

 

[chriswho]

Either will work Sam.
Sorry Witt, that's not what I was looking for.

 

[sambrinar]

Fax machine?
copy machine

 

[chriswho]

nope... guess again

 

[sambrinar]

television?

 

[chriswho]

this might be somewhat closer...

 

[sambrinar]

cable tv
satelight tv (think the internet was 1st though)
radio

 

[Witfull]

was it when the govt decentralized their defense system?

 

[chriswho]

Umm... I dunno. If you know why they did it I can tell you.

 

[Witfull]

they decentralized due to fear that nuclear attack could take out a central location, if it was dispearsed, they could counterrstrike.

 

[sambrinar]

emergency broadcast system?

 

[chriswho]

Nope, not the EBS.
I think you're on the right track Witt, but I'm thinking earlier than the decentralization. What event caused their fear.

 

[Witfull]

bay of pigs~cuba

 

[chriswho]

Nope, I was wrong.

 

[Witfull]

no,,not EBS,,,,i believe it was ARP.

 

[chriswho]

I think that's along the same lines. Those letters are in what I'm reading but those aren't the only ones.

 

[sambrinar]

Ok what is ARP, I know what AARP is

 

[chriswho]

I think he means advanced research projects

 

[dianezoo]

Did it have to do with weather tracking?
Star trek -
Roswell
Hal
Im probably going way off.

 

[chriswho]

More to do with the accomplishments of another country