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posted by martyb on Wednesday October 19 2016, @01:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the thanks-to-you,-we-can-meet-here dept.

Leo L. Beranek, an engineer whose company designed the acoustics for the United Nations and concert halls at Lincoln Center and Tanglewood, then built the direct precursor to the internet under contract to the Defense Department, died on Oct. 10 at his home in Westwood, Mass. He was 102.

His death was confirmed by his son James.

Dr. Beranek taught acoustic engineering at Harvard and M.I.T. for more than three decades after World War II, conducting research there that laid the groundwork for acoustic advances with wide social impact, including noise standards for public buildings and airports. But one of his most notable achievements was well outside the field of acoustics.

In 1969, the company he helped found, Bolt, Beranek & Newman, won a contract from the Defense Department's Advanced Research Projects Agency to build the first computer-based network, which came to be called Arpanet.

When were you first exposed to the Arpanet/Internet? Did you ever use "Bang Paths" for sending e-mail?


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by goody on Wednesday October 19 2016, @03:12AM

    by goody (2135) on Wednesday October 19 2016, @03:12AM (#415978)

    Crooked Hillary wants to eliminate the Internet. She's a criminal. Remember that. She hates the Internet. And bang paths. And she hates you. Believe me. She's destroying the Internet. Totally destroying it. That I can tell you.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @04:45AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @04:45AM (#416004)

    To elaborate on that, it's NAWBO (http://www.nawbo.org/) that's destroying the Internet.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @05:14AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @05:14AM (#416015)

    She hates bang paths because Bill had banged them all during his presidency.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @02:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @02:23PM (#416142)

    And Paul Ryan needs to stop opposing the party's nominee for President! Wow... the LA Times poll has me leading the race! #MAGA

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @06:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @06:20PM (#416267)

    Hi, Mr Trump! Shouldn't you be preparing for your last presidential debate right now?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @07:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 19 2016, @07:58PM (#416312)

      He is. He's trying to figure out how to explain away all his comments about bangpaths in the past.

  • (Score: 2) by goody on Thursday October 20 2016, @12:58AM

    by goody (2135) on Thursday October 20 2016, @12:58AM (#416422)

    I see some Trump fanboys are moderating tonight...