<div dir="ltr">Couple of ideas..this might sound very nerdy, but there _is_ actually layers upon<div>layers of technology and interaction with users/information sources that just</div><div>wait to be documented and presented<br><div><br></div><div>-Technical-wise</div><div> -Internet technical structure throughout the timeline</div><div> -core routers, development of transmission technology</div><div> -access technologies (dialup, ISDN, ADSL, cable, various wireless solutions)</div><div> -importance of fiber at various level</div><div> -how seacable systems work</div><div> -development of data centers</div><div> -hosting - from individual servers to cloud technologies</div><div>-how internet spread around the globe..first connections, odd locations for datacenters,</div><div>-history of internet exchanges and how they changed the infrastructure landscape in various cities/countries</div><div> </div><div>-Core internet tecnologies</div><div> -TCP/IP</div><div> -Address space usage and development</div><div> -IPv4/v6</div><div> -Routing from static routes to present day</div><div> -Services.. telnet, smtp, gopher, http, internet streaming</div><div> -History of the engineering..RFC:s, IETF</div><div> -Spesific exhibit on the birth of WWW and associated technolgies</div><div> -History of browsers</div><div>-Internet streaming, from early trials to the Multicast Backbone to present day</div><div><br></div><div>-Important persons on internet development and operations like Joe Postel..how they</div><div> got involved, their ethos</div><div><br></div><div>-Internet of Things history from first connected soda vending machines, webcams to </div><div> today's tools</div><div><br></div><div>-Whole big departiment for Content </div><div> -working examples of various content services from early days to present day</div><div> -Internet Archives at work..various terminals could have many websites in year 1999, 200x etc..</div><div> -Important historical events like the Moscow Coup, Iraq war, 9/11, even present-day like Ukraine</div><div> -Sports in internet - how coverage of Olympics have changed over years, and </div><div> -History of gaming _in_ Internet - Nethack etc..</div><div> -History of mobile internet..first phones with internet connectivity etc..</div><div><br></div><div>-Commercial history of internet - first ISP:s, development of peering/transit, service providers, </div><div> content providers, powerhouses like Yahoo, Google, eBay </div><div>-Rural internet, internet on developing countries</div><div><br></div><div>-The speed of internet development - just think how little has happened in such a very compressed</div><div> time period</div><div><br></div><div>Special themes, these could be rotating:</div><div><br></div><div>-Internet and crime</div><div>-Commerce, banking, stock trade (what is the meaning for distance and latency..) </div><div>-Internet as critical infrastructure</div><div><br></div><div>-A glimpse on the future?</div><div><br></div><div>Just a couple of ideas.. </div><div><br></div><div>--Kauto</div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Brian E Carpenter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com" target="_blank">brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 09/03/2016 00:36, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:<br>
> Google is your friend, and it does help reading German :-)-O<br>
><br>
> The guy is a designer and felt that there is no real Internet Museum<br>
> for the general public, so he went and started one.<br>
><br>
> What's with the possessive tone of this thread, btw?<br>
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</span>Well, I think the issue is that an apparently empty web site is<br>
worse than nothing.<br>
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I'm also curious to know what you would put in such a museum that<br>
would be instructive. Generally, the Internet is its own museum.<br>
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Brian<br>
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> el<br>
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> On 2016-03-08 10:28 , John Levine wrote:<br>
>> In article <<a href="mailto:2C49BB38-B156-4A1D-B18C-9E4C1A1D5B05@hopcount.ca">2C49BB38-B156-4A1D-B18C-9E4C1A1D5B05@hopcount.ca</a>> you write:<br>
>>> Not <a href="http://internetberlin.museum/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://internetberlin.museum/</a> or <a href="http://berlinmuseuminter.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinmuseuminter.net/</a> then. That's confusing.<br>
>><br>
>> If you ever try to register something in .museum, you'll know why nobody does.<br>
>><br>
>> At one point, .berlin was giving away names for free, which I expect is why<br>
>> they snagged a name there. When I look at the web site, I see a spiffy web site,<br>
>> a contact address of a post office box, and nothing more.<br>
>><br>
>> Don't expect a field trip when you're at the Berlin IETF.<br>
>><br>
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