[ih] astonishing patron saint of the Internet

[Vint Cerf]

the ARPA time machine project....
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On Sun, Apr 11, 2021 at 8:12 PM Jack Haverty via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Ahah!   So Isidore invented the Internet in the 7th century.   I always
> thought it was you and Bob Kahn.   /Jack
>
>
> On 4/11/21 2:55 PM, vinton cerf via Internet-history wrote:
> > Dear Vint
> >
> > This Wednesday I am doing a brief presentation about my 1473 copy of
> > Isidore of Seville. *Etymologiae* at a Zoom session of the Grolier Club.
> >
> > I came across this factoid which I share with you in case of the unlikely
> > possibility that you were not aware of it.
> >
> > In 1997 Pope John Paul II declared Isidore of Seville the patron saint of
> > the internet. Saint Isidore died in the year 636, long before the first
> > host-to-host ARPANET connection in 1969. But Isidore did try to record
> > everything ever known in an encyclopedia that was ultimately published
> > after his death
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Gene
> >
> >
> > Eugene S. Flamm, MD, FAANS, FACS, FASA
> > Professor of Neurosurgery
> > Chairman Emeritus
> > Albert Einstein College of Medicine
> > Montefiore Medical Center
>
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