[ih] astonishing patron saint of the Internet

[farzaneh badii]

It’s time for us to start looking for the miracles of Saint Joyce of the
FTP.

On Sunday, April 11, 2021, Vint Cerf via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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:
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> > 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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> until further notice
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Farzaneh