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Computing | Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted! prov. [Usenet] Since Usenet first got off the ground in 1980-81, it has grown exponentially, approximately doubling in size every year. On the other hand, most people feel the signal-to-noise ratio of Usenet has dropped steadily. These trends led, as far back as mid-1983, to predictions of the imminent collapse (or death) of the net. Ten years and numerous doublings later, enough of these gloomy prognostications have been confounded that the phrase "Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!" has become a running joke, hauled out any time someone grumbles about the S/N ratio or the huge and steadily increasing volume, or the possible loss of a key node or link, or the potential for lawsuits when ignoramuses post copyrighted material, etc., etc., etc. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4D 4D 49 4E 45 4E 54 44 45 41 54 48 4F 46 54 48 45 4E 45 54 50 52 45 44 49 43 54 45 44 21 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001101 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000101 01001110 01010100 00100000 01000100 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001000 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001110 01000101 01010100 00100000 01010000 01010010 01000101 01000100 01001001 01000011 01010100 01000101 01000100 00100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I M M I N E N T   D E A T H   O F   T H E   N E T   P R E D I C T E D ! |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004D 004D 0049 004E 0045 004E 0054 0044 0045 0041 0054 0048 004F 0046 0054 0048 0045 004E 0045 0054 0050 0052 0045 0044 0049 0043 0054 0045 0044 0021 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)434747434839485423839355442249402544239248395425052393843375439383 |
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