137: The Origins of the Internet with John Day
Programming Throwdown
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Using a Particle Filter in a Networked Environment
In the seventies, bill wolf wrote a paper on operating systems in which he talked about the separation of mechanism and policy. The point was that the mechanism was often the same; the only thing it changed was policy. I always thought it was really odd that this is taught in every operating system text book i've ever read, but never mentioned in networks," says Sir Tim Berners-Lee. "The question, the thing about extending credit for full control is always the same. The question is, how much? So it seemed to be really applicable"
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