internet etc

pascals calculator

Jan 1, 1642

this machine could add and subtract

Leibniz's machine

Jul 30, 1674

it could do multiplication and division

Difference engine

Jul 30, 1834

Charles Babbage, inventor of machine computing, designs a mechanical computer, or "difference engine", assisted by Byron's daughter Ada Lovelace. The machine could perform calculations and print the results, but neither this machine nor his later "analytical engine" are constructed in his lifetime, due to practical and financial difficulties ("though construction of one began in London in the 1990s [sic]"). 1834:1 The difference engine can handle variables in equations, and give thousands of re

morse

Jul 30, 1835

morse code

telegraph

Jul 30, 1837

which is used between two railway stations in London

IBM

Jul 30, 1911

Hitler's Enigma

Jul 30, 1945

big computers

Jul 30, 1950

they were big

IBM computers

Jul 30, 1953

bartans network

Jul 30, 1960

email

Jul 30, 1960

network conference

Jul 30, 1964

bartans machine network nearly done

Jul 30, 1965

protocol rfc

Jul 30, 1969

shit happened

Jul 30, 1970

gateways

Jul 30, 1973

email between two people

Jul 30, 1974

video text

Jul 30, 1979

cyber space

Jul 30, 1984

the internet takes shape

Jul 30, 1986

the switch to ip

Jul 30, 1989

internet BOOM

Jul 30, 1990

internet is a way of life and is used by over a billion people everyday

Jul 30, 2010

internet

Jul 30, 2020

the internet is really fast and you cant cap it and it generally stops being crap