Yes, the Internet celebrates its 25th birthday today! TCP/IP had a difficult start. It was first demonstrated between Stanford and UCL in 1975. It took quite a bit of persuasion before it was finally adopted and the ARPANET switched over to it on 1 Jan 1983. If you didn’t yet know… TCP/IP is the basic network protocol that drives the modern Internet as we know it today.
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We’re Hiring Super Engineers
Are you looking around for a new job? Or perhaps your first job? Well, we’re hiring! We’re recruiting to fill the vacancy of Systems Engineer (Network). You will work with our Network Team which manages overall Network operations, Data Centre operations and IT Security operations. (Yes, if it sounds like three jobs rolled into one, it is.) What are the perks of this job? Well, you’ll get lots and lots of learning opportunities in a relaxed and friendly working environment….
If You’re Not American, You’re 3rd Class
Sometimes I just can’t help but think that some Americans don’t realize that the world is much larger than their country. The latest episode comes from a DNS report generated by DNSStuff.com which gave a score of “F” for my domain (at work). Why “F”? The scoring methodology and conclusions it tries to draw from the test results are simply and totally illogical. It seems to underscore their presumption that the US is the whole world. If you’re not in…