'We were just trying to get it to work': The failure that started the internet

On 29 October 1969, two scientists establishedustanowili a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway throughw połowie, it crashed. They sat downusiąść with the BBC 55 years later.

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On the 29th of October in 1969, two researchers successfully created a link between computers located approximately 350 miles apart and commencedrozpoczęli typing a message. Unfortunately, midway through the processw połowie procesu, the system failed. They later conversedrozmawiali with the BBC 55 years afterward.

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On October 29, 1969, two scientists connectedpołączyli computers that were about 350 miles apart and began to write a message. But in the middlew środku, it stopped workingprzestał działać. They talked with the BBC 55 years later.

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This was the first test of a new technologytechnologia that would change many parts of life. But before it could work, you needed to log inzalogować się.

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This marked the inauguralinauguracyjny trial of a groundbreakingprzełomowy technology poisedgotowy to transform nearly every aspect of human existenceprzekształcić niemal każdy aspekt ludzkiego istnienia. However, prior to its functionality, one was required to log inzalogować się.

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It was the first test of a technologypierwszy test technologii that would change almost every facetaspekt of human life. But before it could work, you had to log inzalogować się.

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Kline sat at his keyboard between the lime-green walls of UCLA's Boelter Hall Room 3420, preparedprzygotowany to connect with Duvall, who was working a computer halfway across the statew połowie drogi przez stan of California. But Kline didn't even make itosiągnąć sukces all the way through the word "L-O-G-I-N" before Duvall told him over the phone that his system crashedzawiesił się. Thanks to that error, the first "message" that Kline sent Duvall on that autumn day in 1969 was simply the letters "L-O".

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Kline positioned himself at his keyboardustawił się przy klawiaturze amidst the vibrant lime-green wallsżywe limonkowo-zielone ściany of UCLA's Boelter Hall Room 3420, ready to establish a connection with Duvall, who was operating a computer situated halfway across California. However, Kline barely managed to articulatewypowiedzieć the word "L-O-G-I-N" before Duvall informed him over the phone that his system had crashed. Due to this malfunction, the inauguralinauguracyjny "message" that Kline transmitted to Duvall on that autumn day in 1969 consisted solely of the letters "L-O."

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Kline was at his keyboard in UCLA's Boelter Hall Room 3420, ready to connect withpołączyć się z Duvall, who was using a computer far awaydaleko in California. But Kline didn't even finish saying "L-O-G-I-N" before Duvall told him on the phone that his system crashedzawiesił się. Because of that mistake, the first "message" Kline sent Duvall that autumn day in 1969 was just the letters "L-O."

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After making several adjustmentsdostosowania, they successfully established their connectionpomyślnie nawiązali połączenie roughly an hour later, and that initial system failure was merely a minor setbackkomplikacja in what would become a remarkable accomplishment. However, neither individual grasped the importancezrozumieli znaczenie of that moment. "At that time, I certainly did not," Kline reflects. "We were merely focused on making it operationaluruchomić to."

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They got their connection up and runningdziałający about an hour later after some tweaks, and that initial crashpoczątkowy błąd was just a blip in an otherwise monumental achievementdrobny problem w innym przypadku monumentalnym osiągnięciu. But neither man realised the significanceznaczenie of the moment. "I certainly didn't at that time," Kline says. "We were just trying to get it to worksprawić, żeby to działało."

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They fixed their connectionpołączenie about an hour later after some changes, and that first crash was just a small problem in a big successmały problem w dużym sukcesie. But neither man understood how important that moment was. "I really didn't know at that time," Kline says. "We were just trying to make it worksprawić, żeby to działało."

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The BBC engaged inzaangażować się w a conversation with Kline and Duvall to commemorateupamiętnić the 55th anniversary of this significant event. Five decades later, the internet has condensedskondensowany the entire globe into a compact black device that can be held in one’s pocket, a device that captivates our focusprzyciąga naszą uwagę and influences the most remote aspects of human experienceodległe aspekty ludzkiego doświadczenia. Yet, it all commenced with two individuals grapplingzmagać się with the sheer frustration of being unable to connect online for the very first time.

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The BBC talked to Kline and Duvall for the 55th anniversary of the event. Fifty years later, the internet has made the whole world small enough to fit in a little black boxzmieścić się w małym czarnym pudełku in your pocket. This box takes upzajmuje our attention and affects many parts of our lives. But it all began with two men who felt how annoyingirytujący it is when you can't go online for the first time.

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The BBC spoke to Kline and Duvall for the 55th anniversary of the occasion. Half a century later, the internet has shrunk the whole world down to a small black box that fits in your pocket, one that dominatesdominuje our attention and touches the furthest reachesdotyka najdalszych zakątków of lived experienceprzeżywane doświadczenie. But it all started with two men, experiencing just how frustratingfrustrujące it is when you can't get online for the very first time.

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This interview has undergoneprzeszedł revisions to enhance its clarity and concisenesszwiększyć jego jasność i zwięzłość.

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This interview has been edited for clarityjasność and length.

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Can you describe the computers that enabledumożliwiły Arpanet? Were these massive, noisy machines?

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Could you elaboraterozwinąć on the computers that facilitatedumożliwiły the creation of Arpanet? Were these devices large and loud?

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Can you tell me about the computers that made ArpanetArpanet work? Were they big and noisy machines?

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Duvall: They were housed in a rack sufficientlywystarczająco spacious to accommodatepomieścić an entire array of sound equipment for a large-scale productionprodukcja na dużą skalę by contemporary standards. Moreover, their processing powermoc obliczeniowa was exponentiallywykładniczo inferiorgorszy—thousands, if not millions or billions of times less potentpotężny—compared to that of an Apple Watch. Indeed, those were the bygone daysminione dni!

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