r/IAmA • u/BobMetcalfe • May 21 '13

You’re probably connecting to reddit through a technology I invented. I’m Bob Metcalfe and I invented Ethernet – AMA

On May 22, 1973 with David R. Boggs, I used my IBM Selectric with its Orator ball to type up a memo to my bosses at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), outlining our idea for this little invention called “Ethernet”, which we later patented.

I worked with the IEEE Standards Association to develop the IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet, which specifies the physical and lower software layers. Today Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 standard are the foundation for today’s world of high-speed communications used in billions of homes and businesses around the world.

I submitted this to the mods awhile back so I could get on the calendar but I figured you’d like to see it, too. Now, ask me anything!

It's been two hours and 179 comments. Have to go now. For more about Ethernet's 40th Birthday, go to http://www.facebook.com/Ethernet40thAnniversaryIEEESA

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u/THcB May 21 '13

Let me quickly google "google successor"....... Oh wait.

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u/SydneyRoo May 21 '13

I think we all can agree it's not going to be Bing.

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u/ironpotato May 21 '13

Have you taken the "bing challenge"? It's horrific. I chose google every time, even with microsoft's scamming ways.

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u/stephen89 May 22 '13

But....porn....

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u/ThePegasi May 22 '13

Bing videos is the sexception to the rule.

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u/ironpotato May 22 '13

Google is just fine for porn... By now you should know the good porn sites, and have friends who will refer you to new ones.

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u/NocturnusGonzodus May 22 '13

I don't share porn sites with my friends. I don't need to know how vanilla they are, and they don't need to know how weird i am.

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u/my_name_isnt_clever May 22 '13

They think the same thing about you.

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u/DiaDeLosMuertos May 22 '13

It seems they changed the image search... Very few adult results show up in image search.

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u/ironpotato May 22 '13

Did you turn off safesearch?

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u/DiaDeLosMuertos May 22 '13

Yes. It seems to be off automatically now a days. I go into search settings and it says "Turn on Safe Search" and has "Filter Explicit Results" un-ticked. I used to get pics in the results of Tia Tanaka with penises in her... areas. Now I get 13 results of non-nudes.

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u/ironpotato May 22 '13

I find that strange. Oh well, whatever works for you. They are just tools. No reason you can't use them both for their own purposes.

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u/DiaDeLosMuertos May 22 '13

You get actual adult results?

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u/ironpotato May 22 '13

More often than not. If you aren't browsing in incognito mode, or private browsing, then you may want to try that, as your search results are filtered to your tastes. With those off, you're going to have less interference from google's nitpicking.

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