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So, Cerf and team booted TCP/IP from the heavens and build an interplanetary replacement they called the Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol. Cerf admits this isn’t the most attractive moniker.
“Engineers are really good at labeling and branding things,” said his sarcasm. “If we had named Kentucky Fried Chicken, it would have been Hot Dead Birds.”
I love that the whole city pulls together to make tech conference attendees welcome. (via Erika Hall)