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Chapter 170 University Internet

Gregory was born into an ordinary middle-class American.

However, as an American, he is somewhat out of tune with today's society.

He didn't like Elvis Presley's music, nor did he like those hippie parades. He was more interested in semiconductors and computers.

And when he heard about the concept of the Internet, he became even more interested in this kind of network that was said to be able to realize the Internet.

He is a student at Stanford University, but even at Stanford University, there are not many people who understand the Internet as well as Gregory.

Gregory is a student trained in a class jointly organized by Intel and Stanford University. He not only knows the Internet, but also needs to learn courses such as C language. Sometimes, Intel staff come to class. And recently, Intel

Intel's headquarters has moved to California. Students like Gregory will have the opportunity to visit and study at Intel's headquarters in the future.

Gregory studied very hard, and precisely because of this, when the school opened the "Computer Testing Center", Gregory signed up.

There is one such testing center in the three schools connected to intercom.

Each such test center has 100 computers, for a total of 300 computers.

The test center uses the lowest-end home-version computers. The main function of these computers is to test network performance. After all, the optical fiber network has just been laid.

From a practical perspective, using traditional copper wire seems to be more cost-effective.

But Catherine's optical fiber network is not just for the network. What Catherine wants to achieve most is the integration of three networks.

Cable television network, computer network and telephone network.

The first thing that should be realized is the connection between the first two networks, and the third telephone network may need to wait until the 1980s - because this is a wireless telephone network.

Catherine is considering designing the mobile base station on top of the optical fiber network, but in this case, it is completely possible to develop a WiFi network based on the base station, but in this case... the 3G network seems to have no advantages.

However, that was more than ten years later, and I was already making plans in advance. If I were to think about more distant things, it would be too ambitious.

Gregory liked this thing called "the Internet".

Ever since he first played the Xiaobawang game console, which was only the simplest game console, he had fallen in love with these electronic products.

After being exposed to the Internet, he felt that there seemed to be nothing better than this in the world.

His nickname on the Internet is "Immortal Gregory".

In fact, Gregory wanted to use his real name, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be a good idea to give himself an interesting title. Because he heard that Sanders's online nickname was "Big Star"

”.

Sanders is a very interesting person. Once he came to the school to discuss issues with the board of directors. At that time, Gregory saw this man, driving a luxurious convertible sports car, completely acting like a big star. Although flamboyant,

But if this person has this strength, he deserves it.

Gregory came to the computer room - although the name was rather crude, Gregory and other students who took the test all agreed that this name seemed better.

At first they wanted to use uter-r, but later they felt it was not suitable and simply used uter-house.

After turning on the computer and entering his ID and password, Gregory entered the chat room.

Aikul: Someone else is here.

Zao Man Xiong: Hello.

Aikul: Chat rooms are really a magical thing.

Immortal Gregory: Hello, I am from Stanford University. I would like to ask, has anyone been to the forum? What is that place for?

Aikul: Just say something and then publish it on the forum so that everyone online can see it.

Gregory the Immortal: That sounds great. I don't think I've seen you before?

Aikul: I'm from the University of California. I didn't show up before because I used my real name. But someone actually called California and said they were looking for me.

Although Catherine has adopted an online real-name system, the only people who can query the nickname and corresponding user are American telecommunications companies and the military using Skycom.

ir, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like a personal name.

Gregory the Immortal: How come I haven’t encountered such interesting things before?

Zao Man Xiong: Because she is a woman.

That’s it. Gregory smiled.

The chat room is still in the first phase of testing. There is currently only one chat room. It is said that it will be classified in the future, and maybe audio chat will be enabled... just like making a phone call.

Gregory the Immortal: What does ir mean?

Gregory asked strangely.

Aikul: It was taken based on irlriet. I also know the origin of the name Zaomanxiong, because he comes from the Soviet Union.

Zaomanxiong: No, I’m from Russia, not that kind of scary country

Zaomanxiong's language seems to be very intense, and he wants to distance himself from a certain red country.

In fact, at this time, immigrants from countries hostile to the United States were often the vanguard against this country. Because of this, these people were able to enter the upper class of the United States - but in fact, many times it was just these "second devils"

"It's just wishful thinking.

Grigory could never trust a Russian because he would always think of the KGB.

Gregory the Immortal: When I think of Russia, I always think of polar bears.

He suddenly felt that these words seemed inappropriate, but seeing that the other party seemed to acquiesce, he did not intend to continue.

Aikul: This world is really magical. One of us is at the University of California and the other is at Stanford University, but now we are sitting together chatting.

Early and slow bear: And it’s much cheaper than telegraph.

Immortal Gregory: I wonder if this network will continue to be promoted in the future?

Aikul: Who knows, but I think if it is completely laid out in the future, the network will be charged, right? I heard that this thing costs a lot of money.

Gregory the Immortal: Maybe.

"Everything on the network is normal, and we haven't encountered any problems monitoring the network."

The technician stopped checking the network. Catherine, who was watching the conversation just now, also nodded.

After Skycom's testing is completed, the task of monitoring the network will be handed over to the United States.

In fact, the FBI is also very interested in the Internet.

Catherine heard that the FBI was originally opposed to the Internet. They believed that such a thing would make criminal gangs more difficult to deal with.

But the settled reality cannot be changed, so the FBI is also fighting for the power to monitor the Internet, and hopes that the opening of the Internet will be "limited", otherwise it will cause "a lot of trouble."

However, the military is generally optimistic about this thing.

Because intercom is a civilian network, if we wait until a world war, skycom can completely realize its own information transmission by taking over intercom.

At this time, Americans were actually always worried about the Soviet Union.

Later, there were many movies that depicted the Soviet Union's invasion of the United States, such as "Red Dawn."

Although the military uses Skycom, and the name Skynet sounds popular, it cannot be completely pinned on it. On the contrary, intercom, which can be rolled out over a large area, is better.

"Miss, your phone number." Just as Catherine was thinking, a call came from below.

This call was from Carter - the translator when he was in Japan.

Catherine just asked the other party to check Yamaguchi Momoe's situation, but because Carter didn't mention it again, Catherine forgot about it.

But the result was that this Carter actually found Yamaguchi Momoe and his family, and even helped them support them.

Catherine is angry and funny.

She didn't ask the other party to do this at all.

But now things can only be like this. Being able to support a famous figure in history is actually not bad.

After answering the phone call, Catherine returned to the studio.

"When will the second phase of skycom testing start?"

Catherine asked.

"About half a month, we have to wait for the other party's notification for details."

Catherine nodded.

Katherine is also going to go to skycom's second phase of testing.

Because the second phase of testing is also related to video and communications, allowing the White House and Congress or the Pentagon to communicate face-to-face... Isn't this very interesting?

That's what Catherine thinks, but Congress has the mentality of "happy to check the Pentagon's use of public funds at any time." If Catherine knew about this, she would definitely not know whether to laugh or cry.

In fact, the Pentagon in the United States has always been a tragic existence.

In Catherine's time, there was a joke that American spies discovered a pro-government organization called the "Fifty Cent Party" in China, and then tracked it all the way and discovered that the birthplace of the Fifty Cent Party was the Pentagon in the United States...

Catherine looked at the calendar hanging on the wall again.

Three days later, she was going to accompany Jenny to the so-called "Dating Dance". It seemed that Jenny was quite disgusted with this thing.

To be honest, the same is true for Catherine. When she thinks of holding hands with a man while dancing, Catherine always has an indescribable strange feeling... She always feels that it might be better if the other person is a woman.

"So be it"

Anyway, there is plenty of time.

At the same time, on the intercom network, Zaomanxiong went offline.

Then, a Russian student walked out of the "computer room" of the University of California, then left the campus. Then, he came to an inconspicuous rental house, then took out a few pieces of paper and began to write a strange secret.

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