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TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8an0 wrote
Reply to comment by Fryceratops in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
My dads main client at the end was Lucent Technologies in Holmdel.
mcgeggy t1_j5q7gmb wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
What does it mean “sold out of a basement”? Who was selling it to who?
Jraz624 t1_j5q6ud8 wrote
Reply to NJ family leave insurance claims by warsawza
Not going to give the best response here but it was much faster this time around. First leave was Spring 2020 (sorry everyone but Covid was my fault). This time around I started in November and I get approved and I am getting paid regularly every few weeks.
HydratedMemes t1_j5q6o5m wrote
Reply to comment by TriggerTough in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
At least get it in a box or something so your dog can’t eat it.
storm2k t1_j5q5rvb wrote
pizza, bagels, the feeling that my rights matter more than the rights of the gun someone has on them. you know, normal things.
[deleted] t1_j5q5qrh wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
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watudoinstepbrah t1_j5q5cfn wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Where in rahway
sect0r_9 t1_j5q4u83 wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Igor Klener is a narcissist.
imMakingA-UnityGame t1_j5q460m wrote
Reply to comment by Professional-Error58 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
NJ played a HUGE part in computing in general, Bell Labs is responsible for creating a LOT of the stuff still used today.
To name a few:
The transistor
The Laser
The solar cell
The fields of radio astronomy and information theory
The GUI
UNIX operating system (still at the core of most machines running today, even new ones)
The C programming g language (still at the core of most machines running today, even new ones, countless programming languages abstracted ontop of/out of this)
There are many im forgetting I’m sure. It has had like 9 Nobel prizes come out of it i think. Today it is a shell of its former self but Bell Labs is more or less to thank for the modern world of computing. Without C and Unix, computers being so accessible to the masses wouldn’t have happened.
imMakingA-UnityGame t1_j5q42s3 wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
That is AWESOME! Please take good care of this, you’ve got a real piece of history here.
Should consider loaning it to a museum temporarily or something but I do understand the personal value to you so can’t blame you for not wanting to.
Fryceratops t1_j5q3xsj wrote
Reply to comment by Professional-Error58 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
AT&T had a ton of employees here. Bell Labs was in Murray Hill.
Professional-Error58 t1_j5q35ku wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
who would have known Nj played a key role in the establishment of the worlds internet
TriggerTough OP t1_j5q1o4k wrote
Reply to comment by weaselpoopcoffee1 in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Thanks!
It's currently in my closet now though. Doubt I'd ever give it up.
prophecy250 t1_j5q1l1j wrote
Reply to comment by hopopo in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Beat me to it
TheRacoonist t1_j5q116q wrote
Buses go to NY Port Authority not NY Penn. Trains are more reliable. Check the town website, I believe there is a town shuttle to and from the train station
weaselpoopcoffee1 t1_j5q0r5n wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
That's really cool. Should be in the Smithsonian.
hopopo t1_j5q0n7d wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Your dad is Al Gore?
CaptainMoustache t1_j5q0f03 wrote
Reply to Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
Thats a neat little piece of Internet history you have there, any more information about it? I can't seem to find much from a cursory Google search.
dirty_cuban t1_j5pzaxr wrote
You can drive to the bus instead of the train. Is that better? I’d take the train if it were me.
sirzoop t1_j5pz4y8 wrote
Lowering the temperature will barely decrease your gas bill. Just pay to keep everyone warm its not worth the lower quality of life of having to wear sweaters in your own home.
LemurCat04 t1_j5ppurq wrote
Reply to comment by chriskatelots in I just got assigned for Jury Duty tomorrow morning, at the Exact same time as my first class this semester. by Hi_Im_Nosferatu
Yes, that one whole class threw everything right into the red on ROI.
TodayTimeDeux t1_j5ppulu wrote
Oddly enough while living in Los Angeles and being around a lot of passive aggressive behavior I missed how abrasive people can be in NJ. If they have a problem they say something. In LA everyone beat around the bush, it was so tiring.
throwawayjonesIV t1_j5pptdj wrote
Reply to comment by MANWithTheHARMONlCA in If Governor Murphy is serious about equity in this state, he should push for improving public libraries. by Flashinglights0101
Sorry meant to get back to you. I would say only jump into Pynchon if you're up for a serious challenge, but it is a rewarding one. A few of his books in particular are the most difficult, dense novels ever written. I thought I had read challenging literature before Pynchon, and I had, but not in the same way.
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That disclaimer aside, there are a couple places you could start. Some folks say Inherent Vice is a good entry point, and I don't totally disagree. It's a very unconventional detective story with a disorienting, complex plot, but a whole lot of heart and some beautiful prose. That said it is certainly his most accessible and maybe least dense. There is a wonderful film adaptation from a few years ago.
The Crying of Lot 49 is a short novella and his first published "long" work. It has many of the themes that would come to permeate his career and the prose will give you a good idea of what to expect from his more challenging stuff, while still being rather short.
Gravity's Rainbow is probably his most difficult, but is worth reading at least for the absolutely transcendent prose. I did not know english could be written in such an inventive, elastic way until this book. It is my favorite novel. It is not a book that is about a simple plot that is easy to follow and at the end it all makes perfect sense. It is at times opaque, bewildering, and esoteric, but in such an enchanting way.
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Wherever you start you will be in a good place. I would suggest not starting with Mason and Dixon, however. It is incredible but it's written in 18th century style that is wonderful and unique, but is really the only example of it in Pynchon's oeuvre. Vineland also is regarded as not as strong as his other works, so maybe not a great start. Anyways, hope this helps.
g_ppetto t1_j5pps7o wrote
Reply to New ez pass user by Melasteve
Make sure your vehicles are listed on your account. re: replenishment - we had some excessive tolls over a short period of time, all valid, but they bumped up the replenishment amount significantly. You can can the amount reduced but it takes a call to them.
TriggerTough OP t1_j5q8ccq wrote
Reply to comment by mcgeggy in Pictured is the router which sent the 1st internet connection from NYC to Tokyo. These were sold out of a basement office of a home in Rahway NJ. It's signed by everyone who worked for Cisco Systems in 1989. It was given to my dad when he retired in 1999 for his work in establishing the internet. by TriggerTough
My father to the world.