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| title = Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) | | title = Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) | ||
| image = douglas engelbart 1925 2013.png | | image = douglas engelbart 1925 2013.png | ||
− | | titletext = Actual quote from The Demo: '... an advantage of being online is that it keeps track of who you are and what | + | | titletext = Actual quote from The Demo: '... an advantage of being online is that it keeps track of who you are and what you’re doing all the time...' |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | The demo is renowned for the numerous technologies | + | The comic describes and references {{w|The Mother of All Demos}} in honor of {{w|Douglas Engelbart}}, who died on July 2nd, 2013. The demo is renowned for the numerous technologies Engelbart's team introduced, which the comic references before sliding into apocryphal claims. At the first panel he presents various inventions, including the {{w|Computer Mouse}}. The second panel contains the opening lyrics of Leonard Cohen's song {{w|Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song)|Hallelujah}}. The "Secret Chord" is a reference to his "Chord Key Set" he also presented at this demo. This relatively obscure device, essentially a piano with five keys, was meant as an alternative to the well-known keyboard. The third is a reference to contemporary internet memes, specifically [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/cats cat pictures] and [http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/yolo YOLO]. |
− | The title text is a reference to recent revelations about spying by the United States {{w|National Security Agency}} | + | The title text is a reference to recent revelations about spying by the United States {{w|National Security Agency}}. |
===The inventions in detail=== | ===The inventions in detail=== | ||
− | + | The inventions presented are just more like Science Fiction by that time in 1968. Some got success in the public ten or more years later. And some others did not. | |
− | + | '''Cathode ray tube''': | |
− | + | :The German physicist {{w|Ferdinand Braun}} did invent the {{w|Cathode ray tube}}, or just CRT, in 1897. The Russian scientist {{w|Boris Rosing}} used this CRT for the first time to receive a video signal. CRT was the most common technology for TV Screens and Computer Monitors in the last century, but now it's succeeded by modern devices like {{w|OLED}}, {{w|plasma display}}, or the most common {{w|LCD}}. Douglas did use this CRT Screen to present not only his face or some other video parts, he additionally embed the output of his Computer Screen to the same output. | |
− | '''Cathode ray tube''' | + | '''A pointing device we call a "Mouse"''': |
− | :The German physicist {{w|Ferdinand Braun}} | + | :Douglas did call this device a "Mouse" but officially it was named "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System". He did file a [http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541?printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false patent] on June 21, 1967 and received the patent on November 17, 1970. At this demo Douglas did say: "I don't know why we call it a mouse. It started that way and we never changed it." |
− | ''' | + | '''I can "Copy" text''' |
− | :Douglas did | + | :This is well known as "Copy and Paste", most people still do not know how to use the short cut <CTRL>+C or <CTRL>+V even today, they just use the "Mouse". On some early text based systems it was something like <CTRL>+K+B for the beginning of the section and <CTRL>+K+E to mark the end of the section to copy. At the time of 1968 nobody could imagine this feature, and Douglas just did use his "Mouse". |
− | ''' | + | '''We have powerful joint file editing''' |
− | :This is well known | + | :No powerful text editor was available in 1968, and the first successful system did fulfil this "joint file editing" was available on {{w|Concurrent Versions System|CVS}} in the middle of the 1980's. |
− | + | '''We can exchange Direct Messages''' | |
− | ''' | + | :There was no email at this time, Douglas just did invent this. |
− | : | + | '''Users can share files''' |
− | ''' | + | :Here we are just on some modern world issues, users can't share all their files. This lead us to: |
− | : | + | '''Files which can encode audio samples''' |
− | ''' | + | :Douglas did invent some "Masking codecs" - which was superseded by the {{w|Fraunhofer Society}} developed the MP3 codec. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :San Francisco, December | + | :San Francisco, December 9<sup>th</sup>,1968: |
− | + | : Douglas: ...we generated video signals with a cathode ray tube | |
− | :Douglas: ... | + | : Douglas: ...we have a pointing device we call a "Mouse" |
+ | : Douglas: ...I can "Copy" text | ||
+ | : Douglas: ...and we have powerful joint file editing | ||
+ | : Douglas: ...underneath the file here we can exchange "Direct Messages"... | ||
− | + | : Douglas: ...users can share files... | |
− | :Douglas: ... | + | : Douglas: ...files which can encode audio samples, using our "Masking codecs" |
− | :Music: I heard there was a secret chord | + | : Douglas: ...the file you're hearing now is one of my own compositions... |
+ | :Music in the background. | ||
+ | : Voice: I heard there was a secret chord | ||
− | + | : Douglas: ...and you can superimpose text on the picture of the cat, like so...this cat is saying "YOLO", which stands for "You Only Live Once"... | |
− | :Douglas: ... | + | : Douglas: ...just a little acronym we thought up... |
− | :Douglas: ... | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring real people]] | [[Category:Comics featuring real people]] | ||
[[Category:Internet]] | [[Category:Internet]] | ||
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