Because I haven't memed in a while
Feb. 4th, 2010 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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dia_aren_marie even though she didn't tag me D:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.
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The problem was that there was a mismatch between the way the telephone system worked and the way computers and their ancillary devices communicated. The telephone network was essentially a set of switches for creating connections between one telephone and another. In the early days, the nodes of the network were actually called 'switchboards' because operators manually plugged wires into sockets to set up physical connections between subscribers. Later the operators were replaced by banks of electromechanical switches in buildings known as telephone 'exchanges', and later by fully electronic ones.
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Aren't I so incredibly boring? :D Book is "A Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet" by John Naughton.
Ain't tagging no one. Do it if you like!
dia_aren_marie 2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
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The problem was that there was a mismatch between the way the telephone system worked and the way computers and their ancillary devices communicated. The telephone network was essentially a set of switches for creating connections between one telephone and another. In the early days, the nodes of the network were actually called 'switchboards' because operators manually plugged wires into sockets to set up physical connections between subscribers. Later the operators were replaced by banks of electromechanical switches in buildings known as telephone 'exchanges', and later by fully electronic ones.
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Aren't I so incredibly boring? :D Book is "A Brief History of the Future: The Origins of the Internet" by John Naughton.
Ain't tagging no one. Do it if you like!
