Ancient History

Referring to a discussion a while back about the intergenerational cultural gap of pre- and post-cold war children, and Terminator III. I wonder how many people using the Internet today remember that the basic design premise behind TCP/IP networking and ARPAnet was, in fact, to create a network that could survive a limited nuclear war.

It's odd to think about it, but I much rather it found use to transfer porn, dating sites and stock quotes than remain a necessary military high-tech system.