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Network Working Group J. Postel (ISI
Request for Comments: 1121 L. Kleinrock (UCLA
V. Cerf (NRI
B. Boehm (UCLA
September 1989
Act One - The
Status of this
This RFC presents a collection of poems that were presented at "
One", a symposium held partially in celebration of the 20
anniversary of the ARPANET. Distribution of this memo is unlimited
The Computer Science Department of the University of California,
Angeles (UCLA) organized a Symposium on Very High Speed
Networks as the first in a projected series of meetings on
Computer Technologies, thus ACT ONE. The time was chosen to
commemorate the 20th anniversary of the installation of the
Interface Message Processor (IMP) on the ARPANET which took place
UCLA
The Symposium took on a theatrical theme and a few of the
could not resist the temptation to commit poetry. This memo is
attempt to capture the result
The
Leonard
We've gathered here for two days to examine and
And reflect on data networks and as well to celebrate
To recognize the leaders and recount the path we took
We'll begin with how it happened; for it's time to take a look
Yes, the history is legend and the pioneers are here
Listen to the story - it's our job to make it clear
We'll tell you where we are now and where we'll likely go
So welcome to ACT ONE, folks. Sit back - enjoy the show!!
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RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989
ODE TO A
Leonard
In the 20 years of
Many fields has DARPA led
But the finest thing that they did
Was the analytic thread
By that I mean they
Quantitative research tools
And they always felt for all their
They got principles and rules
Indeed a wealth of
Was uncovered and was new
And the common thread with which we
Was the analytic queue
Now a queue may have one server
If there's more, they form a team
Its dearest wish is just to
In a quiet Poisson stream
If you want to model
Or a complex data
A queue's the key to help you
All the things you need to know
So the next time you feel
And wonder what to do
You'll soon feel fine if you join the
Of an analytic queue
THE PAST IS
Leonard
The past is prologue so they say
So Scene 1 was played today
It set the stage to point the
To high speed nets on Friday
And old slow IMP, a costly link
Codes to fix the lines that stink
Ideas born in tanks that think
Tomorrow's distance sure to shrink
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RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989
But first tonight we'll drink and eat
We'll take some time good friends to greet
Hear Bible class from Danny's seat
Those good old days were bittersweet
THE BIG BANG
(or the birth of the ARPANET
Leonard
It was back in '67 that the clan agreed to meet
The gangsters and the planners were a breed damned hard to beat
The goal we set was honest and the need was clear to all
Connect those big old mainframes and the minis, lest they fall
The spec was set quite rigid: it must work without a hitch
It should stand a single failure with an unattended switch
Files at hefty throughput 'cross the ARPANET must zip
Send the interactive traffic on a quarter second trip
The spec went out to bidders and t'was BBN that won
They worked on soft and hardware and they all got paid for fun
We decided that the first node would be we who are your
And so today you're gathered here while UCLA boasts
I suspect you might be asking "What means FIRST node on the net?"
Well frankly, it meant trouble, 'specially since no specs were set
For you see the interface between the nascent IMP and
Was a confidential secret from us folks on the West coast
BBN had promised that the IMP was running late
We welcomed any slippage in the deadly scheduled date
But one day after Labor Day, it was plopped down at our gate
Those dirty rotten scoundrels sent the damned thing out air freight
As I recall that Tuesday, it makes me want to cry
Everybody's brother came to blame the other guy
Folks were there from ARPA, GTE and Honeywell
UCLA and ATT and all were scared as hell
We cautiously connected and the bits began to flow
The pieces really functioned - just why I still don't know
Messages were moving pretty well by Wednesday morn
All the rest is history - packet switching had been born
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RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989
ROSENCRANTZ AND
Vint
All the world's a net! And all the data in it merely
come to store-and-forward in the queues a while and then
heard no more. 'Tis a network waiting to be switched
To switch or not to switch? That is the question.
'tis wiser in the net to suffer the store and forward
stochastic networks or to raise up circuits against a
of packets and, by dedication, serve them
To net, to switch. To switch, perchance to slip
Aye, there's the rub. For in that choice of switch
what loops may lurk, when we have shuffled
this Banyan net? Puzzles the will, initiates symposia
stirs endless debate and gives rise to
flights of poetry beyond recompense
Barry
Paul Baran came out of the
With a message first
But despite dangers
The IMP's were soon
And ARPA did see it was good
So in place of our early
We now have a net
With IMP's, TIP's, and LAN'
Wideband VAN's, MAN's, and WAN'
And prospects of World Net Utopia
But though we must wind up the
With thoughts of downstream feature
We all be can
For there's no one more
To discuss this than Leonard Kleinrock
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RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989
The Symposium was held August 17 & 18, 1989, a Thursday and Friday
"Welcome" was presented on Thursday morning during the Overture
"Ode to a Queue" was presented in the Thursday morning session
"Giant Steps Forward: Technology Payoffs".
"The Past is Prologue" was presented at the end of the
afternoon sessions
"The Big Bang!" was presented during the after dinner events
Thursday night
"Rosencrantz and Ethernet" was presented at the morning session
Friday on "Communication Technologies in the next Millenium" (
that this version may differ slightly from the actual
since it was reconstructed from human memory several weeks later).
The untitled poem by Barry Boehm was presented in the
afternoon session on "Impact on Government, Commerce and Citizenry".
Barry gave his talk on "The Software Challenge to Our
Aspirations" then introduced the next speaker with this poem
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Jon
USC/Information Sciences
4676 Admiralty
Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6695
Phone: 213-822-1511
EMail: Postel@ISI.
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RFC 1121 Act One - The Poems September 1989
Leonard
University of
Computer Science
3732G Boelter
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1600
Phone: 213-825-2543
EMail: lk@CS.UCLA.
Vinton G.
Corporation for National Research
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091
Phone: 703-620-8990
EMail: VCerf@NRI.RESTON.VA.
Barry
University of
Computer Science
3732 Boelter
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1600
Phone: 213-825-8137
EMail: boehm@CS.UCLA.
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