Tell Average Joe that CERN invented URLs. The first big application of URLs was ...

		mikhailfranco on Sept 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LHC experiments at CERN observe quantum entangleme... Tell Average Joe that CERN invented URLs. The first big application of URLs was precisely this use case: distributed access to particle event data in databases and tape silos across different international institutions. The mainframes (mostly IBM 3090) would then crunch the data to analyze and filter the interesting collisions.

But that would convince them to sponsor the particle physicists of the day, not of today?