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Finally, the singularity has happened.

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As is tradition. The first image transferred over the internet-precursor was also a cat picture.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hah, that's interesting. I tried looking up to see if that's true, but I'm not finding any reliable sources, only sites and articles talking about the first message sent on ARPANET.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I imagine the first image file would've come well after the first text transmission, and would've required the development of a binary file transfer protocol. Maybe they're talking about XMODEM and the BBS era, before those BBSes were eventually networked onto the internet.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eventually we will attain our ultimate goal of transferring cats

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You have to keep the image intact though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Work continues on the Trebuchat.