Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "How texts and WhatsApp messages both rely upon a system devised in 18th century England" video.

  1. Britain has contributed much to the several branches of engineering. They had a very good electronics industry, at one time, as I use Racal Dana test equipment to this very day, manufactured through the seventies and eighties. My main RF and two-tone generators are by Racal, as well as my frequency counter, and a bench DMM. I also have an old Marconi LCR bridge that still works well. They're built well, and this is a Yank stating that.
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  2. And the “net” in internet was a wartime invention of Britain, if I recall. The telephone lines were connected so that if one was brought down, it could be quickly bypassed by others via switches.
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