Assorted Materials: Johnny Ryan

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World of Warcraft, WTF?

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 5 September 2009

For the forthcoming book it was inevitable that I would look at World of Warcraft.
‘World of Warcraft’ is by any standard is the most popular computer game of all time. Since its release in 2005 it has built a steadily increasing following of loyal subscribers. 11.5 million people across the globe were paid subscribers as [...]

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Communities beyond geography: Phone phreakers

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 14 July 2009

More for the book… In 1957, a blind, five year old boy named Joe Engressia first realized that he could control the phone system and make long distance phone calls at no cost by whistling a specific pitch down the phone line. The AT&T phone network used twelve combinations of six audio tones as control [...]

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Kleinrock on ARPANET chatter

Posted by: johnnyryan on: 18 April 2009

Researching my book on the history of the Internet,  I asked Len Kleinrock three key questions yesterday. I asked him at what point it was clear that the early ARPANET – the forerunner to the Internet – became dominated by informal chatter between researchers. The answer was interesting.
The point at which it became abundantly clear [...]

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I'm interested in 4 things: A) THE HISTORY OF THE INTERNET AND ITS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE; B) Ireland’s Digital Competitiveness; c) the Political Impact of the Internet; D) How ideas - including violent political ideas - are communicated online.

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