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Bob Metcalfe, The Man Who Discovered Network Effects, Isn’t Sorry
Robert Metcalfe wins 2023 Turing Award for co-inventing and commercializing Ethernet technology
The Turing Award is widely regarded as the most prestigious in computer science, sometimes referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Computing.” It is named after the famous computer scientist Alan Turing. The Association for Computing Machinery awards it annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to the field…
Ethernet co-inventor Bob Metcalfe wins the Turing Award, the ‘Nobel Prize of computing’
Even if you’re not plugging an Ethernet cable into the wall, somewhere along the chain you’re still relying on that technology to get online. You’ve got Bob Metcalfe and the late David Boggs to thank for that. Together at Xerox’s renowned Palo Alto Research Institute (better known as Xerox PARC), the pair developed Ethernet and set the stage for a networking revolution. Yesterday, Metcalfe received the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, which is often pegged the “Nobel Prize of computing.”
Thanks to funding from Google, that prize is now worth $1 million, and it’s yet another highlight for Metcalfe’s storied career. After leaving Xerox PARC, he founded 3com, a networking equipment company that brought Ethernet to the mainstream. “It is dangerous to accept an award for developing Ethernet, which turns 50 on May 22, 2023,” Metcalfe told the University of Texas, where he now serves as a professor emeritus. “Over Ethernet’s 50 years, hundreds of people have earned some claim of inventorship. Join me in saying to these folks, ‘Thank you.’”
Despite its notoriety as a cable technology, Metcalfe told the New York Times that he originally envisioned it to be more like the Wi-Fi we know today. “We wanted to make it wireless,” he said. “But we couldn’t have zero wires. It would have been too slow and too expensive.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/bob-metcalfe-wins-turing-award-ethernet-195342698.html?src=rss
Hungover Jennifer Metcalfe looks incredible in skintight black jumpsuit after big night out
HOLLYOAKS star Jennifer Metcalfe showed off her incredible figure in a skintight black jumpsuit.
The actress – who who plays Mercedes McQueen on the hit channel 4 show, looked glamourous in the figure-hugging one-piece.
Jennifer, 39, wore her long brunette tresses loose over her shoulder and opted for subtle makeup.
The soap star completed her look with a khaki trench coat, a matching camouflage cap and a pair of knee-high leather boots.
Jennifer captioned the post: “Walking hair of the dog get up.”
Despite feeling hungover, Jennifer still managed to crack a smile and look incredible.
Last month, the TV favourite posed up a storm in a video of herself in a sexy backless dress twerking.
Recently, Jen exclusively told The Sun that despite her sexy images, she does not get eligible men contacting her social media – instead she attracts comments from foot fetishists.
The actress split with her five year old son’s dad, Greg Lake, in 2020 but despite that, Jen is keen to give her bundle of joy, Daye, a sibling.
She exclusively told us: “I’d absolutely love to have more kids. I’d like to have five or six, but the time and person I’m with would have to be right.”
At the time, Jen announced her split on social media but in fact the pair had parted ways months before.
Taking to Instagram, she said: “Greg and I decided to part ways amicably a couple months ago.
“We remain friends and we both will continue to happily co parent Daye and would appreciate privacy during these times.”
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Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe revealed as latest mystery celeb on the The Masked Dancer
DESPERATE Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe was unveiled as the first celeb to feature on the new series of The Masked Dancer.
The US telly actor dressed up as Astronaut and boogied in front of a panel of judges.
He said: “I thought it would be fun. Dancing is something that really intimidates me and it was a fear I wanted to face.
“This has been unbelievable, it’s one of the most zany things I’ve ever done in my career but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed myself.”
ITV’s show follows the same format as The Masked Singer, with a panel of celebs asked to guess the identities of stars wearing bizarre costumes.
Ross guessed Alex James from Blur, Davina guessed Henry Cavill and Oti and Crouch both guessed Bear Grylls.
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The show featured the first six of 12 masked chacters – including Candlestick, Scissors, Astronaut, Odd Socks, Prawn Cocktail and Pillar and Post.
In total, twelve celebrities will be stepping on to the dancefloor, taking on alter egos in a bid to baffle the judges’ panel, which this year includes Peter Crouch, alongside regulars Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Oti Mabuse.
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