myers@bnl.UUCP (Eric Myers) (12/06/85)
> Incidentaly, The network commonly called BITNET is really three networks.. > BITNET (US), NORTHNET (Canada), and CERN (Europe). (I think). CERN is not a computer network, it is a physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The name is a French acronym for Conseil Europe'en pour la Recherche Nucle'aire (in English, "European Organization for Nuclear Research"). The laboratory is funded by twelve European countires, and currently has the largest particle accelerator in the world, the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS). Two years ago physicists using the SPS at CERN discovered the W and Z-0 intermediate vector bosons predicted by the Weinberg-Salam-Glashow model of the weak interactions, which proved that the weak and electromagnetic forces are actually unified in a common "electroweak" force. And it just so happens that CERN is on BITNET. -- Eric Myers, Physics Dept., Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lon Guyland, NY myers@bnl.arpa / myers@bnl.bitnet / ...philabs!sbcs!bnl!myers "And so we're told this is the Golden Age... Gold is the reason for the wars we wage."
dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) (12/17/85)
In article <173@bnl.UUCP> myers@bnl.UUCP (Eric Myers) writes: [Quoting another posting] >> Incidentaly, The network commonly called BITNET is really three networks.. >> BITNET (US), NORTHNET (Canada), and CERN (Europe). (I think). > >CERN is not a computer network, it is a physics laboratory in Geneva, >Switzerland. . . >And it just so happens that CERN is on BITNET. Actually, the other posting was making a stab in the right direction. It's BITNET in the US, NETNORTH in Canada, and EARN (European Academic and Research Network) in Europe. I've also heard the European arm called EARNET, perhaps because of the rabbits they used to have in the tunnels at Desy (these bunnies had PhDs - I knew one). -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary
sgcpal@watdcsu.UUCP (P.A. Layman [EE-Silcon Devices Research]) (12/18/85)
In article <173@bnl.UUCP> myers@bnl.UUCP (Eric Myers) writes: >> Incidentaly, The network commonly called BITNET is really three networks.. >> BITNET (US), NORTHNET (Canada), and CERN (Europe). (I think). > >CERN is not a computer network, it is a physics laboratory in Geneva, Should be BITNET(USA), NETNORTH(Canada), EARN (Europe) -------- ---- Paul A. Layman University of Waterloo, Electrical Engineering, Silicon Devices and Integrated Circuits Research Group (SiDIC) UUCP: {decvax|utzoo|ihnp4|allegra|clyde}!watmath!watdcsu!sgcpal