[today in history] June 17: the creator of the term "hypertext" was born; The birth of Novell's chief scientist; Discovery channel on

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It's today 2022 year 6 month 17 Japan , stay 1967 Years of today , The first hydrogen bomb was successfully exploded in Western China . This test is the first successful atomic bomb explosion in China , Another leap in the development of nuclear weapons . The hydrogen bomb is also called “ Thermonuclear weapons ”, It is a kind of weapon that uses the fusion reaction of hydrogen nuclei at high temperature to release huge energy in an instant to kill and destroy , It is mainly made up of loading 、 The detonating device is composed of a shell . Review the history of science and technology at all times and in all countries , What other key events have taken place today ？

1937 year 6 month 17 Japan ： The creator of hypertext and hypermedia terms Ted Nelson born

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ted · Nielsen （Theodor Holm Nelson） Born in 1937 year 6 month 17 Japan , It is the pioneer of American information technology , Philosophers and sociologists . He is in 1963 Terminology was created in “ Hypertext ”（hypertext） And “ Hypermedia ”（hypermedia）, And in 1965 Published to the media in . The terms he coined also include “ Over quote ”（Transclusion）、“ Vacuity and substantiality ”（Virtuality） and “ Inlining ”（Intertwingularity）. according to 1997 Introduction to Forbes magazine in , Nielsen “ Consider yourself a romantic writer ”.

Nelson is the director Ralph · Nelson and actor Celeste · The son of holm , After giving birth to him , The parents divorced soon ; Nelson was raised by his grandparents in Chicago and Greenwich Village . Nelson in 1959 Received a Bachelor of philosophy degree from Swarthmore College in . There? , He made an experimental humorous film ,《 Sloamflo's Epiphany 》; During college and Graduate School , He began to conceive of a computer-based writing system , The system will provide a persistent repository for world knowledge , And allow greater flexibility between ideas . This is known as “ The Xanadu project ”（Project Xanadu）.

The Xanadu project is the first hypertext project in the world , By Ted · Nelson in 1960 Founded in 2000 . “ The Xanadu project ” Its administrators claim that it is superior to the world wide web , And claimed :“ The program is a popular software simulation paper . The world wide web made our original hypertext model trivial , Because that's just one-way 、 Broken links , And there is no version or content management .”《 attachment 》 The magazine once published an article entitled 《 arcadia 》 The article , Call the Xanadu project “ The longest running fog story in the history of the computer industry ”; As for the meaning of fog, we used to 2 month 3 Daily column 《 The word "open source" was born 》 Introduced in , Fog （Vaporware） It refers to products that have been hyped in advance several years before or during development , Usually software , In most cases, the release will be postponed , Many products will not even be released , In today's words , Namely “ Painting the big cake ”.

Although the Xanadu project is just a pie , However, a large number of terms created by Nielsen at that time have survived to this day ;1988 year 1 month ,Byte The magazine published an article on Nielsen's ideas , Titled “ Manage massive storage ”, This sparked discussion in the computer industry , And encourage people to try hypertext . Same year , The seventh conference was held in Brisbane, Australia WWW At the conference , Nelson was awarded Yuri · Rubinsky Memorial Award . Today, Nelson is still an expert in science and technology “ A romantic writer ” Active , Over the past forty years , Nelson seems to live in a parallel universe , Don Quixote built the digital paradise in his mind , You think his “ The Xanadu project ” Can it really be realized in the next era of the meta universe ？ Welcome to share your insights in the comments area .

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1956 year 6 month 17 Japan ：Novell Chief scientist Drew Major born

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Drew · Major （Drew Major） Born in 1956 year 6 month 17 Japan , He is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur , In the Novell Early in the company Novell NetWare The chief engineer of the operating system . Major in 1980 He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University , And graduated from mathematics and computer science with excellent results . Major in 1983 To join in Novell, His partner Kyle Powell、Dale Neibaur and Mark Hurst Begin to devote oneself to making PC Be able to use LAN （LAN） Share files and other resources . Major served as NetWare The chief architect and developer of the operating system exceeded 15 year , And in 2003 Year leave Novell.

Prior to joining Novell Before , Major and Dale Neibaur、Kyle Powell And other colleagues co founded a company called SuperSet Software Group , later Mark Hurst Join in . Their work is based on their schooldays 1981 year 10 Class assignments started at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA in June , And before Eyring Used by the Institute Xerox Network system (XNS) Work experience of the agreement , This agreement leads to Novell Development IPX and SPX The plan of network protocol was born , And promoted NetWare Establishment of operating system .1983 year ,Ray Noorda Take over Novell Leadership of , And hire SuperSet The team develops network products . The team was initially assigned to create a CP/M Disk sharing system , To help bring Novell At that time CP/M Hardware networking . stay Ray Noorda Under the leadership of ,SuperSet Software Group for the new compatible IBM Of PC A successful file sharing system has been developed .

Leave Novell after , Major co founded the video network company with others Move Networks, Inc. The company is in 2010 Began to encounter financial problems in , Failure to deliver key technologies , Some of its larger customers have abandoned the company's technology . The company then 2011 year 1 Moon cover EchoStar The company uses 4500 $10000 price acquisition . Currently living with his wife Mary and their four sons in Orem, Utah , He was born in California , But most of the time I live in Utah .

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1985 year 6 month 17 Japan ： The discovery channel is on

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Discovery Channel （Discovery Channel） By Discovery Communications on 1985 A television channel founded in the United States . The discovery channel mainly broadcasts popular science 、 Technology 、 history 、 Archaeological and natural documentary . The discovery channel has been launched in major countries and regions in the world , But the discovery channel will set up different versions according to different regions , Add subtitles or dubbing . The American version mainly broadcasts Realistic TV programs , Such as the famous rumor terminator series . In addition to focusing on realistic programs, the Asia Discovery Channel , It will also broadcast programs related to Oriental culture , Such as introducing China 、 A series of programs of Japanese culture . Some system operators have enabled HD .

The discovery channel initially focused on science 、 Technology 、 natural 、 History related programs , As well known 《 Cool American Locomotive 》、《 The rumor Terminator 》 and 《 Animal mechanic 》 Etc , Only focus on the scope of Science ; Because of that , At that time, all the programs broadcast by the discovery channel belonged to the category of science education programs , Not entertainment . After the discovery channel in the United States fell out of the top ten most popular channels and scored low for two consecutive years , Chris, vice president of American discovery network · moseley （Chris Moseley） Express , The channel will revert to its original destination , Play interesting educational science programs .

In China, , The signal of discovery channel passes through Asia Pacific 6 Satellite number （ East longitude 134 degree ） Accept KU Band signal . This service is generally only provided to three-star or above foreign-related hotels , Foreigners' residential areas , Consulates and embassies . Shenzhen Tianwei cable also transmits Asia Pacific 6 All overseas channels , These include Discovery Asia channel , You need to pay to open ; Besides , Local TV stations in various provinces and cities in China will also relay or broadcast programs produced by the discovery channel . meanwhile , Discovery channel has also established a joint venture with Zhejiang Huashu group , And set up a high-definition pay TV channel for nationwide broadcasting to provide the vast majority of program content . You are interested in the discovery channel （Discovery Channel） Do you have any impression ？ What channel do you usually watch on TV ？ Welcome to this poll , Share your insights in the comments section .

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