Everyone knows about TCP/IP stack and Ethernet, but I'm interested in what was before it, when did the idea of two electronic devices exchanging digital(not electronic data) originate.

Not necessarily separate, but I'm also interested in learning what is the earliest documented formal definition of such a protocol.

Reading up on history of ARPANET gave me mention of 1822, a protocol that apparently performed functions of both physical, data link and network layer, but I got no idea about where to look next.

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There's the legend that Robert Johnson died from drinking wine from a bottle spiked with Strychnine. No one really knows what happened so why Strychnine?

In Office Space, Milton threatens to put "Strychnine in the guacamole." Though a colorless, tastless poison it may be, there must other similar toxins that could be used in its place.

A third example that comes to mind is Tom Lehrer feeding Strychnine to pigeons while "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park."

Why is Strychnine so commonly referenced? Besides being colorless and odorless, are there other reasons?

What's the history of the understanding of the book of Genesis? I've heard that different groups have had different opinions about how literal to take it and how much it was considered allegorical both among Jewish and Christian groups.

As a side note I'm also interested in answers that talk about the Middle Ages and how the four-fold method (literal, typological, moral, anagogical) was used in understanding Genesis.

 Glenn Miller was a famous big band leader through out the 30'2 and the 40's. His band were ambassadors for American values, playing swing music all throughout Europe, broadcasting music over the radio all throughout Allied and Axis territories. On 15/December/44 Glenn took a plane across the English channel from Britain to Paris, France. However the plane never arrived to it's destination, Glenn Miller was never seen again. What happened to him, the plane, and his band? Did it sink into the channel? Friendly fire, fuel loss, etc. ? Could an enemy hijacked the plane and took it into axis territory? 

Did men never get vacations? Why didn't the women just stay home like usual?

Hello,

There is a series of books called the American presidents series.

I have read the Alan Brinkley JFK one, and have checked out the George Washington one from my library.

I'm wondering how many of you have read from this series, and are there any other series about the Presidents that may be better? I'm looking to start a complete collection.

Thank you

Title basically says it all. I've studied the Palestinian-Israeli conflict quite a bit, and it seems to be that there are atrocities on both sides. That said, from a Western point of view, Israel seems like a much more logical ally than any of the Arab nations--culturally, politically, and religiously. When did the feeling of animosity toward Israel begin arising in the West? Is it motivated by anti-Semitism, or legitimate outrage over the unfair treatment of Palestinians? As an addendum, did the Palestinian people even understand themselves as a people prior to the formation of Israel? I've heard it argued that they were too scattered to do so, and so that in some sense, the very existence of the Palestinians as a distinct cultural group owes something to Israel.

Not trying to be inflammatory in any way here, btw -- just really want to understand how all this came about.

What did they have to do, both women and men? How many slaves did a man a little richer than an average one had? How did buying them looks like? How much a slave and maintaining him/her cost?

Aryans > Western Europeans / Honorary Aryans > Mediterranean Aryans > ... in Hitler's viewpoint. Despite this, Nazi Germany, in many ways, emulated the Roman Empire in a lot of symbolism (although part of it contributed by the fact that every country in Europe did this more or less).

How could they explain away the more civilized Romans in antiquity compared to the (back then) backwater Germans?

I haven't seen a comparison that explains why the Soviets produced so much more than Germany. Was it due to resource allocation and production efficiency? Why was difference so extreme between two economies of similar size?

I recently saw a film that covered German brutality in WW2 called "Come and See". The film was good, but I felt it characterized the Germans as bloodthirsty monsters, while the Soviets were simply innocents fighting for the right to live. From what I read both nations committed atrocities upon each other. I then saw that the film was made in Russia in 1987. I know that any form of dissent was cracked down under leaders such as Stalin, but I'm curious if dissent was still banned late into the Soviet Union. Thank you for any answers