IP: REMINDER for NY IPers Dave Farber, streaming: www.wbai.org Wed. 31.I.2001 8pm_EST

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Mike Radow  <--->  mradow () inx net

> Professor David J. Farber will be a guest on a popular computer show, on
> an NYC public radio station.
>
> Yes: The station _does_ stream its audio.
>
>
> Excessive details follow...      ;-)
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
> Some readers may not be familiar with...:
>
>    D. J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold, I. P. Polonsky: SNOBOL, A
>      String Manipulation Language. jACM V.11 N.1: 21-30 (1964).
>
>    /* If you've access to an academic library, it's still worth reading.*/
>
>
> This seminal citation is given since the same David J. Farber will be on
> the radio. He is scheduled to be a guest on "The Personal Computer Show",
> on New York City's WBAI-FM, 99.5_MHz. This will be next Wednesday eve.
>
>
> /* A very short description of this program is at...:
>
>         Linkname:  The Personal Computer Show WBAI
>
>         URL:       http://www.pcradioshow.org
>                                                             ... */
>
>
>
> > > ---> WBAI-FM provides full-time streaming audio.
>
>        This program is 8-9pm _EST_, weekly.             <----<< time
>
>        The interview is Wed., Jan 31, 2001.             <----<< date
>
>        * The program _always_ takes listeners' calls,
>        * _including_ Internet phone calls: A rare shot!
>
>
> The streaming audio _link_ is on...:
>
>                      Linkname:  WBAI 99.5FM
>
>                      URL:       http://www.wbai.org/    <----<< URL
>
>
> Important notes:  1. You must be running _at_least_ RealPlayer version 7.0
>
>                   2. Be _sure_ to _pre-test_ WBAI _days_ in advance!
>                      Expect to diddle, before getting things to work OK,
>                      since many technical things at WBAI can be flakey.
>
>       N.B. ...:   3. The streaming provider, porus.com , has been known
>       ^^^^           to get _maxed-out_ on ports, preventing listening:
>
>                       Be _sure_ to attach _well_before_ 8pm_EST_.
>                       -
>                       This popular program is chatty, semi-technical,
>                       and has a _large_ worldwide audience: You're warned!
>
>
>                   4.  Consider taping the program, if possible.
>
>
>      Non-USA only:
>                   5. If you are outside of the USA and not sure about
>                      the correct time offset, WBBR-AM is _another_ NYC
>                      station. WBBR is all "news" and it _reliably_ streams
>                      its audio. It _also_ gives the _local_time_
>                      _frequently_. (So you don't tune in an hour late...)
>
>                      They stream at...:
>
>                           http://www.bloomberg.com/wbbr/live/live1.ram
>
>                      _If_ the default streaming speed will _not_ work for
>                      you, select the alternate from their audio page:
>
>                        Linkname: Bloomberg.com: Bloomberg Radio
>
>                        URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/radio/radio_pop.html
>
>                      Then, look for the options *_only_* at...:
>
>                        /\/\
>                         Launch Live Bloomberg Radio
>                         Breaking news 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
>                        \/\/
>
>                      /* The other WBBR feeds do *not* give local time. */
>
> - - - - - -
>
>
>
> Background...:
>
>   1. Most recently, David Farber has been the FCC's Chief_Technologist.
>      +
>      Please see this story and _its_links_, for his resume, etc. ...:
>
>       Linkname: FCC Names David Farber Chief Technologist, 1/5/00.
>
>       URL:      http://www.techlawjournal.com/telecom/20000107.htm
>
>
> !
> ! 2. There are many anecdotes about his hands-on technical prowess.
> !    +
>      For example, see this quite remarkable recollection, from c.'64...:
>
>        Linkname: Interesting People (199911): IP: 34 years ago!
>
>        URL:      http://www.interesting-people.org/199911/0013.html
>
>
>
>   3. His ``Farberisms'' are legend, with examples at...:
>
>        Linkname: Farberisms
>
>        URL:      http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber/farism.htm
>
>
>
>   4. A short resume is at...:
>
>        Linkname: Background -- David J. Farber
>
>        URL:      http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~cisfac/farber/farber.html
>
>
>
>   5. His homepage is at...:
>
>        Linkname: macpond
>
>        URL:      http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber/home.html
>
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Unfortunately, the following (fascinatingly prescient) article is not on
> the Web, at least not that I could find.  Readers with access to an
> academic library are referred to...:
>
>    The Convergence of Computing and Telecommunications Systems,
>       D.J. Farber and P. Baran, SCIENCE, vol. 195, pp.1166-1170, 1977.
>       --
>       Also published in #5 of the AAAS Science Compendia, 1978.
>
>
> Note: After c.1966, when David Farber left BTL for Rand, it would _seem_
>       that both Baran and Farber were at Rand. If so, it's likely that
>       they knew each other, interestingly fore-shadowing the above-cited
>       article. It might also go pretty far to answering _that_ question
>       of "Who really _did_ `invent the Internet'?"  ;-)
>
>
>
> /* A short `aside' on "P. Baran"...
>    +
>    "P. Baran" is Paul Baran, generally credited as the inventor of packet
>    switching, while he worked at Rand. See his early design overview, at:
>
>      Linkname: On Distributed Communications:
>                -
>                Introduction to Distributed Communications Network
>                -
>                MEMORANDUM  RM-3420-PR  AUGUST 1964
>
>      URL:      http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/RM3420/
>
>   ...and...
>
>      Linkname: On Distributed Communications:
>                -
>                Summary Overview
>                -
>                MEMORANDUM   RM-3767-PR   AUGUST 1964
>
>      URL:      http://www.rand.org/publications/RM/RM3767/
>
>    - -- - -- - -- -
>    Paul Baran has started numerous successful companies, including
>    highly-visible Metricom...:
>
>     Linkname:  Metricom - Home
>
>     URL:       http://www.metricom.com
>
>    Metricom's best-known product is likely "Ricochet". For readers --
>    probably not in the USA -- unfamiliar with it, Ricochet is described at
>    a link on the above URL...: IMHO, it is impressive!
>    +
>    Richochet is mentioned just to bring things _full-circle_:     <---<<
>
>       David Farber is a member of Metricom's technical advisory board.
>
>       For details, please see...:
>
>         Linkname: Metricom - Press Release May 30, 2000
>
>         URL:      http://www.metricom.com/news_events/   ...glue_onto...
>
>                   media_center/press_releases/2000/news000530.htm
>
>                                                                   ... */
>
> - - - - - - -
>
> With all this teasing:
>
>    I hope that many readers will listen to this interview,
>    with one of SNOBOL's original designers and developers.
>
> /\/\/\
>    [ At BTL he helped to create ] ... a popular computer language
>    called SNOBOL. It was so called because, as Farber tells it,
>    one day he blurted out in frustration that there wasn't
>    "a snowball's chance in hell" of finding a good name for it.
> \/\/\/
>                        -- http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber/philly.htm
>                           +
>                           Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 Sept 1996
> Mike
> -
> -
> And a 100KB pix of DJF, at `work'...:
>
>         http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber/peoscn.jpg
> -
> -
> Mike Radow  <--->  mradow () inx net



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