An Australian scientist named John O'Sullivan was trying to detect exploding mini-black holes, each the size of an atomic particle.
he failed.
But the math he built to find them a way to pick out tiny, blurry signals buried in noise from across the universe turned out to be exactly what you need to send wireless data through a room full of walls and furniture.
The problem of finding a black hole and the problem of connecting your laptop to the internet are apparently the same problem.
He patented it in 1992. Then again, in the US in 1996.
Apple, Microsoft, Intel, AT&T, and basically every tech company on earth fought the patent for years. they lost. every single one.
CSIRO, an Australian government science agency, collected over $1 billion in royalties from Silicon Valley.
an Australian government lab. accidentally. while looking at space.
beat every major tech company in the world to the invention that runs the internet.
The WiFi you're using right now exists because someone pointed a radio telescope at a black hole that wasn't there.
@_mardial_ Padahal dulu pas lagunya rilis, gw suka banget ama ini lagu sebelum ada versi 02 nya. Kaget pas tau tbtb ada versi ok gas ok gas nya anjir lgsg mual dengerinnya
… tapi somehow gw masih bisa buka shopee dan berhasil ngabarin ke kurir2nya. istg, gw ga punya kuota, bhkn gw mau ngirim whatsapp aja ga bisa. gw sampe bolak balik app xl buat mastiin tapi ya bingung jg kenapa bisa, pdhal xl kikir bet.
keknya minggu lalu dah, gw gada kuota dan ngandelin wifi kantor. kejadiannya pas gw balik jdi udh naek ojol. waktu gw di jalan gw baru sadar ada dua paket kurir instan yg hrusnya lagi otw nganter dan gw belum ngabarin. gw udh panik krena gw sendiri ga ada pulsa buat isi kuota…
The Indonesian greeting featured in A24’s ‘Backrooms’ is the same recording included on NASA’s ‘The Golden Record’ which was launched into space in 1977.
@scudder_9 Asli cringe banget.
Banyak orang ga sadar Bahasa Indonesia itu kurang cocok di rap karena jumlah suku katanya dominan lebih dari 1, kalimat jadi lebih panjang, kurang masuk ke ritmik cepat rap, maknanya telat sampe. Kalo pake kalimat pendek maknanya akan terlalu ringan.