Twenty-five years ago today, the world's first webcam was switched off. The 128x128 grayscale feed predated the World Wide Web and was originally set up to monitor a coffee pot at the University of Cambridge, allowing staff to check whether there was coffee before making the trip.
8 Comments
The_v@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 10d
It all started with a top notch intranet and has gone downhill from there.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 10d
A little sad, tbh.
Doesn't give a reason for the switch-off, also not on the cam webpage about the switch-off event:
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/qsf/switchoff.html
MML@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 10d
Idk if a "webcam" can predate the web...
SmoothOperator@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 10d
It predates the World Wide Web, which is a specific protocol.
ReptilianCleric@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 10d
No, http(s) is a protocol. The Web is not.
SmoothOperator@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 10d
Fair, I was being imprecise. The world wide web is a specific network.
mappe@moplemmy.fyi · 2 pts · 10d
Methinks the point they were making was calling it a webcam before the web existed. It's a point of pedantry I can respect.
SmoothOperator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 10d
There were webs before the world wide web. They just weren't as wide as the world. And we're probably just called networks.