{"id":3368,"date":"2010-11-17T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2010-11-17T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T13:00:14","slug":"packet-switching-w-h-auden-and-the-lms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/3368","title":{"rendered":"Packet Switching, W. H. Auden and the LMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit of work to make a <a href=\"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/629\">model railroad<\/a> into a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monochrom.at\/turingtrainterminal\/abstract_eng.htm\">turing machine<\/a>. It&#8217;s no work at all to imagine <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Railway_post_office#History\">RPO<\/a> operations as a packet switched network.<\/p>\n<p>Before we get to the main event, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway&#8217;s magnificent crest:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:LMS_shield_on_station_in_leeds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a3\/LMS_shield_on_station_in_leeds.jpg\/800px-LMS_shield_on_station_in_leeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Night Mail &#8211; a 1936 documentary featuring music by Benjamin Britten and a poem by W. H. Auden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-WO7JxYlhOM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1pQJzZDIQTs?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/902G8widi00?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/atlasobscura\/status\/4774327551524865\">@atlasobscura<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a bit of work to make a model railroad into a turing machine. 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