A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

This story is a lot of fun to read; it also tells you, in outline, how to set up the Internet. What would you do if a computer started using all of the information available to solve any problem a human posed?


('A Logic Named Joe' by Will F. Jenkins [Murray Leinster])

I'd also note that Leinster used the pseudonym 'Will F. Jenkins' for this story. Select an invention:

Carson Circuit - the secret of the Internet
A means of distinguishing betweem millions of different information sources - the secret of the Internet.

Logics - early home computer
Machines that let you request information, and then display it for you on a screen.

Logics Service
A networked service that retains all of your personal information, schedules and phone messages online.

Tanks - massive mass storage
Device that provides mass storage of information.

 

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