While the LG Prada is the first multitouch capacitive screen phone to be released a full year before the iPhone in 2006, it was still a feature phone while the iPhone promised to be a full fledged smartphone. People tend to forget how intertwined things were in Silicon Valley at the time not to...
You are correct Jordan was not a member of CENTO and among the initial founders of the Arab League. With that said Jordan at the time was still less antagonistic then the rest of the Arab League and desired a balance of power in the region that in many ways tacitly included the west as well as...
But would that be offset by any benefits in network infrastructure such as more ubiquitous broadband in the US earlier by having a major telecom company playing a more active role in shaping the early internet? If everything went OTL with the breakup of the Bell System I can't see AT&T...
In my opinion the United States with President Eisenhower and Soviet Union with Premier Khrushchev would probably put pressure on all sides going up to imposing a total arms embargo on the Mediterranean and Red Sea as neither would want the entire area to become a tinderbox right after they...
While that is true one cannot say for certain that AT&T would completely corner the digital network market exactly like they did with POTs in spite all of their muscle. While I do agree that AT&T at first would be reluctant to offer commercial services catering to small businesses and...
Upon further research I found AT&T offers an existing service called ACS to governments. I do not think its related to aforementioned project as it stands for Audio Conferencing Service and they probably just wanted a way to formally trademark the acronym. However, it was co-developed with a...
I came across an interesting article from someone who claimed to work on a project starting in the early 1980s that was essentially a scalable, firmware upgradable network dedicated to carrying digital data called ACS (Advanced Communication System) link to Part 1 of 8 can be found here. If you...
If the Soviets took any more Chinese territory, as at the time they recognized it as such under previous international law established by the former League of Nations which they upheld unlike in Europe, Stalin would be facing a conundrum over whether to bolster the Kuomintang which they were...
It wasn't only pride
In spite of the Communist takeover of the Chinese mainland Chiang's RoC was still considered the legitimate government in exile to a lot of influential nations and as such maintained a seat on the UN Security Counsel until 1971 when Resolution 2758 was passed. This gave...
As much as I have doubts about family and upbringing always playing such a strong roll completely determining an individual's outlook. I do not see it and the events going on at the time as mutually exclusive. The Mapai-Labor coalition was waning in influence due to economic and social as well...
Not the Man but the Mission
The fact that the state of Israel had to take such a high risk operation such as Entebe to begin with is one of the key factors that influences Benjamin Netanyahu to join Likud. Also Israeli politics is very fluid when it comes to party lines and principles so it...
Yonatai in Politics?
Much like the late Moshe Dayan I don't see a principled man such as Yonatai Netanyu getting sullied in Israel's parliamentary politics. I am not saying his younger brother is worse but possessing more of the education, abilities and willing to give in order to focus on the...
The Falcon Rises Again
Let me first state it's nice to see your TL up and going along its dystopic course. No stone seems to be left unturned in the wave of destruction rocking the former US from Philadelphia to Atlanta and San Jose.
Could the Japanese army humiliating defeats North America...
Didn't want to start a debate but...
It shows that you 'Agreed' to a post that claims that the Axis look more like the good guys. Whether you want to claim that through the Axis policy is less focused on genocidal atrocities (ethnic cleansing aside) or whether the Entente is acting more...
It was an evolution
As far as I know throughout history most English structures had a tall vaulted roof with trusses. This helped keep ventilation as medieval Europe was actually going through a warm period. These places were in no way two floor structures but quite a few probably had...