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2006-08-03 23:25:55 · 6 answers · asked by kenhallonthenet 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
OK someone did get it right!!! Well done to them. the answer was, the webcam was invented so some computer geeks could get a cup of coffee!
2006-08-03 23:44:04 · update #1
Don't know myself but i found this...
Started in 1991, the first webcam was pointed at the Trojan room coffee pot in the computer science department of Cambridge University. This webcam is now defunct, as it was finally switched off on 22 August 2001. The final image captured by the camera can still be viewed at the webcam's homepage
The Trojan room coffee pot was the inspiration for the world's first webcam. The coffee pot was located in the Trojan Room, within the old Computer Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. The webcam was created to help people working in other parts of the building avoid pointless trips to the coffee room by providing a live picture of the state of the coffee pot. The camera was installed on a local network in 1991 using a video capture card on an Acorn Archimedes. Employing the X Window System protocol, Quentin Stafford-Fraser wrote the client software and Paul Jardetzky wrote the server.
2006-08-03 23:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by Carrie 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sorry folks but that was the first webcam. To think that was the innocent birth of a brand new perv revolution...
2006-08-04 06:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by John K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't know, your just laughing as we struggle to conjure up an answer.
I think they were invented so we could see people as well as talk. It provides more emotion.
2006-08-04 06:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by chapers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fascinating stuff, but whats yer question dude?
2006-08-04 06:32:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mountaineer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody *has* gotten it right.
2006-08-04 06:37:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
did i get it right?
2006-08-06 04:28:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋