==== First Words ====

(via [[http://interconnected.org/home/2020/10/12/first_words|genmon]])

  * The [[http://interconnected.org/notes/2006/02/scifi/?p=23|first words sent by tachygraphe]] (optical telegraph, or Chappe telegraph), by Claude Chappe, 1791: **"If you succeed, you will bask in glory."**
  * The [[http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/reform/jb_reform_morsecod_1.html|first words sent by electrical telegraph]], by Samuel Morse, 1844: **"What hath God wrought!"** -- however, this was the first telegraph using the repeater system. The actual first message, on the demonstration system, was sent with no repeaters, for just 2 miles, and was //received// by Samuel Morse but was //sent// [[https://www.inventionandtech.com/landmark_landing/80518|by Alfred Vail in 1838]]: **"A patient waiter is no loser."**
  * The [[https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0404/digitize.html|first words spoken on the telephone]], by Alexander Graham Bell, 1876: **"Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you."**
  * The [[https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-first-message-transmission|first characters sent on ARPANET]], the predecessor to the internet, by Charley Kline, 1969: **"lo"** for “login,” but it crashed.
  * The [[https://www.npr.org/2017/12/04/568393428/the-first-text-messages-celebrates-25-years|first
words sent by text message (SMS)]], by Neil Papworth, 1992: **"merry Christmas"**
  * Here's a good one, from [[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12784072|this BBC article on various first words]]. The first words spoken on YouTube, 2005: **"Alright, so here we are in front of the elephants."**
  * Related: [[https://spacearchaeology.org/?p=319|fictional first words spoken on Mars]], a list. The one I always remember is from //Red Mars// by Kim Stanley Robinson, the words of John Boone, 2020: **"Well, here we are."**