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The 20th Anniversary of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-who's-counting dept.

Ross Finlayson writes "In a message posted to the IETF general mailing list, Bob Braden reminds us that, on January 1st, 2003, 20 years will have passed since "the most logical date of origin of the Internet [...] when the ARPANET officially switched from the NCP protocol to TCP/IP". And the rest is history..."

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  1. Filk inspiration! by KC7GR · · Score: 5, Funny

    I just can't resist. Remember what you all need to sing at midnight in your respective time zone...

    Should older packets become dumped
    and never brought online,
    Let newer packets take their place
    on all our T-1 lines!

    (I wonder if my older karma will be forgotten?)

    --

    Bruce Lane, KC7GR,

    Blue Feather Technologies

  2. Re:January 2nd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Synapse in Rob Malda's head fired, marking the beginnings of what would become Slashdot.

    Jan 1, 2003: The second synpapse in Rob Malda's head fired, resulting in a duplicate article.