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10 Years of the World Wide Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the waiting-for-godot dept.

NCSA Mosaic was first released ten years ago today (oh, I guess you could mark time from the 1.0 release, but who's counting), marking the first milestone in the evolution of the graphical World Wide Web. HTTP was originally developed between 1989-1991, but didn't take off until there was a useful browser which could display inline images. You can still download old versions of Mosaic from browsers.evolt.org. So, all you folks who think you have a real handle on technological progress: what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?

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  1. Obviously plagarized by unterderbrucke · · Score: 0, Funny

    How did he get first post rights and manage to download, install, and review software in less than a minute?

  2. MOSAIC! by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Man, I remember back in 1993 I was a sophomore in college. My FIRST experience with the web was Mosaic on a DECstation. I was telling people, this sh*t is way cool...

    Then...it got MUCH better...

    I found p0rn.... ;)

    1. Re:MOSAIC! by pi+radians · · Score: 5, Funny

      My first was using Lynx through telnet to a local community college... ... the porn sucked.

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    2. Re:MOSAIC! by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 2, Funny

      yup, much porn involves sucking.

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  3. Web browsing in 2013 by freeze128 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will take forever for the 3d holograms to load over a broadband cable connection. Also, the psychic popup ads will be a real pain....

    1. Re:Web browsing in 2013 by cindik · · Score: 4, Funny

      It will take forever for the 3d holograms to load over a broadband cable connection.

      Well, sure, if you're still using that lousy broadband cable connection. What kind of ancient equipment would you be using? Everyone will be on fiber by then, Luddite!


      Also, the psychic popup ads will be a real pain....

      Nah, you won't even notice them. You'll be programmed to not notice them.

      In fact, you never read this message.

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  4. in stead of it being all porno by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 4, Funny

    itll be all programs for downloading and creating your very own woman using your biowheel printer.

    Ok, a man can dream, cant he?

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  5. It will look... by 1984 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...new fangled and silly. I was 18 when I started using Mosaic at University, and thus it was hip and happening. But now it's all bells and whistles, and everyone went and got themselves in a big damned hurry. And youngsters these days, well...

  6. Look like? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ha! In ten years the internet will be wireless signals broadcast directly into your brain, stimulating your various senses. It will be, "have you 'felt' this site?" Go Porn industry!

  7. For 2013? by electro_mike · · Score: 2, Funny

    By the way things are going the internet will probably be 80% porn movies and pics, and 19% 3d porn.

  8. Re:And then... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 4, Funny

    Er, you mean , right?

    Doesn't work in IE, works in Moz though...

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  9. 2013 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We'll still be using the web to find out the release date for "Duke Nukem Forever".
    • [ ] First Post
    • [ ] Use Linux.
    • [ ] Get a degree.
    • [ ] 3: Profit!!
    • [ ] There's no jobs
    • [x] Duke Nukem Forever reference
    • [ ] In Soviet Russia...

    Gimme karma, bitches.

  10. In the year 2000� by scotay · · Score: 3, Funny

    In 2013, webservers will have become conscious and slashdotting will be considered the worst act of cruelty by PETA.

  11. YAY!!! by LooseChanj · · Score: 2, Funny

    The pornograph is 10 years old! And I think we all know how to celebrate. ;-)

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  12. In 10 years ... by Paul+Lamere · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope that someone realizes that using "www" with 9 syllables is a silly way to abbreviate "world wide web" with 3.

    1. Re:In 10 years ... by Doomrat · · Score: 1, Funny

      How about Dubya Dubya Dubya?

    2. Re:In 10 years ... by MissMyNewton · · Score: 2, Funny

      That constitutes a *troll*? That's exactly how I say it cause I'm lazy!

      A troll would be:

      In French, it's pronounced "we surrender" "we surrender" "we surrender"

      Now THAT'S a troll!

      C'mon mods, get with it!

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    3. Re:In 10 years ... by FireballFreddy · · Score: 2, Funny

      That ain't a troll, it's Funny +1. Unless you're French and have no sense of humor, in which case it's Le Troll -0. Zero because the French never use force to change a situation. ;)

      And here come the mods! *ducks*

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  13. ooooohh! I know! I know! by chunkwhite86 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, all you folks who think you have a real handle on technological progress: what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?

    It will look like CowboyNeal!!

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  14. Re:I remember this... by Archbishop · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's still mostly devoid of content :-)

  15. Re:10 years... So similiar... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    lynx (my girlfriend's browser of choice)
    Lynx is easy on the hand, I agree.
    Only when we're desperate do we resort to Opera.
    It's what graphical browsing was invented for.
  16. Re:10 years... So similiar... by bashibazouk · · Score: 5, Funny
    In other words, in 10 years we've gone from functional to annoying.

    That's progress for you.

  17. The future will look like... by jackjumper · · Score: 2, Funny

    this

    Be afraid...

  18. In the year 2013... by saintan · · Score: 2, Funny

    the world wide web will browse YOU!

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  19. What's a "browser"? by liquidsin · · Score: 2, Funny

    [sinner@localhost sinner]$ telnet slashdot.org 80
    Trying 66.35.250.150...
    Connected to slashdot.org.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    GET / HTTP/1.0

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  20. While reading your emails... by leeet · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This email brought to you by Ford. Have you flown a Ford lately?"

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  21. Re:2013 by flippet · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and pop-ups will be sales men who literally pop up.

    Hey, that'd be great! It would be like whack-a-mole with salespeople... pop-up stoppers would no longer come from websites but hardware stores...

    Phil

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  22. Re:nongraphical too by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    When I started using the Web, I had to telnet to a server at CERN (from Japan, no less) just to run Lynx.

    You had it lucky. Where I was stationed, we didn't have any newfangled interactive terminals. We had to punch our URLs onto cards and mail them to headquarters, then wait weeks for the next supply drop to bring our web page printouts and beef jerkey.

  23. Is it really all that surprising? by fwoomer · · Score: 2, Funny

    HTTP was originally developed between 1989-1991, but didn't take off until there was a useful browser which could display inline images.

    Well, DUH. ASCII porn isn't NEARLY as cool as the full-color stuff.

  24. Re:Ahh, I remember the begining.... by MSBob · · Score: 2, Funny
    since i was so young, i really didn't know or need to know about the cool thing it could potentially do.

    ...And then you hit puberty!

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  25. Long term pronunciation change? by Celandro · · Score: 4, Funny

    The english language is not static. It can, will and some would say, MUST change based on usage. Language is meant to communicate quickly and clearly. When a certain letter 'double you' is said outloud over and over, it will get abreviated.

    The real question is wether the prounciation of the letter will change in common usage. As noted elsewhere, 'w' is the only 3 syllable letter in the english language, all others are single syllable. In fact all other letters are pronounced as vowel-consonent or consonent-vowel. Since 'you' is already a letter, and w's now look more like double v's than double u's, my guess is that 'dub' and eventually 'duh' will replace 'double you' in the long term. The advent of the 9 syllable 3 letter acronym as a catalyst for this change in pronunciation can bee seen already.

    So my prediction for 10 years from now? The whole world changes to a environmentalist green paradise with no machines or computers or internet. The only lasting remains? The pronunciation of the letter 'w' in the english language has changed to 'duh'. This is to remind us all how stupid the dot-com boom was.