Happy 35th birthday, RFC 1!

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday April 7, 2004 @04:14AM from the now-thats-an-anniversary dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On April 7th, 1969, the first ever RFC was published, describing the networking technology behind the then-nascent ARPAnet. In the intervening 35 years, networking technology has come a long way, but it brings perspective to the modern Internet to reflect on how it all began."

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Remember... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 04:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

When its hot outside, and your hemmoroids are even
hotter, just look to the cool relief of Preparation-H
to get you on your way.
Re:First RFC ! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 04:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Oops... I failed to fail... :)
aPPLE HOMOSEXUALS - JOIN THE CLUB! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 04:18 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hey HOMOSEXUALS all over the world! Join the aPPLE computer club now !!

Club theme song is YMCA by the VILLAGE PEOPLE! Young man, join now!
Happy bday! by Allowee · 2004-04-07 04:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Happy 35th birthday, RFC 1!!!!!

should I also post my birthday on slashdot ?
thats going to be fun if everybody posted birthday...
Why... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is it that we are obsessed with preserving the lives of the most brutal criminals, and equally obsessed with destroying the unborn who have committed no wrong save appearing at an inopportune time in their parents' lives? What kind of preverse world have we created for ourselves?
Re:Strange by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 04:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Our u teh poop?
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Screw the RFC, by cheeseguy · 2004-04-07 05:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

today's my birthday! Happy birthday to me!
Another anniversary today by saforrest · 2004-04-07 05:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic

It's rather depressing to see Slashdot care so much about the 35th anniversary of an obscure technical document, and apparently not at all about the 10-year anniversary of the beginning of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

This may not be news for nerds, but it is stuff that matters.

I can't blame /. too much, because I didn't submit an article. But I can feel depressed now by the utter lack of mention of it.

But no matter. Let's forget those dark troubling thoughts, and celebrate the 40th birthday of the IBM/360!
Proud by thebus · 2004-04-07 05:08 · Score: 0, Offtopic

The Colonel would be so proud.
Re:Wow, creation story of the internet by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-07 05:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Stop preaching your creation stories around here. I only believe in evolution.
I remember when... by swordgeek · 2004-04-07 12:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh, wait. No I don't.

carry on.

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