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Google's 20-Year Usenet Timeline

Posted by timothy on from the immemorial dept.

theRG writes "Google just released its 20-Year Usenet Timeline. Among the highlights: First Mac rumor, first 'me too' post, Tim Berners-Lee's announcement of the Web, and Linus' announcement of Linux."

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  1. First "me too" post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ahem...

  2. Watch The Video - Al Gore says it - CRAZY by rm3friskerFTN · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Gore didn't make that claim; conservatives twisted Gore's words about his support for the creation of the Internet into that."

    At about time stamp 0:50 of the video from CNN's Wolf Blitzer March 9, 1999 Late Edition/PrimeTime interview with Al Gore you will watch Al Gore claim that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet"



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    - George Orwell (?)

    --

    I believe Juanita

  3. Re:Not irony, but a direct connection. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    CONGRATURATION!

    YOUR A FAGOT

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  4. Re:VT100 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If I wanted a browser with advertisements I would need to see a psychologist.

    If I wanted to pay for a browser I would need to see a psychologist.

    The internet is information, and information is free, so are means to access information. Opera is about extortion. "Pay us a registration fee or view advertisements." Screw Opera.