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Remembering 50 Years of (and Leading Up To) the Internet

Posted by timothy on from the let's-cut-them-some-slack-on-the-nomenclature dept.

katrina writes "Covering the infamous MafiaBoy bank hack, the launch of the first ever online newspaper — MIT's 'The Tech' — and Brewster Kahle developing the Internet Archive back in 1996, five decades of the most significant Internet developments, hacks, legal battles and innovations have been documented in a massive historical article on Cnet UK."

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  1. Worst Slashdot Editing EVAR by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The title of the article is "The 50 most significant moments of Internet history", the title of the Slashdot story? "Remembering 50 Years of (and Leading Up To) the Internet" .. whatever, the fuck, that means.

    Disgrace.

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  2. While digg makes the list ... by raxhonp · · Score: 5, Insightful

    .. Slashdot doesn't, not even in the 100 most significant moments. I don't get it.