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Happy Birthday, Internet!

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-a-kid-anymore dept.

NobodyExpects writes "I'd like to wish a happy birthday to the Internet! Today marks its 40th birthday! In fall 1969, computers sending data between two California universities set the stage for the Internet, which became a household word in the 1990s. On September 2nd 1969, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, two computers passed test data through a 15-foot gray cable. Stanford Research Institute joined the fledgling ARPANET network a month later; UC Santa Barbara and the University of Utah joined by years end, and the internet was born."

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  1. Re:Looking forward... Al Gore by screenbert · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Al Gore was just getting his doctorate... Maybe his thesis was entitled "How to take credit for great ideas". BTW di I mention I helped Al gore invent the internet?

  2. Re:They got started young back in the day.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yes, a wingnut. because if you're not a goose stepping democrat you're automatically a republican or a right winger.

    take the blinders off!

    no wonder people hate assholes like you.