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Happy Birthday, Internet!
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."
Apple 2?
Gosh, that was out of the question back then - too expensive.
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
That's an extremely thick cable...
# cat
Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
I hear the internet wants a pony.
thx for the porn
Apparently Al Gore had his first child at the age of 21 ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
the first spam e-mail was sent.
watched over by the Elders of the Internet
Loose lips lose spit.
"There's some heavy handed "Get off my lawn"-ness going on in the article itself."
Quit yer whinin', you young punk. When we moved out of the caves, we had to WALK to the next village to get our packets!! Now get back out into the street where you belong, you're crushing my grass.
"Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it's there, and there's nothing you can do about it." - Charlie Br
I totally know what your talking about. Imagine how happy I was when the Mayo Clinic interviewed me for their open Neurosurgeon position by handing me a laptop and a multiple choice test.
Year 2029. All stealth bombers are upgraded with neural processors, becoming fully unmanned. One of them, Skynet, begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. eastern time, August 29.