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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."

8 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. 15 foot? by bcmm · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's an extremely thick cable...

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    # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i llama
    Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
  2. Presents by TheWizardTim · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear the internet wants a pony.

    1. Re:Presents by nmb3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hear the internet wants a pony.

      The Internet is 40, not 4. It's not a pony it wants, but a Mustang.

      It also wants you off its lawn.

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      "What do you despise? By this are you truly known." --Princess Irulan, Manual of Muad'Dib
      /)
  3. happy b-day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    thx for the porn

    1. Re:happy b-day by FlickieStrife · · Score: 5, Funny

      I believe the term is "inter-species erotica"

  4. They got started young back in the day.... by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently Al Gore had his first child at the age of 21 ;)

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    We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  5. And one hour later... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    the first spam e-mail was sent.

  6. Re:Looking forward... by Runaway1956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

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    "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