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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."

2 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. hey faggots! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    why don't you go suck another faggot cock or eat the shit out of the ass of another man? fucking scums.

    kdawson can go fuck himself too.

  2. Al Gore... by bintech · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ohhhhh! So THAT'S where Al Gore was on September 2nd 1969. [sic] Now it all makes sense being that he was the brainy type, that he is also a key figure in leading us to salvation on Global Warming with the 'Inconvinient Truth'. Everyone, quick to the cap'n'trademobile. (na na na na na na na na Goreman!)

    Oh, ahem, btw Happy Birthday Internet!