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Where Were You When PLATO Was Born?

Posted by kdawson on from the ask-socrates dept.

PLATO, cradle of so many firsts, was born 50 years ago. Next week the Computer History Museum is hosting a two-day conference to celebrate the anniversary. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie, who worked on PLATO as an undergraduate, will be one of the keynote speakers. Co-producer Brian Dear has put together a list of today's technology notables and what they were doing in 1973, the year that social computing suddenly blossomed on PLATO.

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  1. Re:WTF? I was in Sudan, but who cares? by Gaian-Orlanthii · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Amazing - because so was I! In fact, apart from trying to understand why these human-being-things (of which I was supposed to be one of) were actually the most stupid fuckers I had ever seen outside of the zoo, I was looking forward to my ninth birthday party.

  2. Re:So, What Is PLATO? by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That doesn't mean you need to kiss our ass or anything, but some people around here really need to understand that the world did not start when they were born.

    We so understand, dude. The sheer horror of seeding a torrent over those mythical 300 baud channels... that, and Hitler. I sure am glad I wasn't born back then, it must have been hell to live in. ~