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30th Birthday of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the celebrate-good-times-(come-on!) dept.

Dymaxion writes "September 2nd is officially the 30th birthday of the Internet, being the day that the first packets were sent between the Sigma 7 mainframe that was the first internet node and its Honeywell based IMP (Internet Message Processor) at UCLA. There is a party at UCLA to celebrate the event, and although the deadline for RSVP's is over for that party, go ahead and throw your own. "

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  1. Thanks Al Gore! by joshv · · Score: 4

    I betcha he is celebrating too - he was in it from the very beginning. Hat's off Al!

  2. Citizens of the Net by QuantumG · · Score: 4

    Yep, it's that time again. We're all perhaps the closest thing to a world citizen that has ever existed. More so than those jetsetting punks who just subscribe to the philosophy to avoid visas, we all exist in a society that stretches around the world. And we have existed in this society, without government or authority, for 30 years. Lets not let the corporations ruin that.

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    How we know is more important than what we know.