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The Internet turned 40-ish this week! Wow! It seems like a long time ago we had to know URLs to get anywhere!
At 40, the Internet still reshaping history
by Stephen Shankland
At the time, it would have been hard to predict which of these events 40 years ago would prove to be most momentous:
? Humans step out of a spaceship and walk on the moon.
? The Woodstock concert becomes a seminal cultural moment for the baby-boomer generation.
? A New York City police raid leads to the Stonewall riots and modern gay-rights movement.
? A handful of engineers at UCLA send some data from one computer to another.
You may disagree, but in my opinion, it's the last of the list: four decades ago today, the Internet was born.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say some important seeds of the Internet sprouted with that data transfer on September 2, 1969. There's plenty of debate about when the Internet was actually born, but one thing is certain: it's been a constant work in progress.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10323175-264.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow
At 40, the Internet still reshaping history
by Stephen Shankland
At the time, it would have been hard to predict which of these events 40 years ago would prove to be most momentous:
? Humans step out of a spaceship and walk on the moon.
? The Woodstock concert becomes a seminal cultural moment for the baby-boomer generation.
? A New York City police raid leads to the Stonewall riots and modern gay-rights movement.
? A handful of engineers at UCLA send some data from one computer to another.
You may disagree, but in my opinion, it's the last of the list: four decades ago today, the Internet was born.
Actually, it would be more accurate to say some important seeds of the Internet sprouted with that data transfer on September 2, 1969. There's plenty of debate about when the Internet was actually born, but one thing is certain: it's been a constant work in progress.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10323175-264.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow
It will go down for anyone!