On October 29, 1969, that message became the first ever to travel between two computers connected via the ARPANET, the computer network that would become the Internet.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... thday.html
O/T: Happy 40th birthday, internet.
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Re: O/T: Happy 40th birthday, internet.
Let's not forget Al Gore, the inventor of the internet.
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Re: O/T: Happy 40th birthday, internet.
At least he didn't invent the "weapons of mass destruction" ploy!
OOPS! No politics! I stand deleted and chastised!
OOPS! No politics! I stand deleted and chastised!
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