Internet still reshaping history

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: John Shoch <shoch () alloyventures com>
> Date: September 9, 2009 20:02:26 EDT
> To: dave () farber net, ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Cc: John Shoch <shoch () alloyventures com>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Internet still reshaping history

> I continue to be surprised by how frequently this canard is asserted.
>
> My usual response:  "If you believe the Internet began with the  
> Arpanet, then you must believe that television began with  
> Marconi......"
>
> John Shoch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farber [mailto:Dave () farber net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 1:43 PM
> To: ip
> Subject: [IP] Internet still reshaping history
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> Why do people say the internet is 40 years old. Is the Arpanet the
> Internet -- I think not. djf
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> From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> Date: September 6, 2009 4:38:05 PM EDT
> To: Dave () farber net
> Subject: Internet still reshaping history
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> 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.
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> You may disagree, but in my opinion, it's the last of the list: four
> decades ago today, the Internet was born.
> ....clip......
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10323175-264.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow
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