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Internet still reshaping history


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:45:35 -0400



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From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>
Date: September 6, 2009 5:27:43 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Internet still reshaping history

David Farber wrote:
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>
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:

* A handful of engineers at UCLA send some data from one computer to another.

And what about that handful of guys in Cambridge?!

--
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra






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