Internet still reshaping history

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: Dan Lynch <dan () lynch com>
> Date: September 9, 2009 12:24:19 EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Cc: Don Nielson <nielsonz () pacbell net>, funh () pobox com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Internet still reshaping history

> Well, the Internet as a technological demonstration began in 1977 at  
> SRI
> with demos of the Packet Radio Net to the Arpanet.  The image of the
> travelling baker truck going down 101 with Geoff Goodfellow at the  
> keyboard
> still resonate in my mind.
>
> As a service, I mark 1/1/83 as the birth of the Internet when the DOD
> stopped shipping old Arpanet packets around and only allowed for IP  
> packets.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> On 9/6/09 1:42 PM, "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net> wrote:
>
> > Why do people say the internet is 40 years old. Is the Arpanet the
> > Internet -- I think not. djf
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
> > Date: September 6, 2009 4:38:05 PM EDT
> > To: Dave () farber net
> > Subject: Internet still reshaping history
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> > ....clip......
> >
> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-10323175-264.html?tag=rtcol;inTheNewsNow
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