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This new thing called internet
« on: April 18, 2010, 06:22:14 PM »
Came across this interesting video on twitter. It's one of the first news reports explaining the internet. Amazing how it worked in dos! My how we have grown!

http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/04/17/news-reports-called-internet-video/
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Re: This new thing called internet
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 06:43:50 PM »
I *heart* Peter Mansbridge! That's the CBC!  :D
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 06:51:00 PM »
Yes, you Canajuns (as we lovingly refer to you in my family. :) ) were WAY ahead of the curve. It's a really neat video!
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Re: This new thing called internet
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010, 03:05:19 PM »
Wow. It's pretty amazing how far things have come!  :D
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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2010, 03:20:14 PM »
I think this was on the "Paleo Future" blog:

The Internet in 1969

It's funny how accurate they got it, but in a weirdly wrong way.
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Re: This new thing called internet
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2010, 05:34:40 PM »
I love it!
2:20 where he talks about how there isn't a lot of Cussing, or other bad things on this Internet.  Where did that internet go.
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