History of the First Internet 396
U96 writes "Ever since the Gore claim to have "invented" the internet, its history has been the subject of misinformation and ridicule. The Institue of Internet History contains an accurate, in-depth examination of the early industrial origins of the internet. An interesting read..."
Poor Al (Score:3, Funny)
When will Republicans stop picking on this man?
Don't forget (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Slashdotted Already? (Score:1, Funny)
One internet? That's nothing! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Slashdotted Already? (Score:2, Funny)
It seems (Score:5, Funny)
Very realistic (Score:5, Funny)
This Institute of Internet History (IOIH) is dedicated to the recording and documenting the history of the Internet...
Click here to start the journey...
Right now it is loading about as fast as a BBS login screen downloading at 300baud to a paper terminal. Talk about a realistic tour of the beginnings of the internet!
In our days (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In our days (Score:3, Funny)
In our days we used smoke signal .....
But only with a pure ALOHA protocol!
Re:Poor Al (Score:2, Funny)
Milestone! (Score:2, Funny)
BTW, the REAL history of the internet is in the Google Cache! I wonder if a fella could make a career out of perusing THAT?
Re:One internet? That's nothing! (Score:4, Funny)
I have a family member who worked for the defense contractor CSC for many years. Over lunch one day, he told me that there are at least five "global Internets" that he knows of.. and how the govt gave the worst one to the public to play with. He went on to describe how they have separate military and public computer and phone networks wired into the building and to each person's desk. And never the two shall meet. They call it the "dark side" and the "light side". I asked him what would happen if an email intended for the "light side" ever ended up in his "dark side" inbox. He replied that guys in dark sunglasses would probably be there a few minutes later.
I saw their kerberos keyserver.. he had to go through three swipe card doors to get back there, and I couldn't get within five feet of the console.
Re:how terrible (Score:1, Funny)
You must be new here.
Re:how terrible (Score:3, Funny)