Happy Birthday to the Internet!
Happy Birthday to the Internet!
Today the Internet turns 40. Before we get into the details of all that this wondrous creation has brought us, let's look back to where it all began.
Around forty years ago, UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock and his colleagues were working on a project funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency, a program of the U.S. Department of Defense. The project was called ARPANET, and it was a network comprised of four nodes with terminals in UCLA, Stanford, the University of California-Santa Barbara and the University of Utah.
On October 29, 1969, a message was successfully sent from the terminal in UCLA to the terminal in Stanford. Although the system initially crashed, another attempt was successful and here we are, forty years later, with our bottomless pit o' porn and Viagra that is the World Wide Web. Group hug!
So, let's raise a glass to the Internet. You've grown from that oh-so-primitive network to something that can pay my bills, feed my cat, buy my shoes and feed all of my tech-related habits. Is there anything it can't do?
What impact has the Internet had on your life? Let us know in the comments below!
Now, where should I send this horrible, singing, ecard ...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (worthy of all caps!)
My dad turns 40 today to, he's more a dial-up connection now though.
Is it just me or is the picture a bit off-topic?
it's just you.
A picture of Al Gore would have been better
How has the internet affected my life? Well obviously there is porn on demand. And I can acquire many of my favourite things through it (besides the porn). I am also now in constant contact with all the people I've tried to ignore over the past couple of decades too, which is awesome. And you can get porn on demand.
Basically, as a knowledge sponge, the web is the most invaluable tool at my disposal.
Happy birthday internet.
I love the picture. It can't be more on topic.
The internet has helped me become a hunchback and a recluse. YAY!!
is the walrus now 40?
happy birthday internet what would I do without you>> seriously what would I do without internet since I work at an ISP
40 years old.... wow.
If it wasnt for the internet, we would not have been privileged with the plethora of internet inspired creative works... top of the pile must be the World of Warcraft expisode of southpark... nothing has made me laff so much! :-)
I do have a theory that the internet was created not by the American Government, but the credit card companies.... all the motives are there lol.