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The Internet in 1969
« on: December 04, 2024, 11:23:12 AM »
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2024, 12:05:29 PM »
Technically, you could say the telegraph was a form of the internet.  It was just analog and manually transmitted. 
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2024, 12:09:40 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on December 04, 2024, 12:05:29 PM
Technically, you could say the telegraph was a form of the internet.  It was just analog and manually transmitted. 

I'm going to assume you're referring to this book: https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth-line/dp/162040592X

I bought it a couple of years ago and found it to be absolutely fascinating.
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2024, 12:11:10 PM »
This aged well



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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2024, 10:35:16 PM »
Quote from: K Frame on December 04, 2024, 12:09:40 PM
I'm going to assume you're referring to this book: https://www.amazon.com/Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth-line/dp/162040592X

I bought it a couple of years ago and found it to be absolutely fascinating.
Never heard of it.
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2024, 07:01:01 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on December 04, 2024, 10:35:16 PM
Never heard of it.

Then I suggest ordering it and giving it a read.
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2024, 09:26:56 AM »
Does the book give Al Gore proper credit for inventing the Internet?
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2024, 07:56:42 AM »
Quote from: HankB on December 05, 2024, 09:26:56 AM
Does the book give Al Gore proper credit for inventing the Internet?

Nah, at the time the book was written his Mom was singing him union songs that wouldn't be written for another 30 years.
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2024, 08:06:31 AM »
Quote from: HankB on December 05, 2024, 09:26:56 AM
Does the book give Al Gore proper credit for inventing the Internet?

You freaking white devils.


Revisionist history clearly shows that the internet was invented by a half black half hispanic half native American transgender non-binary person of purple haired identity.
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Re: The Internet in 1969
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2024, 08:16:01 AM »
Quote from: Ben on December 06, 2024, 08:06:31 AM
You freaking white devils.


Revisionist history clearly shows that the internet was invented by a half black half hispanic half native American transgender non-binary person of purple haired identity.

Then Columbus came along and stole it
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