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The first-ever web page is still up at its original URL
Cern — Usenet ^ | August 6, 1991 | Tim Berners-Lee

Posted on 11/07/2015 8:22:46 PM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Swordmaker

Fun to walk down memory lane


21 posted on 11/07/2015 8:42:57 PM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: FourPeas

Memory Lane is depressing. I prefer Mammary Lane.


22 posted on 11/07/2015 8:44:10 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Swordmaker

Of course, the Internet existed before this first WWW page. The web and the internet are not the same thing. The web was what turned into the internet something useful to the general public. Much of the internet use prior to the Web involved transferring large data files between researchers via ftp. Usenet fora could also be accessed via the Internet.

That was my first experience with the Internet.


23 posted on 11/07/2015 8:47:20 PM PST by centurion316 (,)
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To: Swordmaker

Who coined LOL?

When was the first IBTZ?

Seriously -— interesting information.


24 posted on 11/07/2015 8:49:19 PM PST by Exit148 ((Loose Chnge Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
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To: Swordmaker

Is it loading slow or is it just me? blazing fast 300 baud dial up


25 posted on 11/07/2015 8:49:19 PM PST by Freedom_Fighter_2001
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To: 21twelve
Interesting last line. I wonder if the hackers that call themselves “Anonymous” got their name from this?

Back then logging in with username "anonymous" was quite normal, and was the standard way to log in as a guest.

26 posted on 11/07/2015 8:50:13 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: Swordmaker

Impossible. I don’t see Al Gore’s name anywhere on that page.


27 posted on 11/07/2015 8:52:35 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Swordmaker

The second post started the first flame war.


28 posted on 11/07/2015 8:55:13 PM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: Billthedrill

That was my exact words in the early 90s. Just think if you could go back in time and invest money in alll those early net start ups waaah!


29 posted on 11/07/2015 8:57:02 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: Swordmaker
And for every beginning....


30 posted on 11/07/2015 9:01:55 PM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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To: Vendome

If you found that information on the internet, then it must be true!


31 posted on 11/07/2015 9:02:22 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
If I'd known computers were going to be so popular I'd have invested heavily in keypunch machines. You can't run computers without them.

Full disclosure here: this is being sent via a new desktop that I assembled yesterday. It measures 4 inches square and about an inch high. The little bugger supports a 4K monitor. Now I gotta buy a 4K monitor...

32 posted on 11/07/2015 9:03:34 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Swordmaker

its rather shocking that when I first got on the web in 1994... a full two years later the entire web world had already begun its explosion


33 posted on 11/07/2015 9:08:31 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: Swordmaker

That’s not the first webpage, the first webpage is obviously the one Al Gore made which states “I Created the internets”


34 posted on 11/07/2015 9:09:51 PM PST by Bob434
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To: EternalVigilance

[[How can it have links to other information if it was the only webpage there was? ]]

The creator was psychic and getting a jump on the action by posting future links-


35 posted on 11/07/2015 9:10:56 PM PST by Bob434
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To: Swordmaker

Can’t be real. I clicked on the “People” link and Al Gore wasn’t listed.

/snark

PS They even kept the original typos!


36 posted on 11/07/2015 9:11:10 PM PST by piytar (Good will be called evil and Evil will be called good.)
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To: Bob434

That must be it. lol...


37 posted on 11/07/2015 9:12:19 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I’m afraid after all these years, you would find your fond memories to lack support; they would be a big let-down.


38 posted on 11/07/2015 9:12:20 PM PST by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning.)
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To: Swordmaker

:-( The jargon link doesnt work. Sooo disappointed because someone posted an early, early link (mid 90s) to an illustrated glossary- in cartoon style- of internet personality types & it was a scream. I lost the bookmark when my hard drive had to be replaced.

I’ll never find it again. It was in a comment on a volcano forum during the Bardabunga eruptions. (Hint hint. If anyone has this…pleeeease!)


39 posted on 11/07/2015 9:17:18 PM PST by KGeorge (Make America Great Again- Ahead of Schedule & Under Budget.)
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To: Swordmaker

bfl


40 posted on 11/07/2015 9:19:47 PM PST by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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