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The Entire Internet as of 1973
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| Dec 10, 2016
| David Newbury
Posted on 12/18/2016 6:21:56 PM PST by Lazamataz
"Going through old papers my dad gave me, I found his map of the internet as of May 1973.
The entire internet."
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: computers; computing; history; internet; origins
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Come on. This 1973-era fad will go nowhere. Who would want to connect their computer to anything??? What possible benefit could you get from that??? Besides, how many people will be able to afford one of those room-sized computers???!?
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:21:56 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:23:28 PM PST
by
JoanVarga
(Joan Of Argghh!)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:23:59 PM PST
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialists is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:24:14 PM PST
by
KC_Lion
("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
To: TheOldLady; Cyber Liberty; CatherineofAragon; melissa_in_ga; Slings and Arrows; ...
Something very interesting. Worth a ping to you all. :)
The Official Lazamataz Sometimes-Funny, Sometimes-Disturbing Ping List
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:24:17 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
GIVE IT UP - this thing will be loaded up with FAKE NEWS if it ever gets into the public domain.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:24:43 PM PST
by
BobL
(In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
To: Lazamataz
Which one represents Al Gore?
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:25:08 PM PST
by
xp38
To: JoanVarga
Note the many PDP-10's and that newfangled PDP-11.
I actually worked with one of those. It was 20 years old when I got to play on it!
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:25:31 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: xp38
Note the many symbols labeled "TIP".
Remember that AlGore's wife is named "Tip".
HMMMMMMM.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:26:37 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: xp38
Note the many symbols labeled "TIP".
Remember that AlGore's wife is named "Tip".
HMMMMMMM.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:26:42 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
Can’t be...where’s the Russian hack???
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:26:46 PM PST
by
ealgeone
To: Lazamataz
You can’t be that old! LOL!
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:27:21 PM PST
by
JoanVarga
(Joan Of Argghh!)
To: BobL
“GIVE IT UP - this thing will be loaded up with FAKE NEWS if it ever gets into the public domain”
Fake news proudly provided by our government.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:27:55 PM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Willie Sutton went into robbing banks and Hillary Clinton went into politics)
To: JoanVarga
Like I said, the machine was 20 years old when I got to play with it sometime in the 1990’s.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:27:57 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(TRUMP LIED TO ME!!!! ....He said I'd get sick of winning.... AND I'M NOT SICK OF WINNING YET!!!!)
To: Lazamataz
BITNET was almost parallel.
It was so College Professors could work on thesis together easier.
I had an email account in 1985 (PROFS).
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:28:23 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(Faithless=Traitor)
To: Lazamataz
Perfect...I was using the Ames connection to play star trek game with folks at Princeton......we had 300 baud we were so excited
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:29:17 PM PST
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
To: Lazamataz
ENIAC used to be housed in the building where I work.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:29:17 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Beware the fury of a patient man. I've lost my patience!)
To: Lazamataz
Back then the internet was free but they worked for tips.
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:29:30 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The COM-Left is saddened by the death of the Communist dictator Fidel Castro. No surprise there.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:29:35 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Lazamataz
Which three weren't porn?
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posted on
12/18/2016 6:29:40 PM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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