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Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
BBC News ^ | May 23, 2006 | Jonathan Fildes

Posted on 05/23/2006 2:35:56 PM PDT by Thebaddog

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To: VRWCmember

Yes, the NET was invented by DARPA, but the WWW and HTTP protocol were created by Berners-Lee and associates at CERN . . . . .using the internet to send text and images. . .


21 posted on 05/23/2006 3:52:53 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: ElkGroveDan

You are mistaking "Web" and "Internet"


22 posted on 05/23/2006 4:06:55 PM PDT by Axlrose
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To: prion

What's an RFC? And thanks for the insight you old conservative anti-hippie. Snork.


23 posted on 05/23/2006 4:48:45 PM PDT by Thebaddog (Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
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To: Thebaddog
What's an RFC?

"Request for Comments." It used to be the standard mechanism to propose new stuff to the Internet Engineering Task Force. It was, like, "dude, wouldn't it be cool if...?"

Oh! Ow! Braincell gone to sleep! Waking up! Tingles! Hurts! Need more booze!

24 posted on 05/23/2006 5:04:57 PM PDT by prion (Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
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To: VRWCmember

and long before 1989


25 posted on 05/23/2006 5:25:14 PM PDT by thinking
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To: kinghorse

That's true. I guess it did tend to keep out the riff-raff. OTOH, how much work could even those of us who knew what we were doing get done with 300-1200 baud modi?

I heard a story of a guy whose toddler was talking about the "dark place" on his PC. Turned out the Windows era tyke was talking about a DOS box!


26 posted on 05/23/2006 6:41:17 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Disregard the law of unintended consequences at your own risk.)
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To: Still Thinking
It's FAR TOO LATE to attempt to regulate "The Net;" the "General Population" of "Users" will REVOLT!

The Net is the World's "Liberty Tree--" & WE KNOW IT!!

Too Late, the "Forces of Control" realized what we-on the net-knew; "The Net" is the ultimate avenue of "Free Thought" on the Planet.

The Net is THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAT to totalitarian thought on the Planet--& it should be Vigorously defended!

"The NET" is one of the most powerful civilizing influences ever given to Humanity.

Doc

27 posted on 05/23/2006 8:00:08 PM PDT by Doc On The Bay
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and long before 1989

The first online "chat" I did was right at the tail end of the 70s. :)
28 posted on 05/24/2006 5:38:04 AM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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