According to Chase's 2002 Calendar of Events today marks the anniversary of the technology that brings us all together. ;)

Internet Created: Anniversary

Oct. 29, 1969.

The first connection on what would become the Internet was made on this day when bits of data flowed between computers at UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute. The was the beginning of ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet developed by the Department of Defense. By the end of 1969, four sites were connected: UCLA, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of Utah. By the next year, there were 10 sites and soon there were applications like email and file transfer utilities. The @ symbol was adopted in 1972 and a year later 75 percent of ARPANET traffic was e-mail. ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990 and the National Science Foundation's NSFnet took over the role of backbone of the internet.

How Interesting! :rolleyes: :D

So we now know, beyond doubt, that my degree was doomed to failure before I was even born. Ain't it depressing...

EDIT - And as if to clarify the point this appears to be my thousandth post. How ironic.

[ 10-29-2002, 10:23 AM: Message edited by: Barry the Sprout ]

Happy 1000 to you,
Happy 1000 to you,
Happy 1000 to Bear-E,
Happy 1000 to you! :D

A monumental day! The anniversay of the founding of the internet, Barry's 1000th post, and yesterday was Bill Gates birthday. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Oh it just gets better...

Wait... you mean Al Gore was *that* progressive a thinker that he was doing this stuff in '69? [img]graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] That's amazing - I wish I'd voted for him *twice.* I'm so suppressed... I mean repressed... no, compressed?.... oppressed.... depressed?.... no.... IMPRESSED, that's it, I'm impressed! :D

I'm so surprised...

I'm also certifiable, but thats a different story. One involving a rubber chicken, a hairdryer, and a faulty electrical connection. [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

Actually, I believe there is a conspiracy afoot!

Everyone knows A.G. invented the internet. And he didn't waste anytime "developing" it like the stupid Defense Department would have. He just flat out invented that sucker about a dozen years ago. From idea to process in one fell swoop!

Those DoD guys! It's just like them to try and take Al's Gorey, um, I mean glory. ;) [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]