internet history
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Happy 45th Birthday, Internet!
Happy birthday, internet! You may be turning 45 today, but we swear you don’t look a day over 30. And not to embarrass you, but we thought we’d celebrate by sharing some of your baby photos. Or, more accurately, perhaps some of your sonograms.
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These Poor Naive Canadians Thought The Internet Would Be Polite
Every new communications technology has that honeymoon period where a select group of people embraces it as the key to utopia. And then come the trolls. Even early radio had miscreants who would send out false distress signals. The people least prepared for their trollish ways? Canadians.
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Sadly This 1969 “Internet” Radio Can’t Load Doge
Yes, this “Internet” radio from the late 1960s or early 1970s is real. But no, it’s not the doings of some sneaky time traveller. It’s yet another lesson in how history plays tricks on the future. With words.