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To: STONEWALLS

That’s interesting. I don’t think the Internet became ubiquitous until about 1997 or so. I think the first online service to offer it was Prodigy, if I’m correct and that wasn’t until 1993 or so.


2 posted on 10/29/2009 8:18:23 PM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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To: lmr

do people work for the Internet. I have never seen a job that states it is looking for workers for the internet. Where do they all work?

Is it really run by gerbils on little hampster wheels?

Who pays the workers?


3 posted on 10/29/2009 8:20:49 PM PDT by mlmr (Angry with what leftists are doing to our country, our children and our culture...)
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To: lmr

“I don’t think the Internet became ubiquitous until about 1997”

Yes, to say the internet is 40, is like saying Television
was invented when Marconi transmitted a spark.


5 posted on 10/29/2009 8:24:33 PM PDT by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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To: lmr

I remember working for the Associated Press in 1983 and transmitting articles to Compuserve back then. At the time, the AP had one of the most extensive non-Government networks around, and it was transmitting articles, photos, and syndicated material all over the world.


10 posted on 10/29/2009 8:31:26 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Achtung. preparen zie fur die obamahopenchangen.)
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To: lmr

Delphi was the first national commercial online service to offer Internet access to its subscribers - 1992.


26 posted on 10/29/2009 9:27:25 PM PDT by CJ Wolf
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