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Happy Birthday!

05/01/2013 7:51 AM

The Internet turns 20 today.

Where were you May 1st, 1993 and when did you realize that your world was about to change?

Being a Ham that discussion took place pretty quickly as some of our community recognize the power that was unfolding before us, but for most we could only guess.
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Re: Happy Birthday!

05/01/2013 8:09 AM
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05/01/2013 8:54 AM

May 1st, 1993,

It was a Saturday, and I was working in the Ship Yard on the development of a Special Operations Craft for the Navy Seals.

Weather was Partly Cloudy, Temperature 73°F, Winds out of the South-Southwest at 13 MPH, It had rained the following day, I remember because I had go into work that weekend and to pick up bread on the way home.

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05/01/2013 9:23 AM

Not sure where I was that day (I know I was at a horse show on May 9!).

I do remember getting AOL around that time period. It was a big deal! I still miss the dial-up modem sounds, sometimes...
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05/01/2013 5:59 PM

Maybe you were watching the Kentucky Derby.

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05/01/2013 9:27 AM

Probably doing a little gentle maintenance at a favourite heritage railway.

The internet event passed without noticing it.

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05/01/2013 2:11 PM

I was studying computational mathematics at the local U that year. One of my professors suggested using Kermit (remember this project?) for transferring and saving files on the U's VAX or IBM Mainframe (can't remember which). I got a copy of the software and a modem for my home computer. The rest is history.
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05/01/2013 2:28 PM

I can't remember what I did last week.

I think I realized what was happening when I first got on line.

I chatted with someone in another country for free. I read some news in print for free. That was when it sank in.

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05/02/2013 8:29 AM

Didn't notice, as I had been using DARPA net and our internal "ether net" for years before that!

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05/02/2013 11:40 AM

I was watching Al Gore handing out cigars.

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05/02/2013 4:07 PM

brave sir robin,

You beat me to it.

Since then he has moved on to bigger and better things like creating a fictional investment scheme called "Selling Carbon Credits". It's like selling swamp land in Arizona, only more damaging to all of us.

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05/02/2013 10:23 PM

Yeah, much scarier than claiming the Internet.
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05/03/2013 1:36 PM

I kinda recall it as Clinton called it, "the information Super highway"
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