The Internet at 40 -- Over the Hill?

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asylum.com - 25 days ago

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It was 40 years ago this week that researchers sent the letters "L" and "O" over the Internet from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute, which then crashed because it thought UCLA was trying to call it a "loser." The Internet, unlike other ... Read more Permalink | ...

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Lo! The Internet Turns 40
Neatorama — UCLA’s Leonard Kleinrock remembers sending the first message over the Internet 40 years ago this week; the first word sent host-to-host was supposed to be “login,” but the receiving computer crashed after the first two letters. So the Internet’s first word was “Lo!” Soon came the first denial of service, and the first spammer. In honor of the occasion, Asylum’s Tommy Christopher compiled the Top Ten Signs the Internet Has Turned 40. 10. Hangs around at clubs using cheesy, outdated pickup lines ...

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Uncoached — ... all figured out. They take babes like Alessandra Ambrosio and Emanuela de Paula, ship them to St. Bart’s, put them in bikinis, take pictures of them, take pictures of people taking pictures of them and send them to sites like us. Hell of a marketing tool. More marketing tools at Uncoached’s Facebook Page The Madness Six people who turned their homes into death traps - [Cracked] The internet is 40-years-old, yes 40 - [Asylum] Some of the weirdest (yet awesome) stuff you’ll see today - [Ehowa ...