The Internet: 40 Years Old, Certainly Not A Virgin
By Tuck • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Geek Commentary (New Whenever!)Flashback, True Believers, to September 2, 1969, 40 years ago today. In a lab at the University of California Los Angeles, what has been hailed as the first computer network was born. Using a 15 foot cable, engineers established a connection between two Honeywell DDP-516 computers. In function, what they discovered that day would take form as the ARPANET, an educational network that spanned several universities along the West Coast. So it was that the modern Internet was born.
Since, the Internet has become an implacable juggernaut in the lives of geeks everywhere. We get our news from it. We get our social stimulation from it. We engage in distraction and escapism with it. It even fuels our vices.
It’s hard to imagine life without an Internet. So, on this day, declared the 40th Birthday of the Internet, consider what the technology has brought to you and your life, both as a geek and as a person. I know I’m thankful…without the Internet, this humble community television show couldn’t be enjoyed by so many people across the world.
How about you, True Believers? What has the Internet done to help you in its 40 years of life?
Tuck is the Executive Producer, Moderator, Website Administrator and all around Geekmaster of Geeks With Issues. When he's not working on leading the Geeks in their bid for world domination, he works as a Production Technician at Pittsfield Community Television. He presently lives happily in North Adams, MA with his wife, Cassandra, and is enjoying his present role as an infant climbing surface...and dreading his role as a dual-vector version of the same.
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