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Happy 20th Birthday Internet! Internet's Birthday today.

Posted by polybore • 3/13/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: birthday, internet

Many Happy Returns.

www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/3/13/world-wide-web-20-years-o...

If you are into astrology that makes the internet a Pisces.

Not sure what traits a Pisces is supposed to have- does it fit with what we associate with the internet?

Please post your best wishes here.

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3/13/09

melindaville

Best wishes to the Internet and thank you for finally reaching past adolescence.

Oh! And many happy returns!

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1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Now there is a thought. The internet leaves it's teenage years behind.
2. 3/13/09
  
  melindaville
  
  Exactly--and those terrible twos and threes were rough too!
3. 3/13/09
  
  Friday13
  
  Unfortunately, it has plenty of zits to get rid of before it enters adulthood.
3/13/09

GFG

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1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Very poor CFG and very yesterday. Avoid that link folks.
3/13/09

qelqoth

If you include BBS and Arpanet, it's older than twenty years.

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1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Indeed but only when the internet wants to get into an over 21 club or indulge in activities of an adult nature. The crucial thing about today's date is the hyperlink if Polybore *REM correctly.
2. 3/13/09
  
  qelqoth
  
  Does Polybore always refer to itself in the third person?
3. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Online, always. It gives Polybore a sense of detachment. Unfortunately it also gives others the impression that Polybore is two spoons, four forks and a fish knife short of a cutlery set.
3/13/09

GFG

Polybore is a bore

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1. 3/13/09
  
  melindaville
  
  I beg to disagree. I find polybore highly entertaining!
2. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Yep you got it CFG. mtyler77 you are too kind, [DISCLAIMER] let Polybore assure you that any entertainment experienced from contact with Polybore is coincidental.
3/13/09

satijournal

The Internet is the network, which is more like 50 or 60 years old. It's the Web that's 20 years old -- the protocol for transferring information over the Internet and displaying it in a browser.

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1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Good point.
2. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Mind you does that mean Polybore was using the internet when using those wind up phones back in the good old days. "Operator, operator".
3. 3/13/09
  
  satijournal
  
  Polybore is that old? No, that wasn't the Internet. Those were phone lines. The Internet was called ARPANET back then and was mainly for military and university use. The first use of the ARPANET was in 1969 so its 40 year anniversary is this year on Nov. 21. (I thought it was created in the 50s)
3/13/09

SamBangs

Pisces is supposed to be the most intuitive sign - the Internet can read your mind

[reply]
1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  It certainly lets you know what is going on in everyone else's mind.
3/13/09

cko20

Thanks, Al Gore!

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1. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  What has he done now, claimed the internet?
3/13/09

polybore

Surely the Birthday of the Internet needs a bit more celebration. Or do we take it so much for granted now?

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1. 3/13/09
  
  Friday13
  
  Yes, we do.
2. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  If it were up to Polybore it would be a world wide holiday on the Internet's (www) Birthday.
3. 3/13/09
  
  Friday13
  
  I will gladly sign the petition, if you start one.
4. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Nice idea. Will roll one out in the next 24hrs.
5. 3/13/09
  
  polybore
  
  Looks like Drupal will be able to do the job with a bit of tweaking.