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DATE | 2003-09-03 |
FROM | Billy
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] unInteresting article on Valenti
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On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 09:01:02PM -0400, Steve Milo wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Billy wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 07:19:31PM -0400, Steve Milo wrote: > > > In the 60's they laughed at the US for attempting to create what we > > > today call the internet. > > > > Did they? I've NEVER heard that. > > I think they would have recognized its strategic importance. > > Right, they recognized its strategic importance so much that they never > tried to implement anything like it.
They didn't have the computer equipment we had. Not being able to make an ARPANET is different from laughing at it. You said they were laughing. I'd more readily believe they were crying.
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