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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Hurst who wrote (88799)	3/5/2007 1:48:02 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

Wrong as usual...dipshit......lol Now for some quiet history. The U.S. government set up ARPANET in the 1960s for its own communications with the academic and defense establishment within the United States. In 1971 four supercomputers at universities were linked together via that network so scientists could share data. During the 1970s the technical infrastructure continued to expand with a series of incremental enhancements and additional users. By 1984, computer hobbyists were becoming active on the system, and some people were beginning to use the term Internet.2 The National Science Foundation (NSF), the government agency most responsible for doling out government R&D grants, took over responsibility for managing the backbone network in 1987. But the big event came in 1990 when the World Wide Web (WWW) came online, making it much easier to access and use the network. The next turning point came in 1993 when the University of Illinois introduced a browser called Mosaic that made it possible for people to access and use (browse) the Internet much as they do today. During the second half of the 1990s, tools that made it easier to get onto the "information highway" continued to be developed, such as browsers from American startup firms (e.g., Netscape, Lycos, and Infoseek).

To: Don Hurst who wrote (88799)	3/5/2007 1:56:30 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Did Gore help? Certainly, but he was not instrumental. I've worked in the computer industry long enough to remember that a 'program deck' was an actual set of punch cards. So, I'm familiar with the development of the internet, and the technologies that enabled it. Get some backbone? Is that code for 'the radical right has lied to us for years - now it's our turn'? I refuse to replace the old boss with the new boss. If the change in leadership is not accompanied by a change in ethics and policy, I want no part. Being truthful and not distorting reality is KEY to successfully putting the Bush mistakes behind us. Get some damn truth.