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Geek Culture / News report from 1981 about the Internet

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Seditious
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Posted: 28th Jan 2014 04:41
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http://www.wimp.com/theinternet/ - News report from 1981 about the Internet

Anyone seen this? It's bizarre to think of an age where it took over 2 hours to download the text of a newspaper, but apparently such an age existed.
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The Zoq2
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Posted: 28th Jan 2014 18:03
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I love how the description of the person they interviewed is "Owns home computer"

Say ONE stupid thing and it ends up as a forum signature forever. - Neuro Fuzzy
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Phaelax
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Posted: 28th Jan 2014 20:07 Edited at: 28th Jan 2014 20:22
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Ahhhh, they called columbus OH, my home town! *squeals like a girl*

http://zimnox.com
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gwheycs62egydws
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Posted: 4th Feb 2014 05:24
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who would have though you could read the news on your tv ;o) lol

now you could get the hole paper in just a few minutes

to move side ways - is to move forward
Since a Strait line gets thin fast
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