A New Thing Called "Internet"

[theoldwolf]

Shared this with sleepyjohn00 by email the other day, and decided that it was not sufficient to limit the suffering to just one person.

This was both fascinating and painful. You can actually hear the quote marks around the word...

The speed at which our technology continues to advance, even in my own brief lifetime, is nothing short of breathtaking.

Comments

[secoh.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed, tech has moved along so fast.

The change meant many traditional telephony workers had to adapt to meet demand.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgqEIp2YmtE&feature=youtube_gdata





Hehehehe

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's choice. There was a day when phreakers could actually whistle tones into their blueboxes - but this cracked me up!

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

As a side note, it's interesting that "regulators" were looking at muzzling the net's anarchic nature early on. If there's something that could possibly generate a committee or spawn a bill, they jump on it like a buzzard on a dead cow. Thinking of the thermonuclear assholity going on in your fair land, it's a pity that so many years on, some people haven't learned their lesson yet...