Edited/Distributed by HURINet - The Human Rights Information Network --------------------------------------------------------------------- ## author : nettime-l@bbs.thing.net ## date : 04.09.99 --------------------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INTERNET: Thirty years ago, on Sept. 2, 1969, UCLA graduate students linked some computers to share information in an act that many now call the birth of the Internet. Among the students were Vinton Cerf and Jonathan Postel, both of whom later created fundamental elements of today's Internet. "We didn't think of this as a key event in any historical sense," one of the pioneers recalled. "We didn't even have a camera." ---------------------------------- Send mail for the 'huridocs-tech' list to 'huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Mail administrative requests to 'majordomo@hrea.org'. For additional assistance, send mail to: 'owner-huridocs-tech@hrea.org'. Archives of previous messages posted to the list can be found at: http://www.human-rights.net/huridocs-tech.
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