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Saturday, January 29, 2011

What is the Internet?

When people look at me and think I'm crazy when I tell them I didn't know what the internet was all about in 1990, I'll show them this video.

In 1994, Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel ask a producer to explain what the internet is and what the @ sign means, while filming an episode of the Today show.

This Post Written By Blade7184 aka Unknown on 1/29/2011
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3 comments:

ryan said...

I never remember the internet just coming around or being the latest, greatest thing. I just recall it always being there. In 1994 I was ten so even though I can't say that I was literally born into the world of the internet, I pretty much grew up with it. In grade school we had our computer class but I don't remember when exactly we first went onto the internet, maybe later in high school. Either way, if the internet was always there for me, just imagine what technological advances will be waiting for the next generation to grow up with too. Like Facebook and Youtube.........it's truly a scary thought indeed.

January 31, 2011 at 8:43 AM
Bradley Persinger said...

Do you write to it like mail? Haha

February 2, 2011 at 8:54 AM
Valerie Eve said...

This is priceless but I remember thinking, wow! Everyone is getting this .com thing! Our household didn't have a computer til Ruby was in high school! That was maybe 1998.

February 2, 2011 at 8:54 AM

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