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May 15, 2006View in Crawl 4
It's interesting to think of the phrase "the internet." I've heard that back in the day, electricity was referred to in the same way; "the electricity." Even today's older generation says "the email." Perhaps in a few generations, "the internet" will just be "internet" and as commonplace as electricity is today. Possibly just as essential to modern life as electricity is. Just something I noticed.
Is it just me, or did they show a Swedish flash when they showed the answer from the guy from Oslo? Guess they didn't have Wikipedia back then to look stuff like that up...
Carl (Lenny's friend) on The Simpsons, as a child, invented the Internet. If you recall he said one day swim shorts will have an Internet sort of like underwear, the inner netting will make them more comfortable.
soogyMay 15, 2006
@burkeBut if you talk about those of whom we do not speak, have you not spoken of that about which we do not talk?
riceMay 15, 2006
Dupe from like a year ago. Jesus.
mrassmanMay 15, 2006
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cyborg771May 15, 2006
It went from "Internet" to "The Internet" and now the latest thing "Internets" Whats next?
theslaminjMay 15, 2006
It's interesting to think of the phrase "the internet." I've heard that back in the day, electricity was referred to in the same way; "the electricity." Even today's older generation says "the email." Perhaps in a few generations, "the internet" will just be "internet" and as commonplace as electricity is today. Possibly just as essential to modern life as electricity is. Just something I noticed.
glassiusMay 15, 2006
Is it just me, or did they show a Swedish flash when they showed the answer from the guy from Oslo? Guess they didn't have Wikipedia back then to look stuff like that up...
kindrobotMay 15, 2006
I'm actually old enough to remember when AOL hit USENET.That seemed like a major turning point.
dhughesMay 16, 2006
Carl (Lenny's friend) on The Simpsons, as a child, invented the Internet. If you recall he said one day swim shorts will have an Internet sort of like underwear, the inner netting will make them more comfortable.
warofwrathJul 2, 2006
It just hit 1 billion. Somebody do the math and tell me if that matches up with 10% growth every month.
warofwrathJul 2, 2006
The Interweb