posted on Aug, 29 2004 @ 06:53 PM
What do we all owe to the internet? When it all began, no one had any idea what computers would come to mean to the world and how they would
transform our lives. Consider ATS, alone. It boggles the mind. I'm really glad to have lived to see it.
Internet Turns 35, Still Work in Progress
Thirty-Five Years Old, Internet Remains a Work in Progress As Speed, Capacity Tests Continue
The Associated Press
NEW YORK Aug. 29, 2004 � Thirty-five years after computer scientists at UCLA linked two bulky computers using a 15-foot gray cable, testing a new way
for exchanging data over networks, what would ultimately become the Internet remains a work in progress.
University researchers are experimenting with ways to increase its capacity and speed. Programmers are trying to imbue Web pages with intelligence.
And work is underway to re-engineer the network to reduce spam and security troubles.
All the while threats loom: Critics warn that commercial, legal and political pressures could hinder the types of innovations that made the Internet
what it is today.
Stephen Crocker and Vinton Cerf were among the graduate students who joined UCLA professor Len Kleinrock in an engineering lab on Sept. 2, 1969, as
bits of meaningless test data flowed silently between the two computers. By January, three other "nodes" joined the fledgling network.
[edit on 04/8/29 by GradyPhilpott]