40th anniversary of the internet

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It was 40 years ago this week that the technology that instantly makes porn from LA available in Ghana was invented. The internet was the brainchild of UCLA computer scientist Len Kleinrock.

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MARCO WERMAN: It was 40 years ago this week that the technology that instantly makes porn from L.A. available in Ghana was invented. The internet was the brainchild of UCLA computer scientist Len Kleinrock. The Pentagon had asked Kleinrock to help devise a networked computer system. The goal was to allow researchers to access computers regardless of where they were. About 20 people entered Len Kleinrock’s UCLA computer lab on September 2nd 1969. The initial tests worked. They weren’t all that impressive though. Two big boxy computers passed meaningless data between them through a 15-foot cable. It’s safe to say that no one in that room was thinking about social networking, file sharing, or YouTube. Of course these became the big hits of today’s internet and porn one of its big money makers.


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