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The Internet at 40

While there are competing thoughts on the actual event that is deemed 'the birth of the Internet', everyone agees that it all started in 1969.

On Sept. 12th, the first two remote machines of the DOD funded ARPAnet were connected.

On October 29th, the first message was sent between the remote systems; "The day that the Internet uttered its first words".

Regardless of the details, the Internet has become the most transforming technology in the history of mankind.

This week, the Data Doctors take a look back at the road that led to what we all take for granted today as we celebrate the Internet's 40th anniversary.

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Original Air Date: Oct 31, 2009

This Week's Links

• In the beginning, there was the ARPAnet
• A record of the first message sent
• First message crashes the system!
• How Al Gore played a role in the early days
• The 'inventor' of the World Wide Web
• Internet Worldwide Statistics
• The Data Doctors website from 1997 (ROFL)
• Wayback Machine: See what old websites looked like
• From 2004: Online porn often leads high-tech way
• Stunningly poor quality predictions about the future Internet
• Fewer than 700 days until Internet addresses run out