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lapfog_1

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1. In 1976 I helped invent the internet (Arpanet)
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 06:09 AM
Sep 2019

as in I wrote some of the first protocol translation code.

I was an early adopter of many many things we all take for granted now... emojis... some of which I invented in unix "talk" conversations with friends or co-workers. You have to understand, there just weren't that many computers on the Arpanet back then.

email, chat (unix talk), messages boards that evolved to websites (I did the very first commercial auction on the internet in 1990 when I auctioned off my sisters wine collection on a popular message board)... I was using Alta Vista long before there was a google.

I have accounts on facebook, twitter, snapchat, linkedin, etc.

Except for this place and linkedin... I NEVER post a goddam thing. Because this thing we created is an much evil as it is useful. I do NOT want my life spread all over the internet for my co-workers, employers, family members to see.... they want to share their stuff with me, fine... but I will never share anything with anyone. The internet lives essentially forever. If I had kids, I would try to discourage them from using social media as much as possible.

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