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The Internet

The Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks linked by copper wires, fiber-optic cables, wireless connections, etc.  The term "Internet" was adopted in December 1974 in the first Request For Comment published on the Transmission Control Program, but talk of such a system was well documented since the 1960s....

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mixed
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Enormous Amounts of Material
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Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)
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Best invention ever - is it an invention? Better than the printing press at least
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It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
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Just as much 'good stuff' as there is 'bad stuff'
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Series of Tubes
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Can be addictive - ask Tay Zonday
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"A network of such [computers], connected to one another by wide-band communication lines [which provided] the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval and [other] symbiotic functions." - J.C.R. Licklider, January 1960 (excerpt from "Man-Computer Symbiosis")

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1.  avatar dakalvia said:

On June 28, 2006 United States Senator Ted Stevens (Republican-Alaska) described the internet as "a Series of Tubes". This was in the context of network neutrality and to criticize a proposed amendment to a committee bill. The amendment would have prohibited Internet service providers from charging fees to give some companies higher priority access to their networks or their customers. Here is an excerpt from this speech:

"Ten movies streaming across that, that Internet, and what happens to your own personal Internet? I just the other day got... an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday [Tuesday]. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the Internet commercially. They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material."
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Erik

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April 6, 2009
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ProSCORE
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3 pros
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material
  • Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)
  • Best invention ever - is it an invention? Better than the printing press at least

Cons

  • It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
  • Just as much 'good stuff' as there is 'bad stuff'
  • Can be addictive - ask Tay Zonday

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Midwinter

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May 31, 2008
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ProSCORE
40
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mixed
positive
2 pros
3 cons
have ithave it
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material
  • Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)

Cons

  • It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
  • Just as much 'good stuff' as there is 'bad stuff'
  • Series of Tubes

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gbchaosmaster

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April 24, 2009
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ProSCORE
100
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mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material
  • Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)
  • Best invention ever - is it an invention? Better than the printing press at least

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dakalvia

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April 10, 2008
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material

Cons

  • Series of Tubes

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"On June 28, 2006 United States Senator Ted Stevens (Republican-Alaska) described the internet as "a Series of Tubes". This was in the context of network neutrality and to criticize a proposed amendment to a committee bill. The amendment would have prohibited Internet service providers from charging fees to give some companies higher priority access to their networks or their customers. Here is an excerpt from this speech:

"Ten movies streaming across that, that Internet, and what happens to your own personal Internet? I just the other day got... an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday, I got it yesterday [Tuesday]. Why? Because it got tangled up with all these things going on the Internet commercially. They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes. And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.""
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theGeekPirate

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July 30, 2008
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2 pros
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material
  • Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)

Cons

  • It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
  • Just as much 'good stuff' as there is 'bad stuff'
  • Series of Tubes

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SCLisi

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September 19, 2008
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ProSCORE
50
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2 pros
2 cons
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material
  • Not just for geeks anymore (even though geeks rule!)

Cons

  • It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
  • Just as much 'good stuff' as there is 'bad stuff'

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rabidpotatochip

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May 28, 2008
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33
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1 pro
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Pros

  • Enormous Amounts of Material

Cons

  • It can be difficult to verify the accuracy of information presented.
  • Series of Tubes

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dialupinternetuser

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April 10, 2008
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Enormous Amounts of Material

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