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[ PRIVACY Forum ] How newspapers wrote about the Internet in 1988
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How newspapers wrote about the Internet in 1988
http://j.mp/18iENGC (Gizmodo)
That's Harvard astronomer-turned-computer expert Clifford Stoll,
quoted in the November 20, 1988 edition of the Washington Post. And
yes, that's the same Cliff Stoll who just a few years later would
proclaim that the internet's potential to transform the way we live
was largely just a bunch of hype. Barton Gellman's 1988 article about
the internet for the Post is quite a fascinating artifact. We see the
introduction of terms that hadn't yet entered the national lexicon,
such as "snail mail," "virus," and "netiquette." And we see the writer
slowly introducing the public to the idea that this network could be
something important to their lives in the future.
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