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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 28/1/2018: why the internet exists

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 28/1/2018: why the internet exists
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:00:47 +0000
Very good, Mike!

Chris

> On 30 Jan 2018, at 15:32, Mike Bloor <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> In 1981 I was using one of the first IBM PCs. It was bought in Sears in 
> Chicago and shipped to Ireland with a 220/110V transformer and one of every 
> accessory card available.
> 
> At the time I had a small kitten named Clarissa. She liked to sit on top of 
> the monitor, where it was nice and warm, while I worked. Every hour or so 
> though she would climb down and stand on the edge of the keyboard. Every 
> single time "www" appeared on the screen. This happened so often that she 
> began to be called www instead of Clarissa.
> 
> Little did I realise at the time that my cat had invented the World Wide Web, 
> around eight years before Tim Berners Lee stole the idea from a helpless 
> kitten.
> 
> Mike Bloor

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