Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!

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The Internet has become such an important part of our everyday lives that most of us have a hard time imagining life without it. It is therefore mind-boggling to think that this technology is only 40 years old!

What is even more amazing is how far we have come in the short period of time, since the first e-mail message was sent on October 29th, 1969 from the University of California, Los Angeles to Stanford University in Palo Alto.

Intended to read 'Login', the message only read 'Lo', because the computers could not handle the data overload and crashed before the rest of words could be typed in. We wonder how they would react to all the stuff we send out today!

So the next time your Internet connection is slow, be patient and reflect about how different your life would be if that abbreviated message hadn't been sent that fateful October morning.

sources:Nationalgeographic.com, msnbc.com

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Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 02 Nov, 2009, www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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Dolasia, M. (2009, November 2). Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!. Retrieved 2025, July 12, from https://www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40

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Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!.” DOGOnews. November 2, 2009. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40.
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53 Comments
  • Zachalmost 7 years
    i wonder what life was like with no internet
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    • bobabout 10 years
      that's cool
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      • kid600
        kid600over 10 years
        I am glad i have a computer or else i wouldn't be reading this article.
        Reply
        • nikukyu
          nikukyuover 10 years
          Woah only 40 years old? That's like SO young... I can't imagin life without the internet, cuz it's a very important part of my every day life.
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          • bibliophile
            bibliophileover 10 years
            Wow!!! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday INTERNET(lol), happy birthday to you!!!! Gosh... what would happen if internet was never invented... then there would be no DOGOnews... or there would be no Google... or Youtube...
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          • kell-bell
            kell-bellover 10 years
            Lol awesome!
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            • otter
              otterover 11 years
              Awesome!
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              • rozeb
                rozebover 11 years
                OMG!
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                • edmodo-jqesflmtap
                  edmodo-jqesflmtapover 11 years
                  cool
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                  • hialmost 12 years
                    cool post yo
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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 02 Nov, 2009, www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!.” DOGOnews, DOGO Media, Inc., 02 Nov, 2009, Web. 12 Jul. 2025.

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                    Dolasia, Meera. “Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!.” DOGOnews. November 2, 2009. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40.

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                    Dolasia, M. (2009, November 2). Video Of The Week - The Internet Turns 40!. Retrieved 2025, July 12, from https://www.dogonews.com/2009/11/2/video-of-the-week-the-internet-turns-40

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