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Fun Fact of the Day: by aix tom 2009-10-26 01:48:01

The first bytes send over ARPANET were "LO". The Message Interface Processor (MIP) at UCLA then crashed on the "G".

It's kinda like the Internet already expected the "LOL!", and couldn't handle the intended "LOGIN"

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  you mean aol was there before arpanet?? (n/t) by Klymer2009-10-26 01:52:01
    Probably. by aix tom2009-10-26 01:57:05
    Not before ARPAnet, but certainly before the web by intrinsic2009-10-26 02:19:26
      They went through all that trouble... by madjo2009-10-26 03:41:04
        No, not really, Q-Link was AOL before the great un by intrinsic2009-10-26 04:22:17
          My mother was on Q-Link by chuckAB2009-10-26 04:59:35

 

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