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Jan 14, 2011

A Map of the First Internet

This is Arpanet. The internet before Google. Before Flickr, before YouTube, before BitTorrent. Before pictures of your ex-girlfriend on Facebook. An internet that you could draw a map of with only a few lines and some dots. 1972.

At this point, the internet wasn't even the internet—still dubbed ARPANET, the Pentagon (and a handful of universities') private plaything. As you can see, it wasn't exactly extensive. The network served only to link key research centers. It's pretty amazing to think that this smattering of cables turned into the bizarre, twisted, incredibly complex nebula of porn, parody, knowledge hatred, joy, and cat videos we now adore.

19 comments:

  1. Rigit23January 14, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Thats really awesome!

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  2. Das Auto!January 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM

    ah, the good ol days!

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  3. VaporJanuary 14, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Back in those days porn was a series of stick figures.

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  4. Suciô SanchezJanuary 14, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    I used to have some ASCII bestiality "videos" from back in the day.

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  5. ValveWorldJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:08 PM

    Arpanet...hmm never heard of that

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  6. and then there was METALJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    DARPA!

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  7. and then there was METALJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    sucio no way. i dont even know what one of those would look like!

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  8. BobbyJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Lol what Sucio? :P

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  9. Sean ClarkJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    As an internet creationist, I can't say I agree with this, knowing that the internet is actually only about 11 years old, created by Ceiling Cat and Al Gore in the year 2000, put forth in their own images.

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  10. MellowaidJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Its great to know where are addiction came from lol

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  11. MaxJanuary 14, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    But, but, what about CERN?!

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  12. G345tJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Where's Al Gore's house on this map?

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  14. MikeyBJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:33 PM

    thats actually really cool

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  15. ericsJanuary 14, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    we have come a long way.

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  16. mrecanJanuary 15, 2011 at 2:33 AM

    evolution of technology always fascinates me

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  17. BTN Hip HopJanuary 15, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    looks boring, i prefer nows internet

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  18. kkazzammJanuary 15, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    that must have been like 1440 dial up. or 9600 baud :x
    I rem being in my parents stores (they worked for radio shack) in the 80's and they woudl run their nightly report and then dial in to the home office in T to upload the stores numbers for the day :>

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  19. devondoleJanuary 15, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    this was Al Gore's doing, right? And the nerds in those days swapped ASCII pron?

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