Sounds a lot like the highway system across America which was originally set up to move the armed forces and protect our land - so they say, Annie Young East Phillips
At 09:13 AM 9/8/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Internet was invented to > >further research, yet most of what it does now > >isn't remotely like research. > >Actually, the internet wasn't invented to further research. The internet was >an investment created in partnership between the armed forces, the US >Government >and universities as a way to store information, electronically, in a >non-central >location. This was to ensure that Soviet/Communist hackers would be unable to >access a central location and have complete access to all government and >military >information. The University of Minnesota was an internet pioneer (gopher >system). >It wasn't until the 90's that the internet became more research centered, and >it wasn't until the release of the World Wide Web that the internet really >became >a viable tool for broad research. > >There you have it. > >-Brandon Lacy >-Powderhorn Park >_______________________________________ >Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: >http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
