Yesthis thing called the internet?
It's not part of america.
edit/ although, it's not like some people act like it is
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Sun 22 May 2005, 14:40,
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It's not part of america.
edit/ although, it's not like some people act like it is
It was invented by Americansand it contains more criticism of the US and its government than you could read in ten lifetimes.
That's freedom of expression, that is.
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Sun 22 May 2005, 14:47,
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That's freedom of expression, that is.
you shouldn't believe everythingyou read in The Sun.
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Purple Onion,
Sun 22 May 2005, 15:08,
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um...the Internet is just the underlying infrastructure, growing out of the original arpanet, and was indeed a product primarily of americans in the early years, however citizens of many other countries also made significant contributions to the protocols that make it work
being a communications network the 'Internet' however does not contain information of much interest to most people, it is the systems connected to it that do that
information is commonly made available on this infrastructure and others via the systems that are part of the world wide web, which was not invented by americans, but by a british chap called tim berners-lee (now sir tim and surely a candidate for a b3ta interview), in europe, at cern
(being a communications network the 'Internet' however does not contain information of much interest to most people, it is the systems connected to it that do that
information is commonly made available on this infrastructure and others via the systems that are part of the world wide web, which was not invented by americans, but by a british chap called tim berners-lee (now sir tim and surely a candidate for a b3ta interview), in europe, at cern
empire of the pussycat requires more champage,
Sun 22 May 2005, 15:38,
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