Saturday 31 August 2013

Week 1 The Internet

There are so many things that we can think of when we need to do something, or when we desperately need new information for something urgent. In the past, everyone would have scrounged for left over books in second hand bookstores to look for perhaps that one sentence that would have sufficed the need for their new information... or maybe went to the library and teared their hair out in frustration hen they didn't get to the books first (haha, I can just imagine everyone with messy hair and desperation etched on their faces!!!)

YES. That is why the Internet is so amazing isn't it not? I mean everyone has Internet now. I could remember the times - just 12 years back, where everyone just started really having internet at home, albeit it being this whirring dialup connection that dragged the Internet speed down. Everyone was that amazed with it. I would call this Internet phenomena a watershed event. Something so amazing that begun so humbly..

When it was first developed (not as the 12 years ago as I said), way back in time - in the 1950s, the Internet wasn't as well recognized as it was mainly for the military to exploit explore and use to their advantages in the matter of war. After much development of the "internetworking", where the ARPANET led with much gusto, it created multiple separate networks that spanned together to be a network of networks (like inception somewhat!) 
After the expansion of the ASPANET in 1981, came the standardization of the Internet protocol suite which led to a world-wide network of interconnected TCP/IP networks! And then finally in the 1990s (yes, I skipped a major part of the Internet history, because I am pretty sure it will be long and majorly exhaustive on your eyes) the ARPANET was decommissioned  and commercialized for the use of the public when the NSFNET was decommisioned, and therefore removing the last remaining barrier on the use of the Internet to the commercial traffic. 

Taking the world by storm is the Internet, creating many new cultures and opportunities for the global audience. Email, instant messaging, VoIp, video calls, and our forums, blogs, social networking sites, and so much more. And I can only hope that it continue growing, because it has helped me in so many ways (yes, thank you Wikipedia) in my life, and helped me see the parts of the world that I have failed to see when I was 12 years old. 

I found these really cute pictures of the "internet" when I was browsing the internet =.= 

But I had to share! 
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Hilarious! Remember, the Internet gets everything you want, but you can't be too careful with what you are gaining access to! 

And look. Even cute little furballs are curious about the Internet!