Despite the Internet's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, and academia, it has been at its best — and generated the greatest economic, social, and technological benefits — since it was 'liberated' by the hordes of 'geeks' who were originally hired to run it by employers who were not themselves conversant with computers, and couldn't tell when their employees were exchanging official traffic or trading dirty jokes and recipes for marijuana brownies.


"Keep Your Filthy Hands Off The Internet" 20 June 2010

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Despite the Internet's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, ...

Despite the Internet's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, ...

Despite the Internet's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, ...

Despite the Internet's origin in the late 1960s as a government sponsored means of communication between the Department of Defense, private industry, ...