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Re: Searching for depressing moments of Internet history.....

2003-01-12 18:38:27
Folks,

In the early '70s, an ARPA database research company, called Computer
Corporation of America (CCA) had a service that allowed you to make a telnet
connection to a special port.

It would spit out a randomly-selected limerick and then close the
connection.

Almost all the limericks were filthy enough to surprise hardened limerick
afficionados.

d/

ps. If you submitted 3 new limericks that they added to the database, you would
get a copy of the entire set.



Sunday, January 12, 2003, 3:49:31 PM, you wrote:
Eliot> If you are looking for the first site that spoke HTTP, then I don't 
Eliot> know.  On the other hand, as we know there has been a history of 
Eliot> development surrounding Internet porn.  First of all, there were the 
Eliot> various newsgroups, and the various (dis)assembly programs.  One of 
Eliot> these was AUB and it dates back to around 1992.

d/
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