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Suresh Ramasubramanian in CircleID: "Internet Drivers License" - A Short History Lesson

‘The concept of an “internet driver’s license” is an old usenet trope—dating back to the time when people spoke of an “eternal september” (referring to when, earlier, newbies would only come into usenet every september as the term opened in colleges, but after 1993 and aol, compuserve, juno etc, more and more people entirely new to the Internet kept coming in, in droves, exasperating the regulars on mailing lists and usenet groups). The concept of needing a driving license to use the internet was a running joke that dated back to the same period.’

12 February 2010
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