# Happy 35th birthday, internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150 "2004-08-30T01:33:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/1 "2004-08-30T01:33:15Z")

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[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/29/tech/main639237.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/29/tech/main639237.shtml)

In a couple days, actually, Sept 2.

I’m just a few months older than the internet. If I live to be an old man, that’s what will make me sound and feel _really_ old. Like today when you hear about a person born a few months before the Ford Model-T rolled off the assembly line.

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/2 "2004-08-30T01:38:21Z")

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Happy Birthday, internet! Here. I got you some porn.

And don’t you think it’s high time you started marrying technology your own age?

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/3 "2004-08-30T01:43:17Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> I’m just a few months older than the internet.

Me too!

June 11, 1969.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/4 "2004-08-30T01:44:02Z")

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Cripes, I know I’ll be getting old when one of my accounts on another server gets to be _ten_ years old. But feh! It’s got nothing on [SkyNET](http://www.goingfaster.com/term2029/index.htm). At least SkyNET became _self-aware_ minutes after they turned on the switch. . . Have you? I think not. . . :dubious:

Tripler  
That whole nuclear holocaust thing was just a minor misunderstanding.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/5 "2004-08-30T01:48:07Z")

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Is Al Gore going to be at the celebration?

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**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-35th-birthday-internet/262150/6 "2004-08-30T01:51:57Z")

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> [@mhendo](#):
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> Me too!
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> June 11, 1969.

Me three!!

June 18, 1969.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Internet - you’ve done things for me I never thought any machine could ever do 😃