[SOC] Origin of the internet

[bob baxter]

Group,

Since the internet has become an integral part of this hobby and in the
interest of furthering everyone's knowledge, I am forwarding the
following information about the origins of the internet.

Bob Baxter AA7EQ
Bisbee, Az.

> How the Internet Began
>
> In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of
Abraham
> Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com
> was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had
> been called Amazon Dot Com. She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why
> doth thou travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou can
> trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham did look at her as
> though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply
> said, "How, Dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the
towns
> and drums in between, to send messages saying what you have for sale,
> and they will reply telling you which hath the best price. And the
sale
> can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable
> (UPS)." Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way
> with the drums. The drums rang out and were an immediate success.
> Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever
moving
> from his tent. But this success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia
> did secret himself inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider
> trading. And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the
> greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic
> Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short. And lo,
the
> land was so feverish with joy at the new prosperity and the deafening
> sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to
> the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought up every drum
> company in the land. And indeed he did insist on making drums that
would
> work only with Brother Gates's drumheads and drumsticks. And seeing
it,
> Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by
> others, and I fear that Job's son Stephen will not be able to pull our
> fat out of the fire as he did of yore with his fruit of the apple
tree."
> And as Abraham paddled his way across the water on his log, he looked
> out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known "eBay" and
said,
> "We need a name that reflects what we are," and Dot replied, Do not
> worry yourself, my husband. Just log on. We will call our name, "Young
> Ambitious Hebrew Owner-Operators."
> "YAHOO!", said Abraham. And that is how it all began. It wasn't Al
Gore
> after all
>
>