A $1 million study on the Internet has finally been turned in to Congress — seven years after they asked for it. Congress passed a law in 1998 — way back in the last millennium — on the future of the Internet. The National Research Council finally got around to cranking out Signposts in Cyberspace. They were supposed to round up info on Web addresses and trademarks and be finished in nine months. Wonder what kind of dot-matrix printer they used to publish it?
Let's see. Since Congress ordered the report we've been through two presidential administrations, Y2K, the Internet boom, the Internet bust, and those Web addresses — they shot up from 2.2 million to 65 million.
Yep. That Internet thing is going to be big. Better sign up for a dial-up connection right away!
Article comments
1 - Bruce Kratofil
That reminds me -- I need to figure out how to get the government as a client.
All my private sector clients get so pushy about things like results and deadlines...
2 - Z.Z.B.
Wonder if Al Gore was sent a copy for his retirement library?
3 - Triniman
"Ah, the Internet comes on computers now."
- Homer Simpson
4 - DrPat
I tried to get the Internet, but there was a kink in my modem cable. Everything backed up out on the lawn, and the neighbors started complaining...
5 - gonzo marx
try resetting yer dongle..
Excelsior!
6 - DrPat
My dongle was loose, and the local animal control officer ran over it in the street...
7 - RJ
Hey, I still use dial-up! ;-)
8 - gonzo marx
sorry to hear about yer loss, DrPat...
and RJ..a 300 baud acoustic modem is still too good fer the likes of you!!
{8^P~~~~~~~
Excelsior!
9 - Triniman
Did you hear about the woman who deleted Internet Explorer from her desktop and was afaid that she deleted the entire Internet?