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		flashmob on Aug 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Berners-Lee's Original Announcement (1991) Actually, the earliest mention is here: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=6487%40cernvax.cern.ch Other famous usenet posts: http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html

fl3tch on Aug 20, 2012 [–]

You know what's interesting? The immediate follow up to that first message, by Richard Chimera, mentions Randy Pausch. Does anybody remember him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Small world.

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