The Beginning of the Internet

[wterrell]

The Beginning of the Internet

And it came to pass in the land of Israel that a merchant being called 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 was known as amazon Dot Com.

She said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her with amazement, perceiving her as several pack saddles short of a camel load, but simply replying, "How, Dear?"

And Dot replied, "Verily, my husband, I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what goods 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.

And Abraham gazed upon his empty warehouses and it was good.

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 riches 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 did insist on making drums that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others."

And as Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known "eBay" he said, "We need a name that reflects what we are," and Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO", said Abraham.

And that is how it all began.

[Doubs]

Nice story, Wes...... sure makes Al Gore's claim questionable, doesn't it?

[Dwight Gruber]

Wes,

Has anybody ever told you, you are a very clever guy!

--Dwight

[wterrell]

Dwight,
I have been told that I am a bas...., moron, idiot, fat, stupid, liar, ugly, coward, smelly, etc.
But I would like to avoid the tag of plagiarist, so I must inform you that I snagged this bit from a friend of mine (who most probably glommed it from the internet, somewhere).

[Johnny C. Kitchens]

Have you heard of Bill Gates latest idea for the Internet to control SPAM. Sell eStamps for the e-mail. This would make too expensive for the SPAMMERS todo. He seems to be missing what is going on out in the world. A lot of these viruses are reprogramming innocent peoples computers to send out SPAM messages for them. I also wonder who he has in mind to get the money for these eStamps...