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[Article] The internet was born this week in 1969, and immediately glitched — only two of the five letters in the first computer-to-computer message were received (www.tomshardware.com)

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The receiving computer crashed as it couldn’t cope with the transmission speed of 5,000 characters per second.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago

Missing detail: Once everything had restarted, the next attempt at sending "LOGIN" began, effectively making the first three character sent over a computer network "LOL"