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‘LO’ Message Sent 40 Years Ago Today
Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today , and life hasn't been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on...
Students Beware: Longer School On The Horizon
If Mr. Obama has his way, students in the U.S. may be in for longer school days, a longer school year or possibly both. In a statement quoted from the Associated Press, Mr. Obama warns that American youngsters spend too little time in school, putting...