Comments on: Triumph of the Nerds http://www.geekrant.org/2005/08/16/triumph-of-the-nerds/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeremy http://www.geekrant.org/2005/08/16/triumph-of-the-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-5383 Jeremy Fri, 19 Aug 2005 03:16:10 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=375#comment-5383 Ah yes it was, the email where I heard about it, that I still I have kicking around on a CD from Thu, 15 Jul 1999: "At 8:00 pm tonight there is a TV show on the ABC called 'Nerds 2.0.1 - A brief history of the internet' , part 1. The presenter is Bob Cringley, who has a web page at http://www.pbs.org/cringely/index.html" To which <a href="http://www.gnubies.com/" rel="nofollow">Sam Varghese</a> added some positive comments, such as "Cringely is the best IT columnist around and is one of the first Apple employees." As well as how he wrote a best selling book 'Accidental Empires' in 1992, which Triumph of the Nerds was based on. Ah yes it was, the email where I heard about it, that I still I have kicking around on a CD from Thu, 15 Jul 1999:
“At 8:00 pm tonight there is a TV show on the ABC called
‘Nerds 2.0.1 – A brief history of the internet’ , part 1.
The presenter is Bob Cringley, who has a web page at
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/index.html”

To which Sam Varghese added some positive comments, such as “Cringely is the best IT columnist
around and is one of the first Apple employees.” As well as how he wrote a best selling book ‘Accidental Empires’ in 1992, which Triumph of the Nerds was based on.

]]> By: daniel http://www.geekrant.org/2005/08/16/triumph-of-the-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-5376 daniel Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:58:55 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=375#comment-5376 <a href="http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/" rel="nofollow">Nerds 2.0.1 is about the Internet</a>... maybe that's the one you're thinking of? Nerds 2.0.1 is about the Internet… maybe that’s the one you’re thinking of?

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.geekrant.org/2005/08/16/triumph-of-the-nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-5375 Jeremy Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:27:37 +0000 http://www.geekrant.org/?p=375#comment-5375 ABC broadcasted a series of documentaries on the history of the Internet in 1999. Anyone remember what it was? Would love to see it again. ABC broadcasted a series of documentaries on the history of the Internet in 1999. Anyone remember what it was? Would love to see it again.

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