I’m surprised you haven’t posted this from the other NR.

In simplest terms, the golden age of computing of the ’60s and ’70s was fueled by a fat pipe of government money. The Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency funded a wide range of what-if projects, including the work that spawned the Internet.

(And phooey on the New Republic for making it difficult to drag and drop quotes.)

(from a co-worker)

New Movie Search by Google: Have you ever remembered a quote or scene from a movie, but forgot which movie it came from? Google just enhanced their search to include movies. To do a movie search, type movie: before a search, and it will limit your search to movies. Examples of what you can search for:

• movie: “shall we play a game”
• movie: “i was a merman”
• movie: red pill blue pill
• movie: sharks eat LL Cool J

• movie: Constantine 78722

Derivation of the term “parking story”: A FOAF showed up late to a party a few years back and spent a half-hour regaling us with the maneuvering and mechanations of trying to find a parking spot; see also “chirping crickets” and making the hand motion of applying the emergency brake in a sedan — bringing all conversation to a halt.