With all the talk of the origins of this, that and the other thing
going on,
I hope you enjoy this humorous look at the history of the internet. I
know
we are a group with IDIC (infinite diversity, infinite combinations)
and I
mean no offense to anyone's beliefs. This is just humor.

Betty Ann
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"In a cat's eyes, all things belong to cats." English Proverb

>
>And, lo, it came to pass that the trader by the name of 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 had been called Amazon Dot
Com.
>And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel far from town
to
>town with thy goods, when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
>
>And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of
a
>camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place
drums
>in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what 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 by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
>
>Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with  the
drums.
>And Dot said, "There will be a lot of banging in the land".  And Abraham
>replied, "It is my most fervent wish that this be so". And  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.
>
>But his success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia did secrete  himself
>inside Abraham's drum and was accused of insider trading.
>
>And the young did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly 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 only work if you
bought
>Brother William's drumsticks.
>
>And 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 of a service  that reflects what we
>are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew  Owner Operators".
>
>"Whoopee!", said Abraham.
>
>"No, YAHOO!", said Dot Com.
>
>
>Mr. Cole's Axiom:  The sum of the intelligence of the planet is a constant.
>The population is increasing.