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The web that time forgot 30 Jun 2008
The New York Times rediscovers Paul Otlet - the Internet's lost pioneer:
"In 1934, Otlet sketched out plans for a global network of computers (or 'electric telescopes,' as he called them) that would allow people to search and browse through millions of interlinked documents, images, audio and video files. He described how people would use the devices to send messages to one another, share files and even congregate in online social networks. He called the whole thing a 'réseau,' which might be translated as 'network' -- or arguably, 'web.'"
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