ryantp
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Tuesday, March 8, 2005 6:24:00 AM
http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ 

Yahoo! is looking back on its 10 years of existence (10 years??? Daaaaaaaaamn) and how the web has changed . Anyway, its very Yahoo-heavy, but still pretty interesting.

lukin
Tuesday, March 8, 2005 12:45:00 PM
I saw this the other day and thought it was pretty cool. I remember getting online for the first time my senior year in high school and thinking it was the greatest thing ever.

Two notes though: It is way pro-yahoo...to the point that it is ridiculous (anybody ever hear of google??? Apparently not them) the fact that they rate the invention of Yahoo as the number one achievement of the internet is beyond self-serving

Secondly: It made me remember the death of Jerry Garcia (they had it rated number four) and just how it affected me then and how it affects me now. I was working the Drive through at Taco Bell when I heard it and only knew that he was a stoner hippie....I made a remark about his death including the fact that he was just a hippie fool and my coworker burst into tears and left work never to return. It wasn't until years later, in my friends basement that I fully realized what he meant to the world and to me and worst of all, that I would never get to see him play until I too got to Rock 'n' Roll heaven.