It's hip to be on the Internet right now: NBC report from 1994 - Video
In it, Brokaw visits the "computer convention" in Las Vegas, and talks to Bill Gates, and Eric Schmidt, among others about the internet. What's funny about the clip is that Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, and other people don't look that different, but the computers shown in the video look ancient, as do the little bits of internet content shown in the video.
[via The Business Insider]












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Subscribe to commentsRichardJun 15th 2009 3:45PM
It would be great if you could post videos on a globally friendly site!! We can't get Hulu in the UK because the internet had borders now!!!
julio.go83Jun 15th 2009 3:37PM
Only for the US :/
richard.gaileyJun 15th 2009 3:45PM
Thanks for the article, but ditto the above. People outside the US also follow here.
DiegoJun 15th 2009 3:45PM
Yeah, in Europe we too want to see the video!
QuikboyJun 15th 2009 4:00PM
That was hilarious! Especially the ending :)
Matthew FleigleJun 15th 2009 4:22PM
Just so I understand this, it is a joke right? I feel stupid for even asking (since it says Jimmy Fallon), but most of it seems legit
TomJun 15th 2009 4:47PM
Yep, can't see the video. Put it up on YouTube.
venkJun 15th 2009 4:52PM
"It's gonna be a long time before people have flat screens as small as that book"
Netbooks, Kindle, etc
Looks like Long Time < 15 Years
strideryJun 15th 2009 7:25PM
Well, that is an eternity in nerd years.
edwardJun 15th 2009 9:45PM
I long for the days of an internet without borders.
BTW DLS bloggers over the pat few weeks I have noticed more frequent posts, allowing me to visi multiple imes a day. Good Work!
StrideryJun 15th 2009 7:16PM
Well, that is an eternity in nerd years.
RichardJun 16th 2009 8:20AM
So there's this thing called "the rest of the world outside of the USA." You may have heard of it...
moloJun 16th 2009 9:42AM
Hi
please use a video service that the whole world can use.
Thanks from Oz
Eric HJun 16th 2009 9:32AM
The poster has no control over where the video was posted, complain to Hulu not him.
feraligatr8Jun 17th 2009 8:31AM
the video was probably posted on youtube too, he probably didn't bother to look.
Eric HJun 17th 2009 8:56AM
I just looked and I couldn't find it.
ga.andres1Jun 17th 2009 8:31AM
http://www.fancast.com/tv/Late-Night-With-Jimmy-Fallon/102993/1093477361/Tom-Brokaws-Early-Reports-About-the-Internet/videos
MaffJun 17th 2009 8:31AM
I'm fed up of sites limiting people. Why only broadcast to the minority that is the USA?
ga.andres1, you link is limited too as it only works in certain browsers and is therefore not up to w3c standards so I cannot view that either.
feraligatr8Jun 17th 2009 4:05AM
sigh... did u have to post a link to faggy hulu?
glennJun 18th 2009 8:48PM
works on firefox, what broswer are you using?