Did you know the internet is 10,000 days old?

  After watching the video of Kevin Kelly on Ted.com I got to seriously thinking about how I grew up in a place in time where we are all reliant on the internet.  I never knew the first idea's about the internet were supposed to be "T.V. but better".  The only things that I was aware of were the green and black dos systems that my father told me stories of.  I remember how long it took with that dial up connection and the waiting and the waiting and the waiting.....it took forever to do anything.  It has been so long since I have thought about those first experiences on the internet.  He had me laughing with his "Next 5,000 Days Prediction"  because most of what I gathered (with out extensive techie knowledge) has become reality.  Hand Held Devices are a part of our every day activities they are our cell phones!  With applications to take care of my every desire, banking, music, games, research.  It can handle anything, do multiple things, and reslove my problems.  I have become reliant on the net that is cast around me that keeps it all running smoothly.  They restructured the internet to tailor to human needs and marketed it to what we as humans need; an extension of ourselves.  I could not imagine my life with out it and if I ever get asked a question and I dont know the answer I as well as Kevin Kelly and the rest of the world would be lost if we could not google it!