The first web site

Re:The first web site by analog31 on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @12:09AM (#13362759)

A few summers ago, my family traveled to Switzerland, ostensibly for hiking, but it was on the heels of the Higgs discovery, and we signed up for a tour at CERN. Among the items in their museum is the computer that ran the first web site. It was a NeXT cube, with a card taped to the side, humbly requesting that it not be turned off.

I'm still amused by the thought of a time when the entire world-wide-web could be brought down by accidentally turning off one computer!

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Re:The first web site by nommm-nommm on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:16AM (#13363036)

Pic on Wikipedia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/NeXTcube...

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Re:The first web site by Biganon on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:31AM (#13364604)

This, Jen... is the Internet.

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Re:The first web site by kleptako on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:29AM (#13363103)

Are there two of them? I saw it at the Science Museum in London.

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Re:The first web site by cronopios on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @08:40AM (#13364637)

There are two of them, but I think they are both at the CERN.

One is displayed to the public, and, IIRC, the other one is in a showcase at the entrance of a lab.

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Re:The first web site by mino on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @08:44AM (#13373797)

I also see it at the Science Museum London in this gallery:

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/plan_your_visit/...

Was it a loan then? It looked like part of the permanent collection.

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Re:The first web site by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @05:34AM (#13363913)

> I'm still amused by the thought of a time when the entire world-wide-web could be brought down by accidentally turning off one computer!

Somewhat relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/908/ ;).

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