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Because there was no text chat then. BBN was contracted to build the first four IMP machines in 1969.



We put someone on the moon before we invented text-chat? Wow.


We put men on the moon before we invented the digital watch.


We put men on the moon before we put wheels on suitcases.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/business/05road.html




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