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ah! I wish I was this clever--sadly, I am just bad at writing...



It's a great story!

btw, "Lo and Behold (Reveries of the Connected World)" is the name of a documentary by Werner Herzog about the history of the Internet. "LO" was the first text sent on UCLA's Internet test. They probably intended to enter "LOGIN" but the network crashed. :)

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lo_and_behold_reveries_of_t...


Of course the phrase itself existed long before the documentary.


For example, the phrase goes back at least as far as Shakespeare.




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