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by somenameforme 1374 days ago
The internet is fundamentally little more than the ability to send 1s and 0s from point A to point B.

So you mean like me calling you and saying 0 1 0? Well, yeah kind of, but faster! And we can even have conference calls! It's going to change the entire world! Yeah, ok... Well, I'm going to leave now. Wait, sorry... I mean I'm going to '0 1 1 0' now. Wow, I can feel the world shifting already.

The applications of a technology often are far greater than the most simplified fundamental upon which it is built.