Magical Internet

Author: Michael Cox
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Initially, some scientists tried to connect their computers together to form a small network. Later, one scientist connected his small network to other networks. Now, billions of people surf the magical internet every day. This charming little book will tell you all about the people and things related to the internet, and you'll discover that there are so many fascinating facts you never knew before. Take the fun quizzes in the book to find out what kind of person you are: someone who hates the internet? A complete internet addict? Or just a beginner, as the internet crowd often calls them? The internet's rapid development was a huge success invented by Tim. Many people believed the internet was the World Wide Web, and the World Wide Web was the internet—just different names for the same thing. For a time, hundreds of individuals and organizations rushed into the exciting World Wide Web, setting up their own websites, advertising their businesses, telling jokes, selling products, visiting chat rooms, conducting their research, and occasionally shopping online. Although Tim's original goal was to make the internet a tool for collecting information and education, many people used it to make a lot of money. Since many online business websites had the suffix "com" (colloquially pronounced "dot-com"), these new internet millionaires were jokingly called "dot-com millionaires." Even a 12-year-old kid could make a lot of money online. Do you want to use the internet to make a lot of money and become a "dot-com capitalist"? If so, then please learn a lot from the following Tom Haffey. Six Steps to Success on the Internet
1. Have a friend or partner who knows a little about the internet. In 1994, 12-year-old Tom Haffey went to his friend Raper's house to play. Raper's house had a computer connected to the internet, and at that time, the internet was very unfamiliar to most people.
2. Be fully committed. After Tom discovered the internet, he didn't come home for three whole days. When his parents called him home (the food he left behind had grown mold), he said he could come home but on the condition that they also installed an internet connection like Raper's. His parents agreed, and soon after, he started sending emails to internet users all over the world.
3. Have a great idea. One day, while Tom was in a chat room, an Australian asked, "Does anyone know the result of the Arsenal match?" So Tom typed the score "2:0" on the screen. He noticed that football fans around the world often had difficulty getting match information—they could only get delayed "news" from newspapers mailed from the UK a few days later (it seemed the newspaper delivery people in the UK swam very slowly). This made Tom think that he could use email to send match results to them.
4. Give your website a catchy name. Although Tom's idea was good, it didn't satisfy his friends. They kept asking him about the match details, the referee's name, and the number of spectators, and the number of people asking him kept growing. He was too busy to answer everyone. So he thought, "What if I create my own website and put all the match information on it? Then everyone can visit my website to see it. Hmm, I'll call this website 'Football Net'!"
5. Grow your website. Once the website was set up and running, Tom also added detailed information about the football players and some interesting facts about them to the website. Soon, thousands of people visited his website every day.
6. Quickly sell your website to the highest bidder.