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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:40PM from the ask-socrates dept.

PLATO, cradle of so many firsts, was born 50 years ago. Next week the Computer History Museum is hosting a two-day conference to celebrate the anniversary. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie, who worked on PLATO as an undergraduate, will be one of the keynote speakers. Co-producer Brian Dear has put together a list of today's technology notables and what they were doing in 1973, the year that social computing suddenly blossomed on PLATO.

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Re:Please explain... (Score:3, Funny)

by __aaclcg7560 ( 824291 ) writes: on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:58PM (#32343752)

Got a problem with Socratic method [wikipedia.org] of learning? Not like anyone is asking you to drink a cup of poison.

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Re:So, What Is PLATO? (Score:5, Funny)

by __aasqbs9791 ( 1402899 ) writes: on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @09:11PM (#32343840)

It wouldn't be the greatest untold story then, would it?

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