http://www.metafilter.com/tags/modems Posts tagged with 'modems' at MetaFilter. Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:52:12 -0800 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:52:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/29940/What%2Dhappened%2Dto%2Dthe%2DModem%2DGuy <a href="http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/1103/23hayes.html">What happened to the Modem Guy?</a> A great story on two partners and personal computer pioneers, Hayes (who got the fame) and Heatherington (who got the money). tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.29940 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:52:12 -0800 brokenlink Hayes Heatherington internet inventors modems nostalgia technology falameufilho http://www.metafilter.com/27438/Great%2Dfirewall%2Dof%2DBurma <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/burma/story/0,13373,1003751,00.html"><i>The great firewall of Burma.</a> "Burma's military regime has reluctantly dipped a toe in the cyber sea, but for most of the country's population owning a modem without permission means 15 years in jail."</i> I guess I should stop complaining about my dial-up connection. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27438 Sun, 03 Aug 2003 11:03:16 -0800 burma burmese firewalls illegalcomputing militaryregimes modems myanmar homunculus