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This year, rather than wait for the flood of vandalism to hit Saint Patrick's Day as it has annually, the page was protected in advance. Many persons wanting desperately to correct perceived inaccuracies were sent packing and the vandals never had a chance. Chris Troutman (talk) 04:01, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn't that be 1969 for the birth of the internet? Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:22, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sometimes I trust my memory too much. Serendi ^pod ous 07:01, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how the press is reporting it but the "internet" didn't happen until the invention of TCP/IP, which was first implemented in 1977 in a demonstration project, and finally in 1983 in production. ARPANET in 1969 wasn't really the Internet since it was only one network, the first and important, but there were other networks as well, which were interconnected by TCP/IP. -- GreenC 16:30, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just how technical do we want to get here? Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370: We know that communication channels went off, we do not know if that was deliberate or not. There may be other explanations. We should refrain from stating the theory as fact above, more in line with the article. Widefox; talk 13:39, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I believe he's referring to the transponder, which was deliberate. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 19:55, 23 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That bold claim isn't in the article and should be if there's a RS. Without one we should remove it from here. Widefox; talk 18:52, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Serendipodous, Ed We do have a RS for "deliberate" being both an assumption, the view of Malaysian officials, and the majority view BBC "4." but not a fact as stated here. Widefox; talk 18:41, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anent theories about MH 370: would it be too distracting to mention I have my own theory explaining why that flight went off course? -- llywrch (talk) 19:51, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Honestly, I think that's entirely within the realm of possibility. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 20:06, 25 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]