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...those of us who have some experience navigating the Information Superhighway--otherwise known as cyberspace or whatever other techno-sounding media moniker you like--this little stunt doesn't sound all that unusual. With thousands of newsgroups (electronic, public bulletin boards) covering every topic from alt.society anarchy to alt.sex.fetish, a suicide note sounds pretty uncreative...
Superagent carpooling with Baby Bells on the info superhighway...
Think of Harvard's campus network as a "highway." This "highway" is connected ("internetted") with other such highways throughout the world. Thus exists the Internet, the "superhighway" of highways...
...know by now that Harvard is "on the information superhighway." But what does this really mean? In fact, the concept is more than just a political catch-phrase...
What is unusual about the High Speed Data Network (HSDN) is that every student connection is assigned a unique IP address. The "IP" notation hints at something greater, and indeed, "Internet Protocol" addresses allow us to pass the "toll booths" that separate our local highway from the superhighway...