Two of the major events of the 1990s is * Explosive growth of the Internet In the general sense, an internet (with a lowercase "i", a shortened form of the original inter-network - Joesph Turow, UPenn Professor revived the small "i" form) is a computer network that connects several networks. As a proper noun, the Internet is the publicly available internationally interconnected system of computers (plus the information and services they provide to their users) that uses the TCP/IP suite of packet switching communications protocols. Thus, the largest internet is called simply "the" Internet. The art of connecting networks in this way is called internetworking..
The word was originally used to describe people employed to do arithmetic calculations, with or without mechanical aids, but was transferred to the machines themselves. Originally, the information processing was almost exclusively related to arithmetical problems, but modern computers are used for many tasks unrelated to mathematics.
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The Year 2000 Problem (also known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug) was a flaw in computer program design that caused some date-related processing to operate incorrectly for dates and times after January 1, 2000. It turned into a major fear that critical industries (electricity, financial, etc.) and government functions would stop working at 12:00 AM, January 1, 2000 and at other critical dates which were billed as "event horizons." This fear was fueled by huge amounts of press coverage and speculation, as well as copious official corporate and government reports. In the end, few Y2K errors were encountered on Jan 1, 2000, although the preparation for it had a significant effect on the computer industry.
Some of the famous people in this decade are: Adam Sandler, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Jim Carry, Bruce Willis, Harison Ford, and Tom Hanks.
Another major event of the 1990s was the horrible shooting incident over relgion that left so many kids dead or wounded. This incident that I am talking abou was the Columbine Incident. April 20 [edit]
16 minutes of terror Image:Columbine.jpg Much of the massacre was captured on the high school's security cameras.
Harris and Klebold had already planted two bombs, that they expected to explode at 11:00, in the cafeteria. They had calculated that was when the most students would be in the cafeteria - 900 Columbine students were on their lunch break. The 20-pound cafeteria bombs, which were their largest, were each made of a pipe bomb surrounded by fuel cylinders filled with propane. The pair had already planted other bombs around the campus, and expected them to explode too, yet most of them never went off. They brought the bombs to school in backpacks, and in bomb-cases strapped to their bodies. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were wearing trench coats so that students did not know that they were smuggling guns and bombs into the school.
Harris and Klebold fired their first shots at about 11:19, in the parking lot after running there from the soccer field. By 11:25, the pair, who had already fatally shot Rachel Scott, ran into the cafeteria shooting students. They shot at one of the bombs they had planted in an attempt to detonate it, but to no avail. Had the two cafeteria bombs that Harris and Klebold planted exploded, then many of the four hundred and forty-eight students in the cafeteria would probably have been killed. Some students hid in closets, bathrooms, offices, and under heavy desks and chairs while others fled the building, some to the Robert F. Clement Park. Some of the students, hidden behind a heavy door, called for help on cell phones.
The first 9-1-1 call relating to the incident was made at 11:25. A custodian reported hearing gunfire and explosions at the school. The custodian had also reported seeing a shooter on the roof, but he was later revealed to be an innocent repairman who was hiding from the shooting.
By 11:28, deputy Neil Gardner of Jefferson County exchanged gunfire with Harris and Klebold near a building entrance. He radioed for help at 11:29. Other deputies from Jefferson County, Colorado arrived on the scene at 11:30 a.m. They called other agencies for help, as they heard explosions and gunshots. The shooters moved upstairs, shooting at students in classrooms.
Harris and Klebold then moved to the school's library, killing ten students and injuring several more. When it was clear that they weren't going to escape the building, the two committed suicide, Harris by firing a shotgun placed in his mouth, and Klebold with a handgun. Some theorize that Harris killed Klebold before killing himself since Klebold was left handed but was shot in the right temple. Harris had injured his last victim at 11:31 a.m; both Harris and Klebold were confirmed dead by 12:30.
