Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet [VHS]
by Stephen Segaller
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Actor: Bill Gates, Robert X. Cringely, Scott McNealy, Steve Ballmer, Steve JobsDirector: Stephen Segaller
Editor: Bruce Barrow
Producer: Gino del Guercio
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 180 minutes
Release Date: 1998-10-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: PBS Home Video
Studio: PBS Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet [VHS]
Movie Review: Fascinating history of a very successful government project
Summary: 5 Stars
When it comes to the production of videos that explain technical developments in terms that anyone can understand, Robert X. Cringely is the best. He describes the circumstances in human terms, where everyone can at least virtually place themselves in the position of the people who made the decisions that made the Internet. Occasionally winking at the camera, the story is fast-paced and complete.
The recent collapse of the Internet only companies notwithstanding, the early funding that led to the Internet is a successful government project on a par with rural electrification and the interstate highway system. No one really disputes that the Internet will continue to be more global, both in physical and personal terms. Few young people realize that it grew as a research project and no one predicted that it would be of great value. Even while they were building it, most of the people involved didn't really expect it to be used all that much. Therefore, this tape is ideal for any class involving the history of the computer.
Although it was produced several years ago, there are few segments where the passage of time has aged them. Those particular segments are the ones that deal with the growth of the Internet as a commercial medium. However, since the focus is more on the history rather than the future, they are of minimal consequence.
Government is often bashed as being pathetically inept in doing new things. The Internet is probably going to be the most successful government research project of all time, so sometimes they get it right. In this tape, Cringely and company get the background of the Internet right and this is a tape that should be in all libraries, public and institutional.
Summary of Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet [VHS]
Join Robert X Cringely in this much-anticipated sequel to Triumph of the Nerds, as he turns his well-informed and irreverent eye on the intriguing history of the Internet. Go deep into the bowels of the Pentagon to witness the birth of the Internet and follow its rapid rise to the cutting edge of the World Wide Web. On his journey, Cringely interviews the unknown nerds who laid the Internet's foundations, visits the Silicon Valley of India and grills the founders of the networking companies who have made millions from this fascinating new technology.Triumph of the Nerds won legions of computer-skeptical and computer-naive viewers with its mix of minutiae and hip techniques. Going one step further into the digital maze, Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet operates as a sequel of sorts to the surprise docu-hit. Just as its precursor chronicled the rise of empires built on computer software, Nerds 2.0.1 collects interviews from key players in the development of the Internet. Fashionably hip in its visual feel, the film begins by amassing data on the net's crowning, collaborative irony: conceived in the Pentagon during the counterculture's smokiest high point by members--dare it be said--of the military industrial complex, the Net developed on the axis of university research networks and Deadhead (as in the Grateful Dead) electronic bulletin boards. Much of the rest has become history, but Internet and computer industry pundit Robert X. Cringley makes the narrative a jumping, attractive embrace of being a nerd. Interviews with Bill Gates, Mark Andreesen, and Steve Case make these three hours (three tapes slipcased in a nice box) fly by. --Andrew Bartlett
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