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I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse.

Robert Metcalfe

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Robert Metcalfe
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 7
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Electrical Engineer
Engineer
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University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Robert Melancton Metcalf
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