Although the internet, or perhaps more accurately the idea of mass networking, was indeed started by the American military wanting to make it so one well aimed missile wouldn't cripple them. The World Wide Web, this thing that we're using right now and is a massive collection of networks webbed together, was created by an Englishman (Sir Tim Berners-Lee). Also as the director of the W3C it is he who is making sure that the html language is the same worldwide.
So please, don't try and make it sound as though America is the only reason we have computers.
Instead of us going back to school, maybe you should start. If it weren't for us you would probably be speaking... huh... nothing, due to not existing.
Ontopic:
Let them Iron out the bugs over in America so we get a smoother launch. World firsts aren't important and there's plenty of time untill Cataclysm yet.