The first book I bought on the Internet described the Word Wide Web as "experimental." still, it was enough to get me to want to get on the Internet. But this was '93, and I couldn't find a way to access the Internet.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
Zoe ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Aug 07, 2012 9:30:36 am PDT #17304 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Aug 07, 2012 9:32:52 am PDT #17305 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You sure it was FTP and not Gopher?
Pretty sure? That's the first time I encountered the phrase File Transfer Protocol.
tommyrot - Aug 07, 2012 9:33:13 am PDT #17306 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I remember using ARCHIE and VERONICA. I eventually found a dial-up BBS that would give me command-line access to the Internet.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 9:34:47 am PDT #17307 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My dad signed up for Prodigy in 1991 or 92. But I remember a friend telling me excitedly about "this thing called the World Wide Web - it's like the graphical portion of the internet." Except there were hardly any graphics in those days.
I also have very vivid memories of my Dad and I firing up Netscape for the first time and randomly clicking links until we landed on a French web page and we just looked at each other and asked "...did we just look at a web page from FRANCE????" Like we couldn't believe it was loading from so far away!
Hil R. - Aug 07, 2012 9:37:32 am PDT #17308 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
My dad signed up for Prodigy in 1991 or 92.
My dad signed up for AOL around the same time. I also tried a few dial-up BBSes that some other geeky kids at school said were good, but I never really got into any of them.
Amy - Aug 07, 2012 9:39:53 am PDT #17309 of 30001
Because books.
Man, we didn't have internet until ... 1998?
-t - Aug 07, 2012 9:40:13 am PDT #17310 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's when I was telnetting to UNC from the Chico State computer lab to read Usenet. Ah, grad school.
I vividly remember a guy I went to college with saying without irony about a job interview (at Netscape, iirc) "They could go to my website and see a picture of my cat, so they knew I was serious". Images were still pretty exciting.
I have edged my front lawn AND swept up the clippings. And tacked up the roses that were starting to encroach on my neighbors yard. That may be it for today, it's getting hot.
Jessica - Aug 07, 2012 9:44:18 am PDT #17311 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"They could go to my website and see a picture of my cat, so they knew I was serious".
Trendsetter!
Jesse - Aug 07, 2012 9:44:52 am PDT #17312 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In 1994, talk was the most exciting thing ever. I could type back and forth with my roommate, while she was still at work! Woot.
Amy - Aug 07, 2012 9:45:20 am PDT #17313 of 30001
Because books.
"They could go to my website and see a picture of my cat, so they knew I was serious"
Does that mean we can blame it all on him?