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The Internet as it was, 20 years ago

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by LCAhmed, Jul 15, 2015.

  1. LCAhmed

    LCAhmed Contributing Member

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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WTKIgdfoHxM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
  2. The Real Shady

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    They never got to p*rn. The backbone of the internet. Though it was likely all pictures back then.
     
  3. Haymitch

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    Back when the best thing I could do was very slowly download a **** quality black and white picture of a topless Sable. Those were simpler times.
     
  4. gifford1967

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    Didn't watch the whole thing, but aside from the cheesy props and acting it was a very well designed tutorial on the internet.
     
  5. Jontro

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    Back then the faps was slow because I had to wait minutes for a picture to load.
     
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    I remember printing my first p*rn pic on a epson color dot matrix printer. It used so much ink it warped the paper cause of the number of passes it took lol

    That was on my first computer a 486SX 25Mghz
     
  7. txppratt

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    i got caught printing nudie photos in color... oh man
     
  8. GanjaRocket

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    Just a fad, will never work..

    Wait until Internet 2.0

    Http sucks
     
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    Did you see the part where Kathy thought she was a person? Oh get back to work Kathy.
     
  10. NateNate

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    Makes you wonder where we'll be 20 years from now. My Tandy 3000 will be outdated by then
     
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    Imagine if we spent as much money and human resources on eradicating cockroaches, fire ants and the beetles killing all the trees in CO

    Priorities
     
  12. Jontro

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    Don't forget mosquitos and redheads.
     
  13. donkeypunch

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    I used to start my faps by asking a/s/l?
     
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    The first time I used the internet, and this is no lie, I downloaded a lot of Houston Rockets articles on the Championship. I don't think it was Netscape for me though. I think it was something called Mosaic. I also played a lot of Risk at the time. I was hooked right away. I took a free HTML class right away, created some hideous pages, and to this day I might argue that knowledge is still useful for me 20 years later.
     
  15. Celebriduck

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    I like Rachel and Chandler's video better.
     
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    Actually, 90 percent of webpages haven't changed much in 20 years and that netscape browser isn't all that far off (at least on the front end) then what we have now.

    The html and the web security have obviously improved since then.
     
  17. Jontro

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    le pronz have improved drastically.
     
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    clutchfans ate my balls
     
  19. BasketballReasons

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    and humans.
     
  20. rockbox

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    Twenty(actually 19) years ago, I started reading this.

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