My First Experience of the InternetWe remember when this was all fields, and lived a furtive life of dial-up modems and dodgy newsgroups. Tell us about how you came to love the internets.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 22 Mar 2012, 11:56)
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The first time I heard about the internet . . .Must have been 1985 or 86. The librarian at my school was telling me and friend about how he had his computer call up the FBI's computer.
"Whoa! Did they know? Did you get in trouble?"
He said no, they expect you to do that. "You can look at pictures of the 10 most wanted, and if you have the right kind of printer you can print the pictures off."
"What a waste of time," I thought. "Seems it would just be easier to write them a letter."
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setimret likes his metaphors mixed, not stirred, Fri 23 Mar 2012, 2:21,
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