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The internet is no longer any fun
On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:19:34 -0500, nospam
wrote: It's a good thing you said "or so" VBG It was 15 years. It started being called the Internet in 1974, and the World Wide Web started in 1989. if you're going to nitpick about years, you should at least get the details correct. while it technically was invented in 1989, it was an internal project and unavailable to the public, so therefore it does not qualify as having appeared. it was not until 1991 when early tools were released outside cern and 1993 when the first publicly available browser appeared, when the web as we know it began, with another year or two until its growth started to spike. in other words, the original claim of 'twenty years or so before the web appeared' is exactly correct. The first time I ever touched a computer was in 1989. I had volunteered for a non-profit to do whatever they needed me to do. There were around 100. One of them handed me a computer and told me to update the database mailing list for all those 100 volunteers. I looked at the computer and thought about running away.... Then I looked at the guy and said, i cant type very well, and i never worked one of these computers. He taught me how to use that DOS based database and although I typed with one finger, I did get that job done (weeks later). By mid 1990, I bought a used computer, and that guy installed that database on it, so I could work at home. Soon I was doing word processing as well, and then I bought a modem and began connecting to local BBSs (bulletin boards). Thats when I met some of the guys on that BBS (in person), who taught me more about computers. Around 1993 or 94, was my first time on the internet. A local ISP just opened, and they were giving free access for a month. The very first thing I did on the internet, was these newsgroups. Shortly after, I discovered the web. But the first browsers were horrible. I believe the first one I used was called Mosaic. It constantly crashed and locked up the computer. Then I found Netscape, which was a lot better.... So, yea, around 1994 was when I first went on the internet... The rest is history... |
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