1993 newsspot abot internet

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-01-25 11:28am

Sorta nostaligic to watch this:

Linky

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2004-01-25 01:25pm

I loved the guy talking about how polite it was. How people weren't swearing or yelling at each other.

Hobot · Post by **Hobot** » 2004-01-25 01:53pm

Wow, I must have been 8 when that aired...but I think I remember seeing that.

Peter Mansbridge has hair!

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-25 01:58pm

Amusingly, this article aired right after the September That Never Ended -- or when AOL opened up an AOL <-> Usenet gateway. The end was already upon them and they didn't even know it.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-01-25 02:29pm

phongn wrote:Amusingly, this article aired right after the September That Never Ended -- or when AOL opened up an AOL <-> Usenet gateway. The end was already upon them and they didn't even know it.

LOL, I contributed to that long time ago.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-01-25 03:16pm

In-ter-net?

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-01-25 03:51pm

it makes ya wonder when it stopped being called just 'Internet' and went to being called things like the web or the net. . . . .

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-01-25 04:12pm

phongn wrote:Amusingly, this article aired right after the September That Never Ended -- or when AOL opened up an AOL <-> Usenet gateway. The end was already upon them and they didn't even know it.

Err, could you elaborate?

The Aliens · Post by **The Aliens** » 2004-01-25 04:30pm

Wild to see Mansbridge with hair- its amazing how much the 'net has grown over the past decade, from a few people to much of the industrialised world.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-25 04:41pm

Uraniun235 wrote:
phongn wrote:Amusingly, this article aired right after the September That Never Ended -- or when AOL opened up an AOL <-> Usenet gateway. The end was already upon them and they didn't even know it.
Err, could you elaborate?

Back In The Day, in September a bunch of newbies would flood USENET from their new college Internet accounts. Then they would be assimilated and all would be well.

But when AOL brought USENET access to the Unwashed Masses, the ability of the newsgroups to assimilated the newbies was overwhelmed. Hence the September That Never Ended.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-01-25 04:45pm

Note: "called Internet, not the Internet" I also find the fact that he talks about how friendly the internet was very funny.

justifier · Post by **justifier** » 2004-01-25 09:46pm

Internet eh, is that thing still around? [/Homer]

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-01-26 07:43am

I still miss locall BBS's. Remember those?! Legend of the Red Dragon? TradeWars? GlobalWar? MAn, good times. I remember when the hottest topic among the band geeks was who married the barmaid, and how close you were to killing the Dragon and resetting the game. and tradewars, just...wow. Fights almost got started over that game... "WE WERE ALLIES!!! DOUBLE-YOO-TEE-EFF, DUDE?!" Doom modem-to-modem was....wow....

Good times... *swoon*

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Very amusing video.