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I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

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  • geospacedman@mastodon.socialG geospacedman@mastodon.social

    @kibcol1049 I'm so old I remember when the internet was in black and white and they played an mp3 of the national anthem before it shut down every night.

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    @geospacedman @kibcol1049 I'm so old, I remember when the Internet was black and green...

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      @NormanDunbar @kibcol1049 The cultist was before the lawyers, if I recall.

      One of those two lawyers is dead now. That is a pity.

      (That it's only one of them, I mean.)

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        I remember ICQ and eLists, for the latter, I ran a local furry list

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        • harrymuzz@mastodon.socialH harrymuzz@mastodon.social

          @kibcol1049 I remember dialup to connect to an ad free internet, worse than that I remember punch cards .

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          @harrymuzz @kibcol1049 80 or 96-column? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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          • kibcol1049@mstdn.socialK kibcol1049@mstdn.social

            I'm so old I remember when the internet didn't have commercials.

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            @kibcol1049 And then Juno came along to prove how much of a bastard free services can be.

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            • backfromthedud@mas.toB This user is from outside of this forum
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              @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 When I were young we just had 2 rocks to bang together.

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              • backfromthedud@mas.toB backfromthedud@mas.to

                @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 When I were young we just had 2 rocks to bang together.

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                @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 Luxury. We had to make our own rocks with sand collection our bare feet and spit.

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                  @NormanDunbar @kibcol1049 Canter & Siegel. I remember the Usenet backlash like it was yesterday.

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                  • chuff@bark.wolp.chatC chuff@bark.wolp.chat

                    I remember ICQ and eLists, for the latter, I ran a local furry list

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                    @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049

                    I remember a bridge between ICQ, AIM and JABBER, lol

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                    • nlarson830@techhub.socialN nlarson830@techhub.social

                      @kibcol1049 @harrymuzz

                      Use a rubber band around a small deck.

                      If the deck was more than an inch thick, draw a diagonal line on one edge face so if they got scrambled you could reassemble without sobbing.

                      Too big for a rubber band?
                      There were purpose-made boxes.

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                      @nlarson830 @kibcol1049 @harrymuzz
                      I signed up for a community college sort of computer programming class, 'cuz I was certain computers would be a huge part of my career (correct).

                      Looked at the shopping list for the syllabus of the COBOL class, & saw I needed to buy a box of punch cards.

                      Immediately dropped the class. I would've been cool with learning COBOL, but if they were still doing punchcards when I already had an XT with dual floppy drives, they were too backward.

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                      • nunavutbirder@mas.toN nunavutbirder@mas.to

                        @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 Luxury. We had to make our own rocks with sand collection our bare feet and spit.

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                        @NunavutBirder @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049

                        you had sand?

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                        • backfromthedud@mas.toB backfromthedud@mas.to

                          @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 When I were young we just had 2 rocks to bang together.

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                          @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 we were poor. We had only one rock to bang together

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                          • bob@beamship.mpaq.orgB bob@beamship.mpaq.org

                            @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049

                            I remember a bridge between ICQ, AIM and JABBER, lol

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                            @bob

                            I loved ICQ!! Anyone ever use "The Palace"? That was a fun place to go. It used avatars of your choosing/making and took place in various "palaces" built by the users. Then the 12-year-old boys took over and it became a swamp of sexual harrassment.

                            @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049

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                            • bob@beamship.mpaq.orgB bob@beamship.mpaq.org

                              @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049

                              I remember a bridge between ICQ, AIM and JABBER, lol

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                              @bob @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049
                              Yeah, for a while at work I'd convinced all the CC folk to use Meebo, because it incorporated AIM, but with better controls of persistent rooms.

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                              • john_loader@ohai.socialJ john_loader@ohai.social

                                @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman @kibcol1049 we were poor. We had only one rock to bang together

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                                @John_Loader @BackFromTheDud @stuartl @geospacedman ๐Ÿ˜‚

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                                • bob@beamship.mpaq.orgB bob@beamship.mpaq.org

                                  @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049

                                  I remember a bridge between ICQ, AIM and JABBER, lol

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                                  @bob @chuff @johnnyvibrant @IanDSmith @kibcol1049 That was initiated during the heyday of the Trillian product, right?

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