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

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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 😂

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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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