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2019-01-29 at 11:46 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:44 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:44 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:43 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:41 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005OOOOOOOOOOOhhh. Super user. what do you specialize in? Radiology?
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2019-01-29 at 11:38 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:37 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
Originally posted by Technologist You don’t get it do you? You wouldn’t understand because you are behind my generation. I lived the inception of cumputerized systems, but hey, you know it all.
No need to get defensive. I was just pointing out your factual, emotion based awarding, and other faults in regard to 1990s technology, technology of today, and the technology of the 1980s.
If you chose the name "technologist" because you once held a job in the field in the 1970s, great. In fact, you could probably teach me a thing or two as your instant reference was TAPE DRIVES. Past that, you need to leave the past 30 years of tech to...well...people younger than you, darling. If you didn't stay in it, you won't win it. -
2019-01-29 at 11:31 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:30 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:28 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:27 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
Originally posted by Jackrabbitpsych Oh ok. I made fun of people on there at that time …look at me now though lol. Aint i a hypocrite
Well, to be fair, at the time, the only people using it were techie types. It was not mainstream by any stretch of the word. Quite literally, only those INTERESTED IN COMPUTERS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY was using it back then. -
2019-01-29 at 11:25 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
Originally posted by Technologist Our college instructor made us take a basic computer class in the mid 80s. We discussed the binary system, lol! She said xrays would become computerized. I thought she was a nut. Now xray equip is computerized and digital. She was a visionary!
She was no a visionary. She just wans't a retard and put her focus in future oriented tech rather than past/ancient tech. It's easy to predict where tech will go if you're in the field already. Doesn't make us prophets or visionaries. -
2019-01-29 at 11:21 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:18 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005Even this software Lanny has been kind enough to run for us. Is a recreation of 90's style bulletin boards. I love it, for one. Truly, I do. All the shit I sometimes give him, I love it. This is how ALL of the Internet was back then. Basic HTML, low-quality pictures, a forum here or there. Good shit. Prior to that, BBS dial-up. Everything from hacking to drugs, to sex, and all the shit. The start of Totse's "text file" collection before it went WWW. NIRVANANET wasn't the only BBS, there were shit tons. If they weren't local to you, long distance was charged. Connection time fees could be astronomical.
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2019-01-29 at 11:12 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:10 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11:08 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005Tape drives are still in use today, so it's not like it's some fantastically ancient tech.
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2019-01-29 at 11:02 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
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2019-01-29 at 11 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
Originally posted by Jackrabbitpsych But that type of internet use was sooooo boring in comparison. Pics and videos were not available to be posted. The manageability and functionability were nothing like today. I dont understand the "appeal"
Nostalgia. To (re)experience the Internet when it was new. For many, it wasn't a horribly drab and awful time, but a pretty magical experience. For me at least. -
2019-01-29 at 10:55 AM UTC in let's revive the internet of 1995 - 2005
Originally posted by Phantasmagoria What I'm suggesting is that all of you and myself start creating web 1.0 style websites and revive the feeling of the old net.
This could be a new thing, an internet where only people who truly wish to be there are.
A net separate from the mainstream network of planet earth.
Since the bandwidth would be pretty small due to the nature of the content maybe it would be possible to start a network totally separate from the internet and build our own infrastructure.
Maybe in a few years there will be an easy and mostly affordable way to build our own internet.
We could have a web, mail server, p2p etc
Originally posted by Lanny No, it wouldn't be possible. This came up in another thread and we looked at some numbers, it's basically impossible to create connectivity between major cities in the same state using consumer hardware based purely on broadcast radius, which is saying nothing of the immense load that routing in that kind of network would represent.
I think maybe you misinterpreted, Lanny?
He can use a widely available assortment of software to "bottleneck" his connection to any speed he sets, including 56k dial-up. Of course. Granted, the "community" he wishes to build, would all have to hop on board with that and do it to their own machines each. I don't believe he intended to create some community that is "bubbled" from a network sense where it downgrades incoming and outgoing to 56k limitations, regardless of the connecting speed.
