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Old 01-29-2011, 04:58 PM   #1
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Default Whats this thing called internet?

Katie Couric and bryant Gumbal want to know

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTPX4JW_Ts

Also whats that stupid a with the circle thing? About?
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Old 01-29-2011, 05:47 PM   #2
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Who saw the Internet coming as such a powerful force in all our daily lives? Ah, the stories I could tell.

Sometimes, being too far ahead of the curve just gets you stupid looks, and Bryant's contempt.
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Old 01-31-2011, 05:50 PM   #3
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Who saw the Internet coming as such a powerful force in all our daily lives? Ah, the stories I could tell.

Sometimes, being too far ahead of the curve just gets you stupid looks, and Bryant's contempt.
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You can thank Mudpuppy and Al Gore.
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Old 01-29-2011, 06:49 PM   #4
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That is awesome. I think I was on AOL in 1994.
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Old 01-29-2011, 07:22 PM   #5
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That is awesome. I think I was on AOL in 1994.
I was on Prodigy, but switched to AOL lat in 94
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Old 01-29-2011, 07:45 PM   #6
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We were on AOL as well. Yikes. Dark freaking ages...
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Old 01-29-2011, 07:51 PM   #7
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I was 5.
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Old 01-30-2011, 01:44 AM   #8
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I built my first webpage about that time. I was fucking nerd

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I AM a fucking nerd
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Old 01-30-2011, 02:16 AM   #9
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I built my first webpage about that time. I was fucking nerd

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I started screwing around with geocities a while after that, I thought it was 94, but it could have been as late as 96
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Old 01-30-2011, 02:19 AM   #10
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I started screwing around with geocities a while after that, I thought it was 94, but it could have been as late as 96
Yeah geocities came about about around 96. I had a page built on there as well. Raw html building everything.

www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/6419

To bad yahoo bought it then sunk it.
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