Whats this thing called internet?

[CasterTroy]

I had bought a domain by 1998 because the internet providers kept getting bought and I was tired of my email changing

Started with Mindspring and ran thru about 4 providers (never A O hell) till TW cable came thru

[pickle.of.doom]

TW made me think of Trade Wars... the origins of online multiplayer gaming!

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Avatard

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.

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

You can thank Mudpuppy and Al Gore.

Two of the most funny things I've read all day.

[Homeslice]

"You don't need a phone line to communicate over internet?"

No, apparently not."

Uh, yeah, ya kinda did. What did you think, that your PC had an antenna on the back of it?

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Uh, yeah, ya kinda did. What did you think, that your PC had an antenna on the back of it?

Shhhh - actual facts and the media don't mix...

[azoomm]

This thread makes me smile...

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by tallywacker

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.

Geoshitties - get it right.

Remember the Icy Hot Stuntaz, and Krill Be Ballaz?

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by derf

Yes their bussiness model is based around the fact that old people (like my dad) are scared to stop paying for the service because they have had the same email address for the past 20 years and what will people do if they have to change thier email address? I'm serious about this:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2376166,00.asp

My dad has been paying $10 a month for the past decade, and $25 a month for the decade before that. Here is the kicker, he's had broadband through cable company since somewhere around 2000 so he hasn't had to pay for it since then. The only reason he pays that money is that he doesnt want to loose his email address.

LOL, same with my parents, they use something called provide.net

What's the typical rule about email with these companies? Do you instantly lose your email addy after you cancel your service? Or will they auto-forward your email to another address for a certain period of time?

[derf]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

What's the typical rule about email with these companies? Do you instantly lose your email addy after you cancel your service? Or will they auto-forward your email to another address for a certain period of time?

I dont think there is a rule



Anyone remember the days when you can enter a search term into (in pre google days) a search engine and come back with no results?

[Papa_Complex]

Friends in the education world hooked me up with Toronto Free Net in 1991. It was a text-only portal to the Internet, run by the universities in Toronto, and accessible via modem. There was no graphic interface, so web pages were only usable in hypertext, but the web wasn't big then anyway. For motorcycle information you went to newsgroups, like rec.motorcycles.

... if you could sift pat the flame wars.