• can@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    That shit always cracks me up

    the internet did not begin when you first started paying attention to it

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      1 year ago

      True, although in my case, I’ve been paying attention to it since 1989. So I at least can say I was there when the web began.

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        1 year ago

        You’re the exception. The fact you know the distinction between the internet and the web proves that.

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          1 year ago

          I know I am. I started on the Internet playing MUDs over Telnet, chatting on IRC and posting on Usenet.

          My “640k is good enough for anybody” quote in 1993: “This web thing is pretty cool, but it will never replace Gopher.”