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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Tue Jul 13, 2021, 10:51 PM Jul 2021

David Bowie, 1999...

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David Bowie, 1999... (Original Post) pbmus Jul 2021 OP

He's not wrong IcyPeas Jul 2021 #1

Well. He wasn't wrong ismnotwasm Jul 2021 #2

Article from The Guardian in 2016 about BowieNet, and it quotes that highplainsdem Jul 2021 #3

Yeah, but did he foresee "I'm a kitty cat, and I dance, dance, dance!" becoming crypto art? herding cats Jul 2021 #4

IcyPeas

(21,859 posts)

1. He's not wrong

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 11:02 PM

Jul 2021

ismnotwasm

(41,976 posts)

2. Well. He wasn't wrong

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Tue Jul 13, 2021, 11:06 PM

Jul 2021

We are assimilating as fast as we can I think. Kids are picking it up immediately. Interesting times

highplainsdem

(48,969 posts)

3. Article from The Guardian in 2016 about BowieNet, and it quotes that

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:18 AM

Jul 2021

interview:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-bowienet-isp-internet

herding cats

(19,564 posts)

4. Yeah, but did he foresee "I'm a kitty cat, and I dance, dance, dance!" becoming crypto art?

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:34 AM

Jul 2021

Not that I don't wish Steve Ibsen all the best and all his, well deserved, profits. Things have definitely escalated quickly, both for better and worse.

Nostalgia moment for we ancient internet people.

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