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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:04 AM Original message |
When did you first access the World Wide Web? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Late 1997 maybe. I was 12 at the time |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. In the year 2000 |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. I used to enjoy the wonder that was Gopher |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. My school had Prodigy in 1993ish if I recall correctly |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. 1994 at university. |
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143tbone (468 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
6. Early 80's on Compuserve. n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You accessed the World Wide Web via Compuserve in the early 80's? Wow! |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yes. Tim Berners-Lee hadn't even thought of HTML yet, |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sometime in early 90's |
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RushIsRot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1992 - I bought my first PC and signed on to Prodigy |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. 1996. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. gosh, long time ago, I was the 1st one I knew who had access thru a bulletin board...remember those? |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. A couple of months after Mosaic was released in 1993 |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. 1993 was a first for me too. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. 96 |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. '96 |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was at a friend's house. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
17. 1991 or '92 |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was a network engineer at a large university in the early '90s |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. 12 years ago in 1996 |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. hmmm, around 1998 |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. Gosh, I don't have any idea! |
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yasmina27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fall '95 |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. July '94. I found photos of Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter ... |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. 1996 |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. '92 on Prodigy. |
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Digit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. I ran a BBS in the early 80's, started a thing I called "gatherings" |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. my husband did that kind of thing way back when. |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. 1993 I think it was via Prodigy. |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. College lab, fall of 1995 |
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puerco-bellies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. 1993 Using Mosaic Camellion |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. Early 90s, sometime. I remember browsing a menu that listed all available web sites. |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. 1995. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
34. I've been on the internet since 1979, on the web since 1991 maybe. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Usenet. LOL! |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
35. 1983-84 I "surfed" on a 300 baud modem through an inter-library system |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. 96. |
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Kickin_Donkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
38. 1996 ... I was living overseas ... |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
39. 1997 - didn't see much use for it then though |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. In about 1997. I was looking for an expert on a certain matter and found him in one try. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
41. Around 1995 |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-01-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
42. Wow, 91/92 via Prodigy |
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