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Since I was about 13 or 14...so around 12 or 13 years :) Most of the changes I've seen have been of illegal ventures lol (mostly within the hacking community as compared to the spam emails telling you to send $200 so that you can recieve your check for $3.5 million that you just won) and the introduction of warez (freewarez, sharewarez) the rise and fall of Napster. Saw hackers go from very public to now, where you never see their pen names anywhere anymore and they keep themselves to their own little "underground internet" 
I kind of miss the mid to late 90s internet...but then, I'm still stuck in the 90s anyway, so I just miss everything about that time period. *shrugs* Late 90's! Bring 'em back! 
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I've been online since 89' I guess it's a give and take. The commercialization has grown, but so has the amount of information available.
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i remember aol 2.0 on a 28k modem
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Since I was about 13 or 14...so around 12 or 13 years :) Most of the changes I've seen have been of illegal ventures lol (mostly within the hacking community as compared to the spam emails telling you to send $200 so that you can recieve your check for $3.5 million that you just won) and the introduction of warez (freewarez, sharewarez) the rise and fall of Napster. Saw hackers go from very public to now, where you never see their pen names anywhere anymore and they keep themselves to their own little "underground internet"
I kind of miss the mid to late 90s internet...but then, I'm still stuck in the 90s anyway, so I just miss everything about that time period. *shrugs* Late 90's! Bring 'em back!
Amen! I'm sure it's been said every new generation, but this generation is seriously falling into dis-repair. In the 90s we wore our clothes loose, in the 00s they wear them falling off. In 1999 gas was 89 cents a gallon, now you're lucky if you can find it for $2.89/gal. The internet was used more for informational purposes..now it's all about porn and "work-from-home" schemes. Cartoons still had class to them back then...(although, I do believe Ren and Stimpy, Beevis and Butthead and The Simpsons was the beginning of the end of classic cartoons. lol Gotta love the Simpsons though  ) Dunno...seriously, let's take it back 10 years...I'll gladly take everything that that entails (a Clinton in the presidency and everything lmao) than what we have today.  
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I've been using it since 1996. My first computer had a 1 gb capacity, the second 3.2 gb. When I got one that had 20 gb, it seemed like some sort of miracle.
The main thing I've noticed is that, as the internet becomes more accessible and more mainstreamed, the overall level of user literacy and real interpersonal communication continues to drop. |
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Haha ok my only qualm there is that you said cartoons had "class" and then cited Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy. Not sure if that's a textbook definition of class, haha.
As for the generational degradation, every generation says that. The 90's generation was seen as appalling be the previous generation because we wore our pants way looser than they had, and were far more outspoken, crude, and apathetic. |
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I've been using it since 1996. My first computer had a 1 gb capacity, the second 3.2 gb. When I got one that had 20 gb, it seemed like some sort of miracle. The main thing I've noticed is that, as the internet becomes more accessible and more mainstreamed, the overall level of user literacy and real interpersonal communication continues to drop. I agree, if my company email goes down for a day it's like the world has come to an end. People call me and say "did you get the email I sent you" I say "no but now that your on the phone why don't you just tell me". |
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Man I feel sorry for some of you that been on the net so long
I only been on for 2 years. Never thought Id be on a datting site 
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Haha ok my only qualm there is that you said cartoons had "class" and then cited Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy. Not sure if that's a textbook definition of class, haha. No, I was saying those were the beginning of the downfall of classic cartoons. Where things started to go massively wrong
"Classy" cartoons are like, the old Looney Toons with Bugs Bunny and the Martian, more often than not they never even spoke...but really, they didn't have to. lol |
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Haha ok my only qualm there is that you said cartoons had "class" and then cited Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy. Not sure if that's a textbook definition of class, haha. No, I was saying those were the beginning of the downfall of classic cartoons. Where things started to go massively wrong
"Classy" cartoons are like, the old Looney Toons with Bugs Bunny and the Martian, more often than not they never even spoke...but really, they didn't have to. lol I understood what you meant and your right. Lets not forget the roadrunner and coyote. |
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Man I feel sorry for some of you that been on the net so long
I only been on for 2 years. Never thought Id be on a datting site
I love the internet :D *snugs* Have friends all over the world that I stay in close contact with, have learned things about other cultures and nations that the American school books doesn't include (for one reason or another...depending lol) Have learned to speak bits and pieces of foreign languages, dunno...all in all..the internet has been great to me and I'll be on it for another 13 years
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Man I feel sorry for some of you that been on the net so long
I only been on for 2 years. Never thought Id be on a datting site
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Haha ok my only qualm there is that you said cartoons had "class" and then cited Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy. Not sure if that's a textbook definition of class, haha. No, I was saying those were the beginning of the downfall of classic cartoons. Where things started to go massively wrong
"Classy" cartoons are like, the old Looney Toons with Bugs Bunny and the Martian, more often than not they never even spoke...but really, they didn't have to. lol I understood what you meant and your right. Lets not forget the roadrunner and coyote. Exactly! I think one of my all-time fav episodes though is the Barber Shop with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
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Haha ok my only qualm there is that you said cartoons had "class" and then cited Beavis and Butthead and Ren and Stimpy. Not sure if that's a textbook definition of class, haha. No, I was saying those were the beginning of the downfall of classic cartoons. Where things started to go massively wrong
"Classy" cartoons are like, the old Looney Toons with Bugs Bunny and the Martian, more often than not they never even spoke...but really, they didn't have to. lol In that case, I couldn't agree more! |
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Man I feel sorry for some of you that been on the net so long
I only been on for 2 years. Never thought Id be on a datting site
I love the internet :D *snugs* Have friends all over the world that I stay in close contact with, have learned things about other cultures and nations that the American school books doesn't include (for one reason or another...depending lol) Have learned to speak bits and pieces of foreign languages, dunno...all in all..the internet has been great to me and I'll be on it for another 13 years
I know what your saying  but at the same time. if I spent as much time as i do today on the net back then. There are a few things I would of missed out on. I just think to many people spend way to much time on the net and I do to, but it can suck your life away...
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as for myself..not very long at all...in fact i am way behind the times where the internet is conserned..
i knew of it's existance from way back.. but i always thought of it as a very unhealthy addication.. when im not working..im at the challet..or doing other things... but now..i bring my laptop with me to work..i purchased a deak top for the challet..mostly to talk with nicole though. and i couldn't do all this without the help of the internet... moderation is out the window now isn't it??
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Got my first computer from an ex-boyfriend (after we broke up) back in 2001. He called out of the blue and asked if I ever caught up with society yet and did I want the computer he just rebuilt. Now I have one and my daughter has one....
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11 years......I bought the computer to help my son......and then......I discovered the "internet"
 Its been all down hill from there......I think I need some sort of internet support group!!!
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11 years......I bought the computer to help my son......and then......I discovered the "internet" Its been all down hill from there......I think I need some sort of internet support group!!!
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Edited by
s1owhand
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Wed 02/06/08 10:37 AM
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i go back to bitnet and before that arpanet
i saw most all of it
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