were we ever that young and naive?

[furie]

Internet users guide from 1990. (http://www.wimp.com/bigdorks/)


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[TooLowBrow]

she called him a n00b!

[TooLowBrow]

i guess back then there was no porn, only sp(bleep)orts






that video shows everything the internet is not

[TheMojoPin]

Newbie.

OH GOD, NOT SURFING! I'M NOT READY FOR THIS.

[TheMojoPin]

Netscape apparently had magical powers.

Radical! The internet underground radio site, dude!

I like that the dude had to get internet lessons under the expressway.

Or is that some kind of visual metaphor for the information superhighway?

MY MIND IS BLOWN.

[mikeyboy]

Tobias should have been cast in the Mr. Newbie part.

[IamFogHat]

Tobias should have been cast in the Mr. Newbie part.

Beat me to it ya bastard.

[furie]

i knew he reminded me of someone

[silks]

Make sure you have at least 4 MB of RAM...

[underdog]

Crap. I didn't tell my computer dealer that I was going to use it to go on the world wide web.

[strawberrypop]

http://i32.tinypic.com/314qrzq.jpg

[TooLowBrow]

http://www.inkycircus.com/jargon/images/polar_bear_at_dump_sxc_nr.jpg

brrrrrr

[MisterSmith]

Make sure you have at least 4 MB of RAM...

Crap. I didn't tell my computer dealer that I was going to use it to go on the world wide web.

Hell, I think my old cell phone had better specs than that PC. :laugh:

[TheMojoPin]

http://www.inkycircus.com/jargon/images/polar_bear_at_dump_sxc_nr.jpg

brrrrrr

http://www.groovythemes.com/aviation/jet_fighter_two-med.jpg

WHOOOOSH!

[mikeyboy]

http://www.aerospacenews.com/space_pictures/albums/userpics/10001/normal_4A11-20020.lockheed.USAF.F-22.raptor.jpg

WHOOOOSH!

Hotlinking is illegal?

[conman823]

Hotlinking is illegal?

only in most of the civilized world, I don't think this site counts.

[silks]

My first Mac had 8 MB of RAM... I was surfing like a madman on the world wide internet

[Coach_Mac]

http://www.hbo.com/news/img/252x190/rhys_252x190.jpg
Everybody be quiet, he's going on line.

[Gvac]

The internet was around in 1990?

Really?

Only uber-nerds must have known about it back then.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Uber is so tre-faggot.

[TheMojoPin]

The internet was around in 1990?

Really?

Only uber-nerds must have known about it back then.

I think this thing is titled incorrectly on the hosting page. It's much more likely this is from 1993 or 1994 or thereabouts.

[topless_mike]

i can still remember every sound that came with dial-up access.
seems like such a long time ago.

[CountryBob]

That was terrible - must have been produced for PBS.

[Doogie]

Tobias should have been cast in the Mr. Newbie part.

That is the first fucking thing when I saw him come in...I also love that you needed a comp with 400MB hard drive.

My fave part was when they were air guitaring. They rocked!!!!

[TheMojoPin]

i can still remember every sound that came with dial-up access.
seems like such a long time ago.

Even more evocative is trying to print out porn on a dot matrix printer.

[topless_mike]

Even more evocative is trying to print out porn on a dot matrix printer.

going with the porn theme...
remember when the best porn was the 1.5mb clips you'd find here and there?

it could have been worse. it could have been trying to print out porn on a "ditto machine"

[Furtherman]

The internet was around in 1990?

Really?

Only uber-nerds must have known about it back then.

It was called BBS'n.

i can still remember every sound that came with dial-up access.
seems like such a long time ago.

Me too.

Even more evocative is trying to print out porn on a dot matrix printer.

Did that.





Ahh crap is life.

[high fly]

Before the 90's, the French beat us cold with that Minitel system of theirs.
The little portable computer plugged into the phone jack and was free. All you had to do was go sign one out down at the post office and then pay for your minutes online....

[SouthSideJohnny]

On a related topic, I tried watching Hackers (1995?) on cable last night. It was so damn cheesy that I could not stop laughing. I really like the scene where all of the hackers are in awe that the computer had a 28.? baud modem. It brought back memories of my first modem - I think it was a 300 baud volksmodem.