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Internet Power! The Unearthed 1995 Video About The Internet

winniemc — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:08:22 EDT

All your base are belong to us.

winniemc

Internet Power! The Unearthed 1995 Video About The Internet

winniemc — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:05:01 EDT

All your base are belong to us!

winniemc

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drugman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:04:09 EDT

Prodigy. Tear, tear.

drugman

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jadednyer — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:58:09 EDT

Did anyone else notice that the voice over says that the browser was developed in 1933. Radio?

jadednyer

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Smackdown — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:32:23 EDT

Ah, 1995 internet. I used to think that the "internet" was the AOL chat rooms I used to troll to mock goth kids. Boy, was I hilarious with my Old English red font.

Smackdown

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skippywasserman — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:51:04 EDT

Fuck this noise, I still remember having to switch from a Manual to a Selectric.

You kids keep the fuck offa my lawn!

skippywasserman

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dcd829 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:59:03 EDT

so my parents still have dial up AOL, so when I am in there house, I am 15 again due to the apperant time warp, right?

dcd829

Internet Power! The Unearthed 1995 Video About The Internet

Laurent Fignewton — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:46:28 EDT

While not entirely related to this video, I got in a big discussion with a friend of mine about the Legend of the Red Dragon (LORD) a couple of days ago.

Laurent Fignewton

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KarenUhOh — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:40:14 EDT

@CaptainFantastic: Those "Kristin Davis" pictures are makin' me I-L-L.

KarenUhOh

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NinaHagen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:39:40 EDT

Cheesy wipes rock!

NinaHagen

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:37:57 EDT

{{{(((***@FracturedAcetabulum***)))}}}

Phyllis Nefler

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bellethellama — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:27:18 EDT

@Political Party Girl: I wish browsing the Internet really entailed flying around electric towers and various algorithms dancing in front of your eyes.

What also got me was how bleak Grand Central looked in the mid-90's.

bellethellama

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FracturedAcetabulum — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:25:46 EDT

@Phyllis Nefler: ha! Good thing.

FracturedAcetabulum

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FracturedAcetabulum — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:25:34 EDT

This stroll down Nostalgia lane seems to be coming more often these days. Seriously, I've mentioned my Vic 20 with the tape drive playing Oregon Trail at least once a week for the past two weeks (represent!!one!).

Nick. Do you have a milestone birthday coming up anytime soon?

FracturedAcetabulum

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:21:20 EDT

Also, are there any other Apple nerds out there who had eWorld accounts? When they cancelled the service, I literally was in a chat room ((hugging)) people goodbye. Good thing I've grown out of that phase.

Phyllis Nefler

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calculatrix — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:19:56 EDT

Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such technology guides as "Walkmans: Portable Gramaphones" and "Takin' it to the Betamax-imum!".

calculatrix

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Phyllis Nefler — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:18:45 EDT

@fiveinchtaint: PING!

Phyllis Nefler

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SeeingI — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:18:19 EDT

You may already be a "net surfer"!

SeeingI

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fiveinchtaint — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:16:31 EDT

fiveinchtaint> finger nick@gawker.com

Nick Denton is not presently logged in.
Last seen at Balthazar on Tue Mar 18 05:13:06 2008
Mail forwarded to rubbish@gawker.com.
Project: Save the galaxy!
Plan:
*Waverly Inn on Friday at 9:30pm
*Appointment with Yoda Sunday at 3:15pm

fiveinchtaint

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Clarence Rosario — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:16:10 EDT

@Clarence Rosario: Fuck. "change".

Clarence Rosario

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Clarence Rosario — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:14:44 EDT

@Political Party Girl: "RISC will changed everything!"

Clarence Rosario

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fivehole — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:14:01 EDT

@Clarence Rosario: my first "real" computer was a tandy 2000. my father thought i was using it as a word processor when in reality, i was using it to play leisure suit larry.

@In Other News...: i love my atari. and the kool-aid man game we swapped upc bar codes and shipping charges for.

fivehole

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Political Party Girl — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:13:04 EDT

Watching "Hackers" is a great trip back in time, especially when they're marveling at Angelina Jolie's modem speed. "Yo. Check this out guys, this is insanely great! It's got a 28.8 BPS modem!"

Political Party Girl

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CaptainFantastic — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:12:23 EDT

@belltolls: @KarenUhOh: ILL

CaptainFantastic

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Hot Tranny Mess — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:12:19 EDT

Yeah, well. My birth certificate is in Cuneiform and my parents calculated the taxes they owed to Nebuchadnezzar on an abacus.

Hot Tranny Mess

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belltolls — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:12:07 EDT

@KarenUhOh: Me too!

belltolls

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In Other News... — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:05:35 EDT

@fivehole: I still have my Commodore 64 in original box, and occasionally bust out my ORIGINAL Atari 2600. And, Prodigy is where I first discovered online chat... and $150 phone bills.

In Other News...

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Clarence Rosario — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:04:41 EDT

@fivehole: TRS-80 with a cassette drive. Reprazent!

Clarence Rosario

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KarenUhOh — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:04:41 EDT

@belltolls: Oh, God. I was rolling around in the Computer Science lab back in the day myself. Which is a story in itself, because I was an English major.

I'm just so darn proud I have my Dear Alma Mater to thank for being able to look at someone who isn't Kristin Davis lick the dick of someone who's not in the picture when I'm supposed to be wor--

KarenUhOh

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JorgeLuisGorgeous — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:04:10 EDT

Eight whole megabytes of RAM to surf the internet? Who am I, NASA?

JorgeLuisGorgeous

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naboo — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:01:40 EDT

"Seinfeld" killed the slap-bass star.

naboo

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belltolls — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:00:17 EDT

@MaeHemm: I was on PLATO at the University of Illinois so I am...nearly dead.

belltolls

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Sally Tomato — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:59:24 EDT

And here I remember thinking that I was "missing it" by not being online yet in 1994.

Sally Tomato

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surfbeavernsb — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:59:18 EDT

MS:DOS, Baby!

surfbeavernsb

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cashmny — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:58:53 EDT

@tvhtexas: ok, thank god I'm not the only one who heard that.

cashmny

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MaeHemm — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:57:23 EDT

I had a 1200 baud modem and a drop tone dialer so...I win.

MaeHemm

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fivehole — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:57:06 EDT

@VoxPopuli: that was a mighty fast modem once upon a dream. some of us had to contend with 2400 bauds and a 286 processor when we wanted to get our nerd on.

fivehole

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Private Hangnail — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:56:35 EDT

This apparently predates the invention of pornography.

Private Hangnail

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VoxPopuli — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:53:17 EDT

I remember having an external 14400 baud modem. I am officially old.

VoxPopuli

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cashmny — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:50:13 EDT

@SoftBeadySuedeShoes: And thank you Nick.

Did I hear that correctly though? "The Internet has been around since the 1960s, but it was the development of the Mosaic browser in 1933..."

Amazing what you can learn on the Information Superhighway!

cashmny

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tvhtexas — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:50:00 EDT

Mosaic browser in 1933? Seriously. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

tvhtexas

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CaptainFantastic — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:49:44 EDT

"So-and-so's got the internet up! Let's go down there and watch!" Ah, 1994.

CaptainFantastic

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BalknChain — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:48:38 EDT

@BalknChain: You, of course, mean that in the best way possible. Nasty shrew..

BalknChain

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fivehole — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:48:36 EDT

@In Other News...: oh come on. you're not really old unless you had a vic 20 with a tape deck serving as your disk drive.

plus, aol? i would rather have used my phone and made funny noises in the receiver than use that garbage, even when it WAS practically the only server.

fivehole

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Lonesome_George — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:47:00 EDT

I am now telling the computer exactly what it can do with a lifetime supply of chocolate.

Lonesome_George

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La Pauline — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:46:38 EDT

I love how he says 'internet' like it's some big, government secret.

La Pauline

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Botswana Meat Commission FC — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:46:27 EDT

The first day I ever visted the Interwebs was the day of the Oklahoma City bombing. That's why I dedicated my life to cyber-terrorism.

Botswana Meat Commission FC

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BalknChain — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:44:31 EDT

Nick: what the hell is with the really long sentences today? You, Hamilton and Rebecca playing spin the dictionary? I need more coffee or booze or sobresity (brought to you by Mr Hippity)

BalknChain