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stuff kids/people today won't get that were actually born during internet's boom
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
man I still have my animated avatars there
also speaking of emoticons, anyone remember this fox dude?
bobawesome
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This picture was taken today, February 14, 2015:
Terri, will you be my Str8 Naked Bud?
man I still have my animated avatars there
also speaking of emoticons, anyone remember this fox dude?
Those fox emotes were the greatest. :3
Oh, and those youngins won't know a thing about Netscape Navigator. RIP in pieces.
terrisus
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Seems legit.. >.>
Nathan_Drake
Member
My first commodore computer. Had a book where I would enter pages of code to make a horrible game. Most of the time I would mistyped something and it would not work.
Listening to sugar hill gang on Encarta at school. Really any of the multimedia files but that was was dope.
using file paths to play Snake on Windows at school because the school removed the games folder.
The Monica Lewenski/Bill Clinton story breaking on Drudge Report
The Paris Hilton sex tape In night vision. Finding it was so hard as everything was mislabeled.
Listening to sugar hill gang on Encarta at school. Really any of the multimedia files but that was was dope.
using file paths to play Snake on Windows at school because the school removed the games folder.
The Monica Lewenski/Bill Clinton story breaking on Drudge Report
The Paris Hilton sex tape In night vision. Finding it was so hard as everything was mislabeled.
CreepingFear
Member
You haven't lived until you've watched porn on a dream cast. Good times.
Johnlenham
Member
The bitching-excellent boot-up intro.
And, namely, the included minigame MindMaze:
I spent hours on this as an ~7-8? year old for no reason, just reading random articles, along with Humongous Entertainment games, Knowledge Adventure (an educational game) and Flying Colors (a Paint-style program full of clip-art).
Kids have dat new-fangled Wikipedia today, it's convenient but just not the same as holding a CD encyclopaedia/font of human knowledge in the palm of your hands.
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Youll like this
https://soundcloud.com/oiiemma/emma-mindmaze-mumdance-special-mumdance-rinse-show-rip-clip
GalacticAE
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That MPlayer screen got me. I remember playing Rainbow Six all the time on that service as a kid.
I don't care HOW criticized it is! This thing was where I spent my childhood decorating rooms (very very slowly...) before The Sims was even a thing. I wrote stories on the Letter Writer, and played with Geo Safari. Honestly, I was surprised when I later found out how this thing was a massive fail. My friends and I loved it 
MS Office that's customizable. Changing the guides was often too. Poking Shelly the Turtle results in her falling over and stuck on her shell I was more a Java the Dragon person.
MS Office that's customizable. Changing the guides was often too. Poking Shelly the Turtle results in her falling over and stuck on her shell I was more a Java the Dragon person.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Are install wizards still a thing?
I'm 22, and probably younger than some of you fogies, but AOL Instant Messenger was the shit for me back in middle school and early high school. Facebook and Facebook messenger sort of killed it for me, but coming home after school and taking turns with my brother and sister for AIM time until dinner was a daily thing. My parents were pissed because they couldn't get phone calls from at least 3-6 every day. I enjoyed my time on there.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Oh yeah, toolbars especially malware
with the advent of "minimalistic" / tabletstyle browsing these things are no more, now it's just malicious apps lol
that gets disconnected when someone uses the phone
I was at a small shop and wanted to check something online, but had a lousy reception on my phone. The shop owner offered to let me check on his computer and it looked like that. I politely refused to enter any login details on that...
SliceSabre
Banned
Holy crap I loved that game. My aunt had it on her computer when I was a kid and part of the reason I visited her was just to play that!
The bitching-excellent boot-up intro.
And, namely, the included minigame MindMaze:
I spent hours on this as an ~7-8? year old for no reason, just reading random articles, along with Humongous Entertainment games, Knowledge Adventure (an educational game) and Flying Colors (a Paint-style program full of clip-art).
Kids have dat new-fangled Wikipedia today, it's convenient but just not the same as holding a CD encyclopaedia/font of human knowledge in the palm of your hands.
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SiegfriedFM
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Oh, I got dial-up in 1996. The first weekend there was something wrong with the login details, so I brought out a few old magazines and tried out some BBS:s. I didn't really find anything of value though.
ShadowSoldier89
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does anyone remember that old advertisement for libraries that was showing two kids racing to find a definition for a word faster, one was using a dictionary and one had a computer on dial up?
freakzilla149
Banned
Chatrooms and IRC (which I assume is a type of chatroom?), never been in one.
I've also never seen a dial up modem or how they work. I do know that modems block pone lines etc
I've also never seen a dial up modem or how they work. I do know that modems block pone lines etc
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah are text adventures still a thing?
Slamtastic
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Sprite Comics
evilromero
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Humility, perspective.
Herbspiceguy
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downloading porn pics from IRC channels on a shitty dial-up modem was a thing
think about that next time you hit xvideos
think about that next time you hit xvideos
terrisus
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So how does that fit into "stuff kids/people today won't get?"
When I was in middle school some older kids tried to hustle me out of $30 for a floppy disk full of DQ/FF roms and an NES emulator. That's definitely something kids these days won't relate to...
terrisus
Member
Before eBay cracked down on it, auctions were full of "services" to load different devices with ROMs, or selling different devices with ROMs at marked-up price due to the inclusion of said ROMs.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wow, never imagined MUDs would still be around.
Marky Mark
Member
What about creating install wizards for your own ZIP files?Are install wizards still a thing?
The Enchanter
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I love this thread. Reminds me of simpler times.
My personal favourite was the glittery fairies that were often on websites or on the end of emails. Forwarded funny emails is another thing - though I've noticed that its still a thing amongst the older crowd (thanks Grandad).
I was trying to explain to my 13 year old brother the other day about this mechanical noise I heard 'sounding like dial up internet.'
He had no idea what I meant.
My personal favourite was the glittery fairies that were often on websites or on the end of emails. Forwarded funny emails is another thing - though I've noticed that its still a thing amongst the older crowd (thanks Grandad).
I was trying to explain to my 13 year old brother the other day about this mechanical noise I heard 'sounding like dial up internet.'
He had no idea what I meant.
Fun download trolling: downloading pictures of naked women from BBSes which slowly built up from the top of the screen. Then after ten minutes finding out she has a dick.
Not so fun download trolling: spending three days downloading Spiderman from KaZaA only to find out it's child porn :/
Good memories: Napster. Too bad the guys from Metallica needed that third pool.
Not so fun download trolling: spending three days downloading Spiderman from KaZaA only to find out it's child porn :/
Good memories: Napster. Too bad the guys from Metallica needed that third pool.
Man that's amazing. I spend so much time in the Discworld MUD in, 1996 or something. Then six years later I'm studying computer science and some grognard is still playing MUDs, hammering away all day at the '.' and enter buttons (to this day when someone on GAF replies with '.' I read it as 'repeat command). I'm thinking man that stuff is still around? But it's still around....
Doczu
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Do you remember when some radio stations broadcasted programs you could record with your cassette player and run on your computer?
Never forget
edit: aaaaand OP reading comprehension fail.
Oh man, that brings back memories. Not mine, but my fathers. In Poland these auditions were mega popular in the end of the 80s/begining of the 90s. 20 minutes of listening to crackling sound in hope you would download a game or something. Mostly something went wrong and the recording was useless.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Pretty sure the former is still around
terrisus
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Yup. I just popped into Terris the other day <3
These things are part of life for some of us.
bengraven
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terrisus
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Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
Lol, I worked for Tommo, the company that bought HE, for two days. They were less than thrilled when I got a job offer from Blizzard on my second day. : p
(Nice people though - if you're reading this, Andrew, thanks!)
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
So... hidden HR reference? They recently started updating again after a looong time.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh yeah, are certain adult anime sites still up or are they made obsolete by general adult fanart galleries?
manzoman96
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Guys, we can get 10 free hours per month of dial up!
http://www.juno.com/start/landing.do?page=www/free/index
We used to use this plan back in the day surprised it still exists.
http://www.juno.com/start/landing.do?page=www/free/index
We used to use this plan back in the day surprised it still exists.
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