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    '95 article predicting the future of the internet.

    Interesting and humorous.

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554

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    wow.....it was almost like that was a comedy piece written to make fun of someone. He was wrong on every single count....and he wrote a book.


    by the way, I googled his question on the date of the Battle of Trafalgar and the answer was the first to pop up and it took less than 5 seconds.

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    That man is a living joke now. If he's still alive that is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 0rion View Post
    wow.....it was almost like that was a comedy piece written to make fun of someone. He was wrong on every single count....and he wrote a book.


    by the way, I googled his question on the date of the Battle of Trafalgar and the answer was the first to pop up and it took less than 5 seconds.
    Yes the internet has gotten much better at that.... But I remember a time when what he said was absolutely true.... Spending hours trying to find what should be simple things was the way of the old net.

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    Must've been written before Al Gore invented spell checker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LSCyaL8R View Post
    Yes the internet has gotten much better at that.... But I remember a time when what he said was absolutely true.... Spending hours trying to find what should be simple things was the way of the old net.
    Agreed, the internet was a mess back in the day….mostly used for porn in the early stages….. the sex net as it was known in the mid 90’s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by waldo View Post
    Agreed, the internet was a mess back in the day….mostly used for porn in the early stages….. the sex net as it was known in the mid 90’s.
    I feel as though you are eluding that there is an alternate purpose of the internet.......

    Shenanigans!


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    Quote Originally Posted by waldo View Post
    Agreed, the internet was a mess back in the day….mostly used for porn in the early stages….. the sex net as it was known in the mid 90’s.
    isn't it still mostly used for porn in today's age? lulz

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