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Dave W.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
 Posted - 06/24/2006 : 22:52:37 [Permalink]
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Typical gestation period for this sort of article… 
You're welcome!
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2006 : 22:59:30 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
"Typical?" How many of "this sort of article" have you written?
Well... Now we know! |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
5310 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2006 : 08:51:51 [Permalink]
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| Is Snake the only original AOL member that is still here and is still an AOL subscriber? |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2006 : 12:08:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Gorgo
Is Snake the only original AOL member that is still here and is still an AOL subscriber?
I have an AOL account. So does froydnslp (Michelle) and probably a few others. @tomic may still have an AOL account too. There may be others. I don't access SFN from AOL though. |
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JohnOAS
SFN Regular
Australia
800 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2006 : 16:27:13 [Permalink]
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Good stuff Kil.
Out of curiosity, were you, or anyone else for that matter, partakers of the dial-up BBS phenomenon? |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2006 : 16:31:33 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnOAS
Good stuff Kil.
Out of curiosity, were you, or anyone else for that matter, partakers of the dial-up BBS phenomenon?
I wasn't. I know people who were though. |
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Boron10
Religion Moderator
USA
1266 Posts |
Posted - 06/25/2006 : 19:36:29 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by JohnOAS
Good stuff Kil.
Out of curiosity, were you, or anyone else for that matter, partakers of the dial-up BBS phenomenon?
I was. Great stuff, eh? |
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dglas
Skeptic Friend
Canada
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Posted - 06/25/2006 : 22:32:18 [Permalink]
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Hehehe. BBSs. I remember them well. I was part of some empire building gaming leagues between BBSs.
I also remember using a freenet service here in Saskatoon, The Saskatoon Free-Net or, yes, SFN. Every time I see SFN on these pages, I have to stop myself from thinking S'toon Free-Net. |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 06/26/2006 : 02:44:21 [Permalink]
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| It was nice reading about the history of this place. I checked my profile and realised that I have actually been a member for over 5 years. This, incidentally, also made me realise that the article didn't contain a single date. I know you are a busy man Kil, but do you think you could add some rough estimates of the "when-abouts" of some key events (he says quivering like a frightened dog)? |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 06/26/2006 : 06:07:23 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Hawks
This, incidentally, also made me realise that the article didn't contain a single date. I know you are a busy man Kil, but do you think you could add some rough estimates of the "when-abouts" of some key events (he says quivering like a frightened dog)?
I too noted the absense of dates.
My use of internet predates the www-boom in 94-95 by a few years. It started with usenet- and e-mail in 92. When did AOL start its business? The graphic web browser on UNIX systems in 93 was Mosaic, to be replaced by Netscape in 94. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2006 : 19:42:47 [Permalink]
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| Well, I suppose I should do a date edit because more than one person has mentioned it. I kinda thought that my description of what was going on with the web and such would pretty much tip off approximate dates. Thing is, I wrote the history from memory and the truth is, I don't really remember the dates exactly. Only sorta-kinda-maybe. I can probably get closer by asking @tomic… |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 06/26/2006 : 20:21:35 [Permalink]
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Thank you folks so much for creating this wonderful site, and thank you, kil for writing its history (so far)!
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Originally posted by JohnOAS
Good stuff Kil.
Out of curiosity, were you, or anyone else for that matter, partakers of the dial-up BBS phenomenon?
I ran a BBS in the 80's, "tsunami b b s," which was a hangout for digital graphic artists. I proposed the design of a graphics format that could be read by differing computers. I also coined the term, "eye-candy."
"tsunami b b s" ran on an Atari 800, with four floppy drives and a phone line dedicated to a 2400 baud modem.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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