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Mar 28, 2012

If Google were invented in the 80s...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=O8vCEg5k_d4

Might look familiar to people over 40.
 
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Nice :-) Mar 28, 2012

Thanks!
 
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The way we were Mar 28, 2012

LOL. Reminds me how in the 21st century we should be thankful for small mercies...
 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Oh my! Mar 28, 2012

It is amazing how fast we can forget all the good things BBS services brought when they were invented. As they say, man can get used to anything, but it is easier to get used to pleasant things.

To me a BBS felt like rocket science at the beginning. I just could not believe what big a door the modem opened when I first got one. This will be very hard to explain to my children, who take the web for granted.

Thanks a lot for sharing!
 
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Yes, that's the point. Mar 28, 2012

Tomás Cano Binder, CT wrote:

It is amazing how fast we can forget all the good things BBS services brought when they were invented. As they say, man can get used to anything, but it is easier to get used to pleasant things.

To me a BBS felt like rocket science at the beginning. I just could not believe what big a door the modem opened when I first got one. This will be very hard to explain to my children, who take the web for granted.

Thanks a lot for sharing!


Hi Tomas,

Yes, you're right, and that's why I wrote "might look familiar to people over 40" who have experienced this outdated process of searching a certain term or phrase.
 


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