From:	Ryan W. Bolduan emeottrw@***.umn.edu
Subject:	Easy Question
Date:	Tue, 16 Mar 1999 14:14:32 -0600 (CST)

On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Ojaste,James [NCR] wrote:

> Wordman wrote:
> > James Ojaste wrote:
> > > *sigh* I know I'm only half the age of some of the old fogeys on this
> > > list but even *I* feel old when I realize that I was using the net
> > > for a couple of years before the existence of the web
> >
> > As an old fogey, I can say that using the net before the advent of SLIP
> > (much less PPP) is an experience best forgotten.
> >
> What? You didn't like mucking around with term? Telnet + screen not
> good enough for you? ;-)
>
> Luckily for me, the U of Waterloo had dozens of xterms on ethernet;
> seeing as I lived on-campus, I didn't have any real incentive to use a
> dial-up...
>
> James Ojaste

Oh come now, some of my best memories are with the old BBSes I had to dial
in directly to (and only one person at a time mind you). I do have to
admit though, it kind of makes me feel old when you fill out the internet
surveys and have to make a check in the five+ years of internet experience
box. But you know what? I still use pine and tin regularly, and unless
I know exactly what I'm looking for, and it's either secure or graphically
based, I still like to use Lynx just because it's several hundred times
faster than slogging through graphic after graphic on Netscape.

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A person concerned with such important matters as I, need not, and should
not, attend to spelling.
--Napolean
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