Does anyone remember using the internet (world wide web) before the first internet browser was released (Netscape - Mosaic)?
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Smilla
Visionary
- Apr 30, 2018
- 2,549
I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account, but a friend of mine has a Facebook account and has had it since 2010. He is a working artist and it helped him feel a sense of connection for a while. Lately, he's been saying he tries to stay off of the thing because of all the 'political bickering' going on. I suggested he just use it to promote his work. He's considering that.
Johnnythefox
Que sera sera
- Nov 11, 2018
- 3,129
I have a theory that eventually the internet will be broken up and end up similar to TV.
You'll have your free content and then have to pay on a scale to access more.
Or maybe not ...
I love speculating about the future of technology. @Johnnythefox, I wonder who is out there in the 'ether' conspiring right this minute on how to 'capitalize' on this idea. Probably some computer science major at Harvard (chuckle).
I didn't use Internet when it was just FTP. I did get Internet back in the early 2000s/late 90s. I do agree that was the golden age of the Internet, around the early to mid 2000s. Now the internet is just a bunch of political stuff and people being the biggest assholes around. I think smart phones is what really made the Internet into the shit show it is today. I think the internet would be much different had you still only been able to really use the internet with just a desktop or laptop. I wonder what would happen if Internet was disabled on smart phones?
Johnnythefox
Que sera sera
- Nov 11, 2018
- 3,129
Apparently there is only a finite amount of
indium tin oxide which allows touchscreens to work.
