Subj : Re: computers
To   : tenser
From : Malvinas
Date : Fri Jul 19 2024 01:19:27

 te> URLs debuted with the web in 1991.  We were definitely using
a) Who's "We"?? b) "definitely"? What were 'you' using URLs for?

 te> them with NCSA Mosaic and Lynx by 1993 (I can remember that
 te> it took approximately all night to compile Mosaic on a Sun
 te> SPARCstation 2 with a, what, 20MHz sun4c processor and 8ish
 te> megs of RAM...).  The CERN site was, of course, already
 te> accessible, and there were a lot of web sites floating around
 te> at that time.  
Really?? 'a lot of web sites', in 1993?? That's why 'over night' people dropped BBSs to the floor and ran for the hills towards *www ISPs?
     
I remember being distinctly unimpressed by the  te> web; the protocol
(HTTP) was garbage, the markup language was  te> a joke; the software was buggy and not very interactive.  It  te> really felt like a step backwards.
 te> 
I'm not trying to prove you're lying or anything, I just want to get the facts straight, 'cause you seem to have a lot of legit info, but I don't know why, there's something about your story ('personal experience') that kinda feels like made fit forcefully...
Might be just me, still wondering...

Malvinas.

Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas!

.... Islas Malvinas, siempre Argentinas.

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