Post AxODWidIUXYJRrdxdg by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AxODWgXCIFU6wMm3qy by lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
       2025-08-21T00:16:02Z
       
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       Just got into like a recursive nerd-off with some folks.Nerd A: how did you get anything done in 1992 without the internet?!Nerd B: technically we had internet in 1992, I used to go online for the Atari forums on CompuServeNerd Me: technically, CompuServe forums weren't the internetNerd B: yeah, they were online!Nerd Me: you could send and receive internet e-mail from CompuServe in 1992, but CompuServe had a lot of stuff not exposed or routed through the internetNerds A & B: 😖
       
 (DIR) Post #AxODWhFrcBDJAtfjTU by lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
       2025-08-21T00:18:03Z
       
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       Also caused additional consternation by going "actually, before 1991, you weren't really allowed to engage in commercial activity on the internet until Al Gore worked to change that"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_technology
       
 (DIR) Post #AxODWhrRMTGt3RFk2q by lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
       2025-08-21T00:18:28Z
       
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       technically correct, the best kind of correct
       
 (DIR) Post #AxODWidIUXYJRrdxdg by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-08-21T09:01:13Z
       
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       @lmorchard > how did you get anything done in 1992 without the internet?!Mostly locally or *very* slowly, and with a lot of dead trees.> the best kind of correctTechnically the best kind of correct ... [runs away giggling loudly]> technically correct[Comes back]Them's fightin' words! : P