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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago

There was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.

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There was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.

@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 years ago
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  • gregorum
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    48•2 years ago

    There was a time it would’ve fit on a floppy

    • @[email protected]
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      17•2 years ago

      This is really nonsensical. It could fit on a piece of paper in font size 8 if you go back far enough and “stretch” the definition of Internet.

      • gregorum
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        2 years ago

        Not true. The first document on the internet was, in fact, 7 pages in 8pt font.

        It was the New Purchase brochure from a Packard Bell 286 4MHz from Circuit City transcribed into .doc format.

        • @[email protected]
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          15•2 years ago

          Yeah, but if you wrote really small on a note card you could have used the entire internet on a test!

        • @[email protected]
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          And were all 7 of those pages uploaded at the same time? Ha, gotchu now! (But for real, is .doc that old?)

          • I Cast Fist
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            11•2 years ago

            According to wikipedia, “Microsoft has used the extension since 1983.”

            • @[email protected]
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              Ha! So not as old as me

          • gregorum
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            Lol, no idea

        • @[email protected]
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          3•2 years ago

          First spam

          • gregorum
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            “Congratulations on buying a Packard Bell computer. Would you like to register me?”

            • @[email protected]
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              Welcome to Packard Bell Navigator!

            • @[email protected]
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              [ ] YES

              [ ] Maybe Later

        • @[email protected]
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          2•2 years ago

          This is actually exactly why I love the internet

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