Happy 25th Birthday To The World Wide Web

[Robin Of Loxley]

On March 12, 1989, the world of communication was forever changed. Today marks the 25th anniversary of when Al Gore invented the internet. Hard to believe what a large part of our lives it has become over these past 25 years. It is even harder to imagine what our lives would be like without the internet. On this milestone of a day, let us not forget the importance of the net, and how it has transformed society's communication abilities for the better.

How has the internet impacted your lives in the past 25 years? Can you imagine life without it?

Happy 25th anniv, world wide web.

 

[Nemo14]

Thank you Al Gore!

 

[Nemo14]

As far as how it has impacted my life, I've probably wasted away about 25% of my life reading thraeds on this forum...

 

[Robin Of Loxley]

As far as how it has impacted my life, I've probably wasted away about 25% of my life reading thraeds on this forum...

Fact: The internet was created for the sole purpose of these forums. Google it.

(p.s. This was my 100th post here. A feat which would not have been possible had it not been for the internet.)

 

[PUSH]

Without the internet I'd still be assuming that Meg is not the one to blame.

 

[lilclerk]

As far as how it has impacted my life, I've probably wasted away about 25% of my life reading thraeds on this forum...

That's it??

 

[Nemo14]

That's it??

uh...that's what I tell DH anyway...

 

[Robin Of Loxley]

uh...that's what I tell DH anyway...

I just now noticed Meg hiding in your avatar pic. LOL.

 

[Nemo14]

 

[Lucky]

Life is a lot easier now. Thanks to the internet I don't have to get up and look out the window anymore to find out what the weather's like outside.

 

[Zweiland]

Life is a lot easier now. Thanks to the internet I don't have to get up and look out the window anymore to find out what the weather's like outside.

Thanks to the internet, I now have no reason to care what the weather is like outside.

 

[Zweiland]

I just now noticed Meg hiding in your avatar pic. LOL.

She's always hiding right where you least expect it....

 

[Nemo14]

She's always hiding right where you least expect it....

Meg or me?

 

[Robin Of Loxley]

Meg or me?

Both

 

[Nemo14]

Both

 

[Zweiland]

Both

I was trying to come up with a wittier answer. You probably just saved me a lot of time by posting that.

 

[Nemo14]

I was trying to come up with a wittier answer. You probably just saved me a lot of time by posting that.

 

[Lucky]

It was probably 1989 when I was first on e-mail. We had IBM mainframe accounts, mostly to run SAS. We could e-mail each other on them, but didn't know anyone else outside our university who was on e-mail, and there was no www yet. So it wasn't all that useful then. Our account names were just numbers, so I was something like 123456@umdd.edu.

 

[Robin Of Loxley]

I was trying to come up with a wittier answer. You probably just saved me a lot of time by posting that.

Another reason to appreciate the internet.

#AlGoreBePraised

 

[Nemo14]

Remember dial-up? and checking your phone for messages after you logged off?