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Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet

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On 2014-03-14, Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> wrote:
> On 14/03/14 05:49, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>> On 2014-03-13 09:13:22 +0000, RS Wood said:
>>> So what are your earliest memories of the web?

1990: I was doing a degree in environmental things and wanted no part of
computers or the like other than typing up papers in the computer lab on
the Mac SEs (I still like those old beasts).  But I remember getting
weather reports off the gopher terminal in the university library, and a
new machine in the research section that allowed searching research
papers on WAIS - that seemed pretty incredible.  

But I had a buddy doing a degree in CS, and he had a map of the Internet
at the time.  Off in the corner was something called the World Wide Web
that didn't seem very wide at all.

Amazing how it all worked out.  And it's not over yet!

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[CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-13 09:13 +0000
  Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 22:49 -0700
    Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-14 09:56 +0000
      Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 22:04 +0000
        Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-14 22:52 +0000
    Re: [CM] Ten recollections about the early WWW and Internet Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-14 13:45 +0000

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