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Originally Posted by GigoloShawn
I believe it was more so in the inverse.
I spent like 1/2 an hour in 1994 making Trumpet Winsock work so I could dial into my SLIP (PPP? Yeah, sure!) account and use WinGopher and Mosaic (rarely) at a blazing 2400 baud. Of course, I had to learn how to use Gopher, migrate between the sites through various links, and I could spend hours reading dissertations, then talk to people all over the world via Usenet.
...now I just Google for stuff and get insulted on chat boards.
I'd say the inverse was true - the longer you're on the internet, the dumber you get, even if you learn things.  |
Amen to that.
The Internet started dumbing you down once things became waaay too simple and accessible.
When you had to spend like hours figuring out how to get things done you HAD to think and evolve.
Now... you're basically 2 clicks away from anything