I can only suppose that anyone who thinks there was “nearly nothing” available to download from such services never saw a contemporary bill. (CompuServe in our case, not Prodigy, but still.)
Yeah, the boards are cool and all, but it’s still going to take an hour to download anything, nearly nothing is available to download, and she’s about 10 years too early to download her homework. Or Jenny’s either.
Nuromancer’s got way too much swearing for Jenny. She’d probably find the knife-hands cool, though.
What people don’t get about cyberpunk is that it was meant to be the lowest class of person having stolen, or made out of garbage, the highest level of technology possible at that time. No brains, no scruples, maximum destruction. Instead, so many thought it was all ‘smash the system’ and ‘revolt by stealing public telephone receivers.’
Do you remember a time when there was no such thing as broadband?
A time when your connection speed was still measured in “baud”?
A time when most families couldn’t be online and receive phone calls at the same time?
A time when every time you wanted to get a connection, you had to listen to a series of horrible screeching modem noises that sounded like a fax machine having sex with a beached whale?
I remember learning about the World Wide Web back in high school. Don’t remember the details much, honestly, but it was interesting to learn about how the evolution of the internet.
As for Jenny, it’s probably a good idea to keep her away from the internet as much as possible.
*Michelle
My bad!
I can only suppose that anyone who thinks there was “nearly nothing” available to download from such services never saw a contemporary bill. (CompuServe in our case, not Prodigy, but still.)
Ah, dial-up internet access. How do I NOT miss thee…
I wonder how Jenny would react to modern day Wi-fi
Yeah, the boards are cool and all, but it’s still going to take an hour to download anything, nearly nothing is available to download, and she’s about 10 years too early to download her homework. Or Jenny’s either.
Nuromancer’s got way too much swearing for Jenny. She’d probably find the knife-hands cool, though.
What people don’t get about cyberpunk is that it was meant to be the lowest class of person having stolen, or made out of garbage, the highest level of technology possible at that time. No brains, no scruples, maximum destruction. Instead, so many thought it was all ‘smash the system’ and ‘revolt by stealing public telephone receivers.’
Do you remember a time when there was no such thing as broadband?
A time when your connection speed was still measured in “baud”?
A time when most families couldn’t be online and receive phone calls at the same time?
A time when every time you wanted to get a connection, you had to listen to a series of horrible screeching modem noises that sounded like a fax machine having sex with a beached whale?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Ah the early 90’s Internet. Such a Relic in today’s standards.
*about the evolution of the internet.
I remember learning about the World Wide Web back in high school. Don’t remember the details much, honestly, but it was interesting to learn about how the evolution of the internet.
As for Jenny, it’s probably a good idea to keep her away from the internet as much as possible.