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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:08 PM Original message |
Poll question: How long have you "been online"? |
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hickman1937 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bought my computer in july 04. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. 10-15 years. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just a little over twenty years |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Do you remember the September That Never Ended, khash? |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. About 8 years... |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. I started emailing and searching the web in the spring of 2002. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't have the internet n/t |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You KNOW what I mean... |
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Graf Orlok (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. About 11-12 years ago. |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. I started chatting on IRC in 1995. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was on Q-Link, Compuserve and BBS Boards over 20 years ago. |
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aePrime (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. I was on CompuServe over 20 years ago as well |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Let's see... 1998, I think. I got on to "research for my books." |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, has it been 10 years already? |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
13. Compuserve ~1989 |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-30-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. 1989 |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Started on BBS's with a 14.4 modem about 20 years ago. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 14.4 modem in 1985? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. About 20 minutes. It's a cold morning, so I slept late. (nt) |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. LOL! You ass! |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. Thanks. Now I feel old. |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. Logged onto my first BBS back in 1985 via my 300 baud modem! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Oooh, a timex sinclair with a modem! |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. 1981 - Atari 800, Dow Jones Information Service - and local BBSs |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. First discovered the internet in 1994 |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Almost 10 years. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
24. 1994 |
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njdemocrat106 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
25. Since September 6, 1994 |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. My husband STILL has an old Commadore 64 motherboard |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. March of this year |
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yowzayowzayowza (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
28. Did my first telecommuting on... |
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Graf Orlok (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. When was the internet first available to the general public? |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 05:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. 1993-1994 |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
33. Since 1997. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. September 1997 |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. I've been off and on since 1996. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
36. going on 5 hours now |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. I started out on Prodigy back in the early 90's..... |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. Since whenever the Seattle library made it available |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. A tad over 20 years |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
40. 7-10 years |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. My aol s/n was my first name with no numbers after it. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-05 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Since '81, over 20 years. |
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