07-02-2004, 09:24 PM | #1 |
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The last topic on that lord of the rings spoof, crap speak, made me feel old.
It's the new language of the internet? What about the old language? And who consulted us old timers? I remember the days long before the internet was even an idea. The Vic-20, or the TRS-80. Back then, 3.5KB or RAM was more than anybody would ever need, and a 8" floppy drive or a cassette drive was a luxury. Hard drives that stored a whopping 5MB were only needed by big corporate mainframes. You want to print something, well then you'd better wait the 10mins it took your Dot Matrix printer to finish a page. How about a video card? A what? And now I wake up and find that there is a whole new language on the internet. Today, I feel old. Tomorrow, I'll feel older. But at least I still know how to do long division on paper.
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07-02-2004, 09:32 PM | #2 |
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Chillax...no one actually talks like that . And if people actually do talk like that, then um...wow, that's totally messed up. I just turned 19 not too long ago, so trust me, people don't talk like that...not really
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07-02-2004, 09:35 PM | #3 |
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No worries Animal, I know a very small portion of people that talk like that, and when I say that, I mean one person. But now you're making me feel old too. Aye, I remember the early days when I first got me computer, twas over five years ago and lord, how much pestering it took to make my parents get me one. Took so very long, I won't mention how long, but so long just to get a dial up connection running, which we can now do in less than 5 minutes. Where's the challenge?
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07-02-2004, 09:37 PM | #4 |
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Dial up connection? Huh?
Oh, you must mean the 300baud days of BBS. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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07-02-2004, 09:44 PM | #5 |
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Ignore it. I do. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Anytime I see anyone typing like that, I automatically ignore it and move on... It's silly, noobish stuff.
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07-02-2004, 09:53 PM | #8 |
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Zork anyone?
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Hmmm, well, my mind is a bit fuzzy on that area because my dad did handle most of it. I'll have to check with him. [ 07-02-2004, 09:58 PM: Message edited by: Gangrell ] |
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