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Offline Wilfrid

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« on: May 23, 2003, 07:17:54 AM »
Go there

1994 - First piece of spam appears in USENET newsgroups and is quickly removed. "Well, that should be the last of that", say users.

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« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2003, 07:27:45 AM »
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"Well, that should be the last of that"


ROFLMAD!
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« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2003, 07:58:18 AM »
ROTFL

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« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2003, 08:15:41 AM »
Probably that Dam P3NIS 3NLARGEMENT spam:eek:


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« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2003, 09:16:53 AM »
I'm dying,  whats funnier is its not that far from the truth.

Of course, I'm laughing so hard, but trying not to make a sound while surrounded by co-workers,   (whispers "is he crying or is he laughing")  

Damn, now my chest hurts.

Funnest stuff is Apple.   I had a IIc in 87-88,  when we got Zenith 286's  (military contract) , I had to unlearn Prodos and learn Dos.

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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2003, 09:24:25 AM »
"Scam emails replace oil as the chief export of Nigeria."

All too true!

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« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2003, 09:25:00 AM »
Anyone else have "Prodigy" back in the 80's? I figured it was a stupid waste of money at the time.... LOL

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« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2003, 09:34:58 AM »
I used a local bbs when I was at Mtn Home in 93 and 94.  I think I had a Prodigy account for about one month, didnt use it.  
When I got stationed at Ramstein in late 94 I used Compuserve, for about a year but the closest pop was in Frankfurt and I learned after the first phone bill that was too expensive, I think I had about 250dm bill for only a few hours of online time.  that was also when I bought my "uber" P60 with a 500mg HD and 2mgs Ram.
 Once we got a local bbs near Vogleweh in 1996 life got a lot better and my telecom bill got alot lower.

I still dont understand what anybody needs AOL for
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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2003, 09:36:15 AM »
AOL is good if you have kids.

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« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2003, 09:40:24 AM »
Nope, I have kids,  14, 12, and 6.   Still dont need AOL .
all 3 pc's have passwords,  I have to log them on,  they cant get online unless my wife or I are home.   Systems are password protected, they cant download anything or install anything without my password.

Nothing beats parental supervision.

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« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2003, 09:51:29 AM »
"Real Audio released, allowing users to listen to halting bursts of static in real time." <--- one of the best things I've ever read in my whole entire life. I think RA is about 1 step removed from a virus.

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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2003, 11:09:01 AM »
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EPA warns that entire surface of the earth will be completely blanketed with AOL CDs by the end of 2007


ROFLMAO :D

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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2003, 12:35:20 PM »
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