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Cool Video: News report from 1981 about the Internet.

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Deozaan:
"But he doesn't get ads."

Nope. Not the internet!  :P
-TaoPhoenix (March 27, 2012, 04:31 PM)
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I like how they say that as if it's a bad thing.

"The version he gets is just like the paper version, except he doesn't get any ads, the poor fellow. :'("

For people who didn't watch the video, that's not a direct quote. It's just my interpretation.

jojo99:
That's great!  I didn't know they actually had a service like that working in 1981.

techidave:
Its hard to believe back in 81, there were that many people willing to spend the money on computers, dial up access just to read the paper!  $5 per hour for access, compared to today it would be like $20 per hour.

Renegade:
Its hard to believe back in 81, there were that many people willing to spend the money on computers, dial up access just to read the paper!  $5 per hour for access, compared to today it would be like $20 per hour.
-techidave (April 08, 2012, 06:12 AM)
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And a newspaper was what? $0.15 or $0.25?

techidave:
If that much.  Its also difficult to think that people would want to tie up their phone lines for an hour or two just to read the paper.   :D

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