[–] snowdenisaspook [S] ago
Also, if I'm correct and I'm only guessing, those early "bulletin boards" online were also the internet. I am assuming that even then whatever groups were online had to be using some kind of dial up land line. Which means it was still the internet back then even though most people had never heard of it until the World Wide Web comes about to integrate all of the smaller networks that must have existed even then. Still, just guessing. I wasn't some cool 80's/90''s hacker. But good to know that Twitter and fb aren't the only places with complete dicks that try to insult you when all you're trying to say is "Hey, the faster the info is shared, the faster everyone knows the truth." Also, mothballs, pretty sure that's a timeless quality going all of the way back to Paul Revere. In this country at least.
[–] snowdenisaspook [S] ago
Thanks for the history. I wasn't online in the 80's or 90's Sure Voat is a website. The www gives it away. I personally have no idea what to call these forums. I never used the chans or voat for anything other than reading. All I am saying is that people need to communicate on these subs and to the right of this comment right now is a section called Q boards. Since social media is ridiculous for any communication all I was saying was that these "websites" become powerful ways of passing information. But thanks for being a dick. Also, I have no idea what a 286 machine is. Maybe you're the one with mothballs.
[–] Hand_of_Node ago
to the right of this comment right now is a section called Q boards.
So there is. IMO, it's an unfortunate (from the Qcumber perspective) homage to the "Qcumber = senile boomer" meme. And yes, I went "online" in the 80s, but the line was the ARPANET. The "internet" didn't exist.
I have no idea what a 286 machine is.
Reference is to the Intel 80286 - a 16-bit microprocessor - used in the early IBM PCs that used a Microsoft OS. Was a computer for the poor, and the cubical dwellers of the time.
But thanks for being a dick.
You're welcome. I've been "pwning noobs" since the ancient era. [checks pockets for mothballs]
[–] nobslob ago
I'm old enough to understand what an electronic bulletin board is, I was alive before the internet even existed. I'm also a tech nerd, and was using dial up local bulletin board systems in the early 90's. There's nothing wrong with the term. Use forum instead if board gets your panties in a bunch.