So I was just thinking of some things that we had to do when the internet wasnt really around, that we think would be outlandish now....
Like:
- Game Players:
Like when Nintendo Power would have "code/password/hint" ads in their magazines, you would could call by phone and they'd help you out for like 99 cents a minute etc....that was really the ONLY way of getting that shit, other than the magazines themselves.
- you had to go to the STORE to buy something. Think about it. The only markets available were really catalogs and stores themselves. There was no other way of finding something. Doesn't sound too bad, until you want to find say a blue teddy bear as a gift. Today you search google, back then your ONLY option was to call and ask. Something as simple as say a certain type of batteries, was easily a pain to find.
- and ofcourse, buying cd's for just one track (I think we all did it atleast one time), today, doing this would be unthinkable.
crazy wild shtuff
Aug-30-2004 19:04
torontotrance
I hath returned
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto
yet I was still watching hockey then, some things never change
Aug-30-2004 19:08
Trancer85
NoiseAddict
Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Los Angeles
No pr0n.
Aug-30-2004 19:25
Slylee
love lockdown
Registered: May 2001
Location: Hollywood, FL
when the internet didn't exist...
we had lives?
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Aug-30-2004 19:26
ShadoWolf
ISOS
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: State of Trance
BBS's
they were P2P before P2P became popular
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Aug-30-2004 19:29
MaxTO
The Lurker
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Toronto, Canada
Finding reviews of products is so easy these days, just a click away. Not too long ago you'd have to ask around and check through magazines to find info on a particular product (took days).
Aug-30-2004 19:30
SportTrance
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: TX TA #4
Re: when the internet didn't exist...
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Originally posted by Slylee
we had lives?
hehe, was waitin for that one.....
Aug-30-2004 19:40
torontotrance
I hath returned
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto
we had to use encyclopedias to do research at the library.
Aug-30-2004 19:43
capricorn15
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Registered: May 2001
Location: CA
yea, i remember before i used the interet for the first time like 9 or 10 years ago, used to watch tv or play video games, i would go outside and play too. i guess myabe people go through a stage where they stay on the internet 24/7 but then stop using it so much. i can already tell by the amount i used to post here and by how much i post now
Aug-30-2004 19:46
keithos27
Perfecto For Clubs
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Atlanta
lol... i remember BBS, newsgroups, 2400 baud rates, etc.... who remembers using 5 1/4 and when 3.5 came out THAT was a big deal!
b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called.
-keith
Aug-30-2004 19:49
capricorn15
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Registered: May 2001
Location: CA
quote:
Originally posted by keithos27
b4 the internet, i used to have to look up the contra 50 man code in "boys life" or whatever that magazine was called.
-keith
rofl, hahaha =), thats a good one
Aug-30-2004 19:56
idoru
You Can Call Me Al
Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia
When I didn't have the internet, I whored Commander Keen. Even with the internet I still do.
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