300 baud, screamin! hehe. At this point id almost take the step back in time to the early BBS/Usenet/Gopher days (i still use the last two), this iteration pretty much sucks. Crossing my fingers for another Carrington Event so we can start over!
All three of those still exist, if you're curious.
It's kinda funny to look back at the tech evangelists who exclaimed all the good things we were going to do with this new world-wide collection of networked computers.
It turns out, it's mostly bots, porn, and cat pictures - with a heavy dose of manipulation and monitoring.
Man, we humans are fucking retarded. I have no idea why we're not extinct.
I should be sleeping. I can't sleep. I'm too excited. I think I may take a shower and head down to the gym before the hotel employees start using it.
I agree with everything you've said there, especially the retarded part. We are rapidly and vapidly de-evolving. It kinda sucks but it is one hell of a show.
Enjoy your workout and thanks for the chat down memory lane, much appreciated.
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