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In 1987, an engineer used a new computer program “rwall” to send a message to his university server. Instead, the program broadcasted the message to every user on the internet—including the Pentagon.
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The Internet changes so often that things that were so cutting-edge and fresh even a few years ago now look dated and kind of stale.
So let’s go ALLLLLL the way back to the glorious years of 2000-2009 and take an awesome trip down memory lane, okay?!?!
People on AskReddit got all nostalgic about what they miss from the Internet days of 2000-2009.
I think some of these responses will bring back some good memories.
“MSN Messenger.
Oh I miss MSN so much. The customization, the silliness, the lack of uniformity. I still have hours’ worth of RPing saved in text form from MSN. Modern messengers are awkward and clunky in comparison.
Plus I loved that you could save your own animated emotes – I raided the animated pixel art section of DeviantArt for good ones, and I still have them in a folder.
Better than emoji and having to wrangle with Unicode to make sure ‘glomp-squish-until-he-goes-grey’ is worth putting in…”
“The amateur looking websites with a million fonts and colours.
Blink tags!!!!
Web 1.0 is my favourite web design style.”
“Just AIM in general.
Doing homework and chatting to friends.
Yeah you can text them but it’s easier to get work done and still be “talking” to multiple people.”
“I miss old YouTube.
Before every channel was a brand, and every video had 10 ads in it. When you could just follow the wormhole of just random videos for hours and hours.
Now everything is so corporate, and kid friendly.”
“The lack of influencers.
I still cannot believe this is a full time, well paying job for so many people.”
“I miss that you weren’t expected to always be available to people.
You’d log on like once a week maybe twice and check your messages on Myspace or check your email or use AIM and then you’d get off and live your life and nobody seemed offended that you couldn’t get to their message right away.
Now, god forbid you don’t feel like conversing on messenger but you want to scroll on your phone or repost things. You also have to get back to people faster or they get offended.
You also should remove the option of your messages being shown as “read” or “seen” or else you are going to get more messages or offend someone.
I can’t even deactivate my facebook for my own mental health without people I don’t even talk to later asking me in person if I blocked them.
Um? I don’t even talk to you, what did you do that would make me block you??”
“I didn’t have to see a pop up ad on every single video, webpage, forum, blog and webcomic.
People just did things to do things, not because you could become an influencer or whatever and make money off of it.
I am glad there is a place for those things and people who do them, but I miss the simplicity.”
“That wild west feeling where everybody just seemed to have their own website.
YouTube was just another video hosting website and Facebook wasn’t full of people just sharing news stories. People made their own, sh*tty websites from scratch with God awful color schemes and GIFs everywhere.
And I loved it. None of this Wix template bullsh*t.”
“The overall lack of monetization.
People didn’t understand you could make money off of the internet yet, so it was essentially ran by nerds and not corporations.”
“Almost no clickbait
Napster + WinAmp… It really whips the Llamas *ss
Memes had wit… And were profound and funny
Not having to consent to Cookies.”
“Facebook was a college thing instead of a platform for crazy racist aunts and uncles.”
“It was the golden age of the music blog.
Tons of good active ones, many of which catered to a specific niche, and they all competed to find the next big thing.
I discovered so many great artists and songs simply by hopping from blog to blog, and searching among them on Hype Machine.
Nowadays, a few big ones have essentially become the Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly of the internet and they’re afraid to go out on a limb and champion new artists, while subsequently propping up overrated stuff.”
“I genuinely miss when things on the internet were not a reflection of themselves.
Everyone’s internet version of themselves was an obnoxious, eccentric, exaggerated version of themselves. You’d read things on line and genuinely just think “it’s the internet whatever.”
Then at some point, all of a sudden online behavior became a real reflection of who you are. I’m not talking about threatening people and other forms of violence. I more mean making a crude joke, or saying ridiculous things for the sake of being ridiculous.
Nowadays, your twitter or instagram is a pure reflection of who you are. It’s created this delusion for kids that celebs on instagram are always perfect and beautiful. And it’s also made individual tweets or interactions be entire descriptions of your character.
I understand wanting to hold people accountable, it was just a really strange transition. I genuinely remember registering for things online and using all false information, because “WHO WOULD POSSIBLY USE THEIR REAL NAME ON THE WEB?”
Now it’s the opposite. Online life is part of real life.”
What do you miss most from this era of the Internet?
Tell us what you think in the comments.
We’d love to hear what you have to say!
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The President of the United States technically has the right to shut off the internet for all US citizens in case of a “national emergency” – also known as the presidential internet kill switch. 00
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I spend most to all of my time online staring at memes. I dream in memes. My wife is a meme.
Since you clicked on this article, I assume you’re the same. It’s ok. There’s no shame here. Have a dose of the good stuff.
i understand that “drinking to get drunk” is not what you’re supposed to do but can we also acknowledge that drinking for any other reason is kind of psychotic
— al (@local__celeb) February 18, 2020
What we really need is wider and shorter plates of nachos. No more tall towers of chips and toppings.
Spread the toppings across a larger area and cover all the chips, not just the top layer.
Stand with me.
— JRGin (@GinRumMe) November 1, 2019
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What’s your favorite fountain o’memes? What source do you love to go for the freshest lols?
Let me know about ’em in the comments. We want to swim in the waters of their comedy FOREVER!
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Growing up in the 1990s didn’t make us special. I’m not mad at these “damn kids today” because they don’t know what dial-up is. I’m thrilled for them. It was horrible. Nobody deserves that.
Nevertheless, it hits some sweet, sweet spot in the brain to let memes transport us back to a time in our history that seems to have been curated entirely by that orange Nickelodeon blob guy.
I wonder what he’s up to. I hope he’s found work. Let’s reminisce with some 90’s memes in his honor.
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Well, realizing how long ago all of this happened makes me think I should probably go join AARP.
While I’m gone, tell me in the comments what your favorite distinctly 90’s thing was.
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I try not to go off on my “you damn kids don’t know how good you’ve got it!” rants too often. After all, it’s not like us American 90’s kids grew up traversing a dessert to get well water or something. It’s not like we were all dying of dysentery in our ox-drawn carriages (though we did love to pretend we were, for some reason.)
Still. The rate at which technology has moved in the last few decades does mess with my mind enough that I can’t help but occasionally shake my head at how different everything is.
Let’s reflect on this with some memes.
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Alright, now get off my lawn.
What was the hardest part about 90’s life for you?
Let us know in the comments.
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A great Wi-Fi network name is like a fine wine…it gets better with age. Sometimes, when I’m bored, I’ll just scroll through the neighborhood Wi-Fi names to see what the people who live around me are up to.
Do you encounter funny Wi-Fi names out there in your daily life?
AskReddit users share the funniest Wi-Fi network names they’ve ever seen.
“Hotspot named “I got you” with no password.”
“Rebellious Amish Family
Lol after 8 years my highest voted comment is my Wi-Fi name. Which i stole from Reddit the last time this thread was made.
This is the way.”
“My guest network is named “Very Free WiFi No Viruses”.”
“Mine is named “Apt47ShowerCam”. I’m in apartment 46.”
“I was at Disneyland resort with my family, and when we were in the parking lot, I looked at the WiFi names and one of them said “34 dollars 4 a f**king waffle”.”
“Was in a McDonald’s and there was the normal McDonald’s WiFi and then there was one that said “McDonald’s makes you fat bitch”.”
“We can’t keep doing this Susan.”
“The Promised LAN.”
“Ours is called “No Internet Access” and “5G Network Unavailable”. I confuse myself with it every now and then.”
“Marty McWiFi is one I’ve seen in my neighborhood.”
“Holy mother of hell.
My grandmother didn’t have wifi and just bought a Iphone (she’s about 72) so, me being the good child I am,I helped her set her wifi up,I asked her simply ‘What would you like your password to be?’ She replied with this….’I’m going to die soon 123’
To this day when I go over,I can still see it on the refrigerator ‘Wifi password;I’m going to die soon 123’.”
“Our neighbor has one that’s “Stay-Off-Asshole.” Which, y’know, sure. But they also have a second, unsecured one: “Stay-Off-Asshole (guest).” I still laugh when I see that.”
“2Girls1Router.
My neighbours have this… They’re mother and daughter
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“Drop it like it’s hotspot.”
“I BELIEVE WI CAN FI.”
I think it’s about time I rename my Wi-Fi network…now I just feel like a loser.
What do you think? Do you have a funny Wi-Fi name or do you just go with the one the company gives you?
Let us know in the comments! Let’s compare Wi-Fi names!
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The 1 Percent Rule states that only 1% of an Internet community creates new content. The rest of the community is divided between content editors (9%) and content viewers (90%).
Stealing other people’s WiFi seems to be a common phenomenon. Anything to save money, right? But this sneaky practice causes WiFi speed to slow down considerably, and it’s not sustainable in the long run for anyone involved.
If you suspect that someone may be stealing your precious WiFi, there are a few ways to figure out whether that’s true, Lifehacker reports.
First, you can check the indicator lights on your wireless router. These lights show whether any wireless activity is happening on nearby devices. Shut down all of your own wireless devices — phone, laptop, TV, everything that can connect to the internet — and then see if the light is still blinking. If so, that means there’s another device on the network that’s not yours.
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Second, you can log into the router’s administrative console to see a list of devices on the network. To get into the console, enter your router’s IP address in a web browser window. Then log in — your router’s login information is usually included on its paperwork somewhere. Once you’re in, you’ll see a section called something like Connected Devices, Device Manager, or My Network. This will show you a list of IP addresses, MAC addresses and device names, which you can review to see if there’s anything that doesn’t belong to you.
Last, to take things to the next level, you can use an app that detects whether your WiFi is being leeched, such as MoocherHunter. This will actually tell you the physical location of the WiFi thief!
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After you figure out what’s going on, it’s important to beef up your WiFi security so that the thief can’t get online anymore.
Good luck, bounty hunter!
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Even if you pay for WiFi, you may not be able to access the internet from all corners of your home, thanks to those dreaded “dead zones.”
Dead zones are areas of a building that don’t receive a WiFi signal. This can be due to a number of reasons, such as physical barriers.
If you’re tired of suddenly losing your connection when you go into a certain room, try one of these handy solutions, courtesy of Popular Science.
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One thing to keep in mind is that your router should be somewhere toward the center of your home. It should also be as close as possible to the devices that will need it. This may seem obvious, but sometimes, a simple relocation of your router can do the trick.
When you’re choosing a new location, note that WiFi signals have trouble crossing concrete and brick walls. Certain devices can also have an effect on the signal, including microwaves, baby monitors, large fish tanks and Christmas tree lights.
And if you feel limited to putting your router in one spot due to the location of the internet feed, you can always buy a longer connecting cable so that your router can reach the wall from further away.
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You may also want to simply switch out your router for a better, stronger one.
Some companies, such as Google, even offer routers that come with multiple devices automatically, instead of just one. Check out Google Wifi.
You can also try a device to extend the range of your WiFi, such as a WiFi extender, WiFi repeater, WiFi booster, or range extender.
The most effective device for extending the signal, though, is a powerline adapter. This device uses your home’s electrical wiring to transmit WiFi signals to any room in the house. All you need is an outlet that will fit an adapter! This solution can be pricey, but it works well for high speeds. If speed isn’t an issue, WiFi repeaters also work for a cheaper price.
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Lastly, you may want to go old school by using a wired connection instead of just WiFi. Hook up the dead zones with wired connections of their own by simply running a long Ethernet cable from the router into the room (you may need some pins to hold the cable in place). Then set up a second router or a wireless access point on the other end.
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