The Amazing Internet

Yes, kiddies, at one time the internet was free of pop-ups.

Ryan: They really didn't like me.

Dwight: They did not. They didn't have to say it to your face.

Ryan: I don't get it. I don't get what I did wrong.

Dwight: Not everything's a lesson, Ryan. Sometimes you just fail. It's those online paper jerks. The whole business is changing. You know what? They're going to be screwed once this whole internet fad is over. What are you doing? [Ryan throws egg at building] Oh no no no no! Ryan! Yes! Ryan the temp! Come on! Courtesy of Dunder Mifflin. Come on! Drive.

Ryan: You drive.

I remember starting on the internet during the summer of '93 and using FTP sites to exchange data. You didn't even know what you were getting until you downloaded the file and used local software to open it.

I remember being the first kid on my block, and perhaps in my town to have a modem (my Dad worked for a company called Digital which has since been absorbed by Compaq, then HP, but still has a credit union named after it). We sent an "electronic mail" to the White House in the morning and got a response that afternoon. I can't remember if it was '91 or '92, but I imagine back then either Bush I or Clinton had some assistant spend 15 minutes a day to answer all their e-mails.

No pictures, text only, FTPs... simpler times. The good ole days.

lol "there is not a lot of swearing or put downs...there aren't screens full of 'go to hell'"

That is *not* how British people sound... :-/

they even had shorthand back then :-)