I've seen things you people wouldn't believe

"I have usernames older than you." is 100%

...all those moments will be lost in time, like specialized, non-indexed binary content on usenet.

I used the <blink> tag and fastened the rubber cups of a TRS-80 modem to my belt, as was the fashion at the time.

My ICQ was < 1 million. It got hacked by a Russian. I rage quit.

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@MackReed Also team TRS-80!

slashdot.org user #1538.

** TRS-80, geocities, global village modem, Newton, KMart Bluelight for free internet, Bondi iMac, iPod touch

I can literally replay the baud rate connect tones in my head, and most of all the full "spiral of death" sound. I can remember it better than I can remember the voices of people I loved long ago.

I hand-typed so many programs from the back pages of BYTE magazine, and at least one of them worked.