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prohemp
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 Posted: 11/04/05 - 23:46 Post subject: I wonder how come no one refers to the internet as
the net???
When did they stop doing this and why?
is it because the Information Superhighway" just sounds a lot cooler??
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prohemp
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 00:04 Post subject:
Is it because of that lousy Sandra Bullock movie.
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prohemp
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 00:04 Post subject:
how many here refer to it as "the magic fun box with goofy pictures"
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prohemp
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 00:05 Post subject:
so I was surfing the arpanet the other day........
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MastrBrewr
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 01:34 Post subject:
I was in this telnet chat the other day........
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 08:11 Post subject:
I just call it the web
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 09:03 Post subject:
I say "internet".
This is a pity post.
Do you need a drinking intervention, pro?
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 09:08 Post subject:
| prohemp wrote: | | how many here refer to it as "the magic fun box with goofy pictures" |
That's what I call the TV. 
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 09:13 Post subject: Re: I wonder how come no one refers to the internet as
| prohemp wrote: | the net???
When did they stop doing this and why?
is it because the Information Superhighway" just sounds a lot cooler?? |
Because we're not dorks.
When we never started calling it the 'net...
And no.
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 12:45 Post subject:
Might as well ask: "When did cellular phones become cell phones?"
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 13:13 Post subject:
Back in my day we used Gopher access for the net. 
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prohemp
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 14:02 Post subject:
| thooogy wrote: | | Might as well ask: "When did cellular phones become cell phones?" |
weren't they car phones, then mobile phones < cellular phones?
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Posted: 11/05/05 - 14:06 Post subject:
I don't call it anything as I never go there.
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