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Predicting the Internet in 1995

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-old-days dept.

Rexdude writes "Here is a list of predictions from 'The Internet' magazine at the end of 1994. It highlights the major changes and events on the net as it was back then (20 million users only, for starters). Seems a throwback to a relatively more innocent time, when the unwashed masses had not taken over the net as much as today. And look at the reverence accorded to long dead protocols like Gopher!"

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  1. interesting... by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here is a list of predictions from 'The Internet' magazine at the end of 1994.

    So back then the internet was a magazine, eh?

    (magazine also happens to be my favorite book)

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    1. Re:interesting... by megaditto · · Score: 2, Funny
      FTFA:
      Best Books of '94

      The Whole Internet: User's Guide and Catalog, 2nd edition
      by Ed Krol
      Price: $24.95 (paper), 453 pages
      Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (Sebastopol, CA)


      I think I am gonna buy a truckload right now, to send to Ted.
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    2. Re:interesting... by Bad+D.N.A. · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's a series of tubes!

      No, it's a series of 11 dimensional strings that are shaped like tubes!

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  2. The only safe bet by shirizaki · · Score: 5, Funny

    There will always be porn on the internet.

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    1. Re:The only safe bet by simm1701 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Queue dancing WoW characters

      (search youtube for WoW and "the internet is for porn" if you missed the reference - sorry I can't post the link but the corp firewall blocks youtube)

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    2. Re:The only safe bet by Darth_brooks · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm fairly sure that if they took all the porn off the Internet, there'd only be 1 website left, and it would be called "Bring Back The Porn."

      -Dr. Cox, 'Scrubs'

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    3. Re:The only safe bet by ryanguill · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're going to need to turn in your badge if you are posting on slashdot and can't get around your company's corporate firewall...

  3. from sometime in the late 70's by klenwell · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frink: I predict that within 100 years computers will be twice as powerful, 10,000 times larger, and so expensive that only the five richest kings in Europe will own them.

    Apu: Could it be used for dating?

    Frink: Well, technically, yes, but the computer matches would be so perfect as to eliminate the thrill of romantic conquest.

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  4. My Major 1995 Prediction Was... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... That Al Gore will be the leading cause of global warming. :P

  5. AOL by dagamer34 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, they knew AOL was bad in 1995! Too bad they didn't warn the masses.

    1. Re:AOL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Me too!

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. Re:nice "best and worst" for net entertainment by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's because Nethack is perfect.

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  8. Re:Gopher isn't dead! by Lord+Apathy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm still running a gopher server. Its on an old linux box, but you can't get to it because id doesn't have net access. I also don't have a client for it so i really don't know whats in it.

    I think that is where I put my virginity, or a ham sandwitch. Not sure which.

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  9. Security predictions by VincenzoRomano · · Score: 2, Funny
    Security. The Net and people on it don't have good security yet. Reusable passwords, service providers that just don't care, SMTP port 25; the Net is full of holes that need technical and social fixes.
    Just replace "SMTP port 25" and "the Net" with "Windows OS" and you have a prediction for ... year 2070!
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  10. We had one running until 3 months ago by wsanders · · Score: 3, Funny

    Long dead protocol my ass. We had one running to support a legacy application until a few months ago, when I went through my normal legacy application decommissioning routine:

    1) Ask if anyone is using app.
    2) No response
    3) Turn app off
    4) Six months later, turn app back on because it's "mission critical".

    So three months and the clock is still ticking....

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  11. Re:Missed a few. by lawpoop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Argh! You got me with your logic and historical fact!

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  12. Re:Gopher isn't dead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    As opposed to the IE team, who simply disabled Gopher when they heard their implementation had a security bug.