Frank and Joe Hardy

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

Well, it's not hard to believe considering the internet wasn't very user-friendly and not easy for the average person to use or even access.

It wasn't? I live for it today!

[MacGyver]

Yeah- back in the BBS days in the '80s, you just about had to have a computer science degree to access it and use it effectively.

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

Yeah- back in the BBS days in the '80s, you just about had to have a computer science degree to access it and use it effectively.

What's the BBS days? I was reading the Hardy Boys Digest 102. Terminal Shock and it mentions using the BBS -- a lot.  Is that what you're talking about?

[MacGyver]

Yep.
This might help explain. http://www.powershow.com/view/af45-NWMyN/A_Brief_History_of_Bulletin_Board_Systems_BBS

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

Yep.
This might help explain. http://www.powershow.com/view/af45-NWMyN/A_Brief_History_of_Bulletin_Board_Systems_BBS

Wow. What a lot to take in! Sure is different from today, isn't it?

[SDLagent]

Yes, things change. It's amazing. I was one a foot tall and now I'm six feet tall!

[MacGyver]

Hey- so does Canada not use the metric system then?

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

Hey- so does Canada not use the metric system then?

Yeah. I've been wondering the same thing.

[Olivia]

We use the metric system, but we still use/know imperial too. I don't think we're just going to be like "I'm a metre and a half tall".

BTW, I'm a child of the '80's (23 years old).

I vaguely remember my dad's first computer in the early '90's. It took 8 minutes just to turn on and boot up! I also remember discovering the Internet for the first time in...grade 3? And I saw the adjustment from cassettes to CDs to MP3s, etc.

P.S. Ah yes, MacGyver. The Zack Morris phone.

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

We use the metric system, but we still use/know imperial too. I don't think we're just going to be like "I'm a metre and a half tall".

BTW, I'm a child of the '80's (23 years old).

I vaguely remember my dad's first computer in the early '90's. It took 8 minutes just to turn on and boot up! I also remember discovering the Internet for the first time in...grade 3? And I saw the adjustment from cassettes to CDs to MP3s, etc.

P.S. Ah yes, MacGyver. The Zack Morris phone.

I didn't. Wonder why?

[Olivia]

You didn't...what? You mean you don't remember a computer when you were young?

I was like five or six.

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

You didn't...what? You mean you don't remember a computer when you were young?

I was like five or six.

Not very well, no. You remember dial-up internet? I sure don't.

[Olivia]

Yup. I learned to use it when I was in grade 4 (ish). But then my dad always had a computer in the house, and my schools were teaching computers (though not Internet).

[Hardy Boys UB Fan]

Yup. I learned to use it when I was in grade 4 (ish). But then my dad always had a computer in the house, and my schools were teaching computers (though not Internet).

Cool!

[MacGyver]

Okay, I'm like facepalming on some of this because I'm a slight bit older than Olivia- but also a child of the '80s. Hahaha- it's all good though. It's just funny how you can remember being a kid and gasping at how your parents had to get up and cross the room to change the channel on the TV and all these kind of typical "back in my day" type scenarios- and then you realize that you're seeing the same thing with younger kids gasping at how you used to have to dial up to get on the Internet and everything. And let's not even talk about floppy disks back when they actually were floppy!