Does anyone remember

[HeavyMetal]

the golden years of the interwebs?

I was just sitting here thinking about it as I watched the RCQ trailer spread around and see reactions on the web, through facebook and so on.

I remember when DLing a video on the web, especially a higher res video, would take hours, and you literally had to plan your surfing/day around it in some way, same went for even songs, and so on. There was no youtube, no vimeo, no facebook, essentially NO networking beyond email lists. When surfing the web was feasible on 32mb of ram.. Its almost hard to imagine these days life without it.

This day and age I upload a trailer to vimeo, in full 1080 HD no less, in a few minutes, and a mere seconds later i get impressions and reactions from viewers, and then it goes on to spread through facebook...i see no less than 8 profiles with the trailer link posted. You just go to youtube/vimeo, push play, and bam youre already watching. Post it on your facebook, bam, 360 people can now just see it.

I just couldnt help but think of how 'clunky' and inconvenient the web used to be...insane how things have changed.

Sam, any thoughts?

[Quartney]

haha i remember with napster i would just pick a bunch of songs to DL before i went to bed at night hahaha

[bucketokarma]

I try to think about how civilization got along back when only important business people had beepers and cell phones. I actually forget how anyone kept in touch when the only way to call someone was with a home/pay phone, and answering machines!

[HeavyMetal]

thats another thing. cell phones are another 'recent' addition to normal life

i remember owning a fawkin beeper...

[Quartney]

a world without text messaging?!?!?!

[Quartney]

i remember owning a fawkin beeper...

you owned a beepr?!?!?! bahahaha

[HeavyMetal]

you owned a beepr?!?!?! bahahaha

you act like im old....at least i didnt carry a rotary phone in my backpack

[Quartney]

you act like im old....at least i didnt carry a rotary phone in my backpack

lol no i just always associated beepers with like way trendy jocks and cheerleader types lol not being old

we had a "car phone" phone in a bag type deal for a while

[snowblur17]

a world without text messaging?!?!?!

Sounds awesome to me!

just a few years ago I didn't even own a cell phone and did not want any part in it........ now I have a $70 a month bill and unlimited text

[Lawn Guyland]

oh god, the old cell phones....my dad kept our original one just cause its so funny to look at

never owned a beeper, i got a cell phone when i was youngish...and yes i remember when the internet was all about AOL and napster

[grundlepunch]

i actually liked highschool without all this social networking BS and tons of cellphones.

i would hate it now.

[Lawn Guyland]

i actually liked highschool without all this social networking BS and tons of cellphones.

i would hate it now.

same...facebook was just getting popular when i graduated...i look at my brother's facebook now and i would have gone crazy...kids are so retarded...all the groups and stuff they make about each other and whatnot...

[Nick]

my dad had a "carphone," windows 95 at home and at work, and dial up internet all until maybe 2 and a half years ago.

[Ktmracer419]

Sam, any thoughts?

one paragraph in i knew this was coming

[HeavyMetal]

i actually liked highschool without all this social networking BS and tons of cellphones.

i would hate it now.

huge agree