beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareThere was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.beebarfbadger@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agoNot true. The first document on the internet was, in fact, 7 pages in 8pt font. It was the New Purchase brochure from a Packard Bell 286 4MHz from Circuit City transcribed into .doc format.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoAnd were all 7 of those pages uploaded at the same time? Ha, gotchu now! (But for real, is .doc that old?)
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoAccording to wikipedia, “Microsoft has used the extension since 1983.”
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months ago“Congratulations on buying a Packard Bell computer. Would you like to register me?”
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThis is actually exactly why I love the internet
Not true. The first document on the internet was, in fact, 7 pages in 8pt font.
It was the New Purchase brochure from a Packard Bell 286 4MHz from Circuit City transcribed into .doc format.
And were all 7 of those pages uploaded at the same time? Ha, gotchu now! (But for real, is .doc that old?)
According to wikipedia, “Microsoft has used the extension since 1983.”
First spam
“Congratulations on buying a Packard Bell computer. Would you like to register me?”
Welcome to Packard Bell Navigator!
This is actually exactly why I love the internet