Subj : Re: Operation Epic Fury
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Ron L.
Date : Sat Mar 14 2026 08:12 am

-=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AT> In the early 90s I had a friend who knew how to use the Internet via
 AT> telnet, and he showed me how to connect and I figured out how to
 AT> download some files, but it was difficult. I barely knew how to use
 AT> linux back then and I think that's what it was; you'd connect via
 AT> telnet and then do all your stuff in a remote linux terminal. It's
 AT> wasn't fun nor colorful like the BBSs.

Ya, BBSs did make things easier.  But they also helped to reign in the jerks. 
If someone was a big enough jerk, he'd get banned from all the BBSs in the area
and... problem solved.


.... ...and I betcha she can say it in 10 different languages!
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