What was the first thing you looked up when the internet first came out?

George White · 10-07-2017 07:52PM

Looking up Corgi toys.
Then, a mix of comics and Doctor Who stuff,
And trying to find if Santa existed - which turned out to be quite vague and listed him as mythical, which blurred the lines even further, esp. as I knew that Rudolph had been created by Gene Autry and thus believed as a marketing gimmick, Santa created his own Rudolph with Autry's permission. And Santa gave Autry Champion the wonder horse, or something.

Duff · 10-07-2017 08:32PM

Either Rotten.com or WWF.com to look at the figures you couldn't get here

deco nate · 10-07-2017 08:36PM

Texas institute of technology and science.

But that's not what I typed in

InTheTrees · 10-07-2017 08:39PM

Telnet

johnnyskeleton · 10-07-2017 08:43PM

Finley Disgusting Absinthe wrote: »

Emily Dickinson.....boobs.

A simpler time

Teyla Emmagan · 10-07-2017 08:48PM

Mahir.

vampyre · 10-07-2017 08:50PM

WWF as it was then website, the day after Owen Hart died at a PPV event 1999.:(

5starpool · 10-07-2017 09:30PM

1994 when I went to college was the first time I used the internet. In UL, the internet was only available in certain computer rooms after 6pm, but a guy I knew from a different course showed me what to change in a config file to be able to access it from any computer in the college which was amazing. I remember buying a copy of Wired magazine when it came out first in 1995 which had a booklet with it of loads of websites that one could visit, including bbc.co.uk.

I don't remember what the first thing I looked up was, but I do remember when I was bored, finding scripts on the bbc website of comedies like Blackadder and Bottom and reading through them. Also, probably porn when people weren't looking.

the14thwarrior · 10-07-2017 09:33PM

richards realm. a chat room, with different rooms for different tastes, but some quite normal. very old, pre 1993 i think. pre-courser to all the stuff that is out now. my mate met someone, arranged a blind date (i sat in the corner pretending to be reading a book). she ended up marrying him, still with him and very happy.

snowflaker · 10-07-2017 09:33PM

www.teamtalk.co.uk

PopePalpatine · 10-07-2017 09:36PM

Judging from all the people answering "porn", I feel kind of innocent thinking back to the days of Flash games like on Miniclip or Nickelodeon.

Hyblaeus · 10-07-2017 09:43PM

cheatplanet.com unfortunately like most websites of that age, it redirects to a different website

Ush1 · 10-07-2017 09:47PM

Subservient chicken.....then porn.

snowflaker · 10-07-2017 09:48PM

other easy faves were:

altavista
netscape
excite
lycos

meeeeh · 10-07-2017 09:51PM

I remember having computer science classes n school and teacher was explaining how internet was created for scientists to exchange ideas and how some businesses are trying to exploit it for commercial gains. Little did she know that porn was already taking over.

I haven't do much for a year or two so I don't know what was first thing I looked up. It could be something to do with F1. I know I had to do a project about Nazis for Sociology. I spent a lot of time browsing for sources and not actually reading them.

Autosport · 10-07-2017 09:52PM

Formula 1, napsterm iolchatrooms

bazz26 · 10-07-2017 10:05PM

Using the Altavista search engine on the Netscape browser. Think it was circa 1997 and was the Godzilla movie trailer. Took about 30 mins to watch a 2 min trailer back then in low quality, would keep sticking with the hourglass due to dialup speeds or lack of. The sound of the modem making a connection still haunts me.

Pero_Bueno · 11-07-2017 12:29AM

pickarooney wrote: »

Was that in DCU?

I heard the same story from DCU ..

11-07-2017 12:43AM

When I think of internet history I sort of break it up into pre 2006 and 2006 onwards.

2006 saw (or at least widespread use of) Bebo (= first widely used social media site in Ireland), Wikipedia, YouTube and broadband and wireless internet were just beginning to become widely available. When I had access to this kind of quick internet my mind was blown.. able to play games, talk to friends, find out about anything, watch YouTube videos when you're bored .. the internet was at its peak ability to entertain between 2006 and 2008/9, because it's novelty factor, speed, level of development etc. Thereafter it gradually became something to be taken for granted, just another utility, although it took until maybe 2015 for me to fully reach that stage, so enthralled was I with having unlimited access to information.

5rtytry56 · 11-07-2017 08:00AM

*Supercars.

A licensed manufacture of the Jaguar XJ220 but made of some synthetic material by an engineer Tom Walkinshaw. Same guy also ran the team that Damon Hill joined, before he went to Jordan.
There was also a Geocities website a french bloke hosted his own supercar fan site.

Dramatik · 12-07-2017 01:25PM

I'm not sure of the exact order but something like:

Aggressive Rollerblading
Japanese wrestling
Gamesmaster
Black Widow slingshot
Pellet gun
Fake ID (couldn't afford the extortionate prices my fellow classmates we asking) there was huge business of selling fake ID cards in my school, usually USIT cards which were then used to purchase drink.

mojesius · 12-07-2017 01:28PM

Not sure exactly but I spent a lot of early days on acmepet chat forum (1990s global version of the animals and pets issues forum) and simpsons trivia quizzes.

draiochtanois · 12-07-2017 01:29PM

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Ursus Horribilis · 12-07-2017 01:35PM

The first website I ever saw load up was that Eircom Doras directory thing. Can't remember exactly what I looked at first under my own steam but I definitely remember looking at the website for some blockbuster that was coming out.

Kimbot · 12-07-2017 01:38PM

sugarman wrote: »

Probably guitar chords circa '96/'97

Didnt really have internet at home until 2003/2004, so used to hang around the school until all hours printing tabs, nokia ringtone composer tabs, DOS games saved to floppies and later mp3s via limewire saved to a 128mb USB that cost near €100.:eek:

Simpler times.

Yeah I printed out shed loads of guitar tabs

SoapMcTavish · 12-07-2017 02:19PM

Hitting a bulletin Board for Windows NT drivers for a Zip Drive
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive

Agricola · 12-07-2017 02:54PM

I went on google.com in late 2000 and searched for "Google"

That whole dot com collapse..........yeah that was me.

What was the first thing you looked up when the internet first came out?

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