What did you do when you first got the internet?

MagicMarker · 20-10-2008 03:47PM #1

I only got the internet around 2000/2001, but i remember the first things i did was just google random words, and look for guitar tabs.

Porn wasn't an option, computer was in the kitchen:(

seamus · 20-10-2008 03:48PM

I was 16. So the first things I can remember doing was looking up guitar tabs and going into very random sites.

Kimbot · 20-10-2008 03:49PM

Abandonware......

biko · 20-10-2008 03:50PM

It was back in 1997, good year for porn.

COH · 20-10-2008 03:52PM

There's porn on the internet?

Ruu_Old · 20-10-2008 03:52PM

Using Doras to browse some Irish sites (3 shamrocks, etc for ratings

). Checking my tinet.ie email address. Downloading MIDI files of my favourite songs, MP3 files would take too long to download.

Loopy · 20-10-2008 03:56PM

I bought lots of crap I didn't need on ebay

Zangetsu · 20-10-2008 03:57PM

Downloaded the matrix on 56k, no bithday presents that year lol...

BaconZombie · 20-10-2008 03:57PM

Doom v1.2 to v1.6 upgrade

FruitLover · 20-10-2008 03:57PM

I was never actually in possession of the internet, but I have had access to it.

AlmightyCushion · 20-10-2008 03:57PM

Googled google and found out it didn't actually explode the whole world. I was disappointed to say the least. It could have at least destroyed somewhere like Wales or Lichtenstein, they aren't even real countries for fúcks sake.

HalloweenJack · 20-10-2008 03:58PM

It was '97. I remember downloading loads of demos for games I couldn't afford.

Knights & Merchants was the one I always remember.

Time Magazine · 20-10-2008 03:58PM

It was 1994 and I was 7. I went to TCC's Saved by the Bell website.

When you wake up in the morning...

eden_my_ass · 20-10-2008 03:59PM

Ruu wrote: »

Using Doras to browse some Irish sites (3 shamrocks, etc for ratings ). Checking my tinet.ie email address. Downloading MIDI files of my favourite songs, MP3 files would take too long to download.

Jesus, MIDI files, almost forgot about them, all Beverly Hills Cops and other trendy 80's and early 90's tunes! Most of the early times I remember using the internet was 90% trying to get and stay online...ah the long melodic dial in noises...suppose in context I shouldn't be so cranky with my laptop these days for taking those 15 seconds to load my desktop and connect to the wireless router!

Dord · 20-10-2008 04:12PM

I can't really remember much... it'll be 10 years November or December that I first used t'internet. Ahh... thems were the days, goin' to get a cup of tea while waiting on a page to load.

I played a few games online, Delta Force (1 & 2) was one of them... can't remember the others...

MagicMarker · 20-10-2008 04:13PM

I remember my mother worrying if the phone bill would be through the roof if we sent emails to people in other countries:)

Gran Hermano · 20-10-2008 04:17PM

I opened up Mosaic and went looking for 'pictures; they downloaded line by line and VERY slowly. Not much fun on the internet at 9.6 kpbs.

thefinalstage · 20-10-2008 04:24PM

Played Diablo 2 online

Ross_Mahon · 20-10-2008 04:25PM

Playing Half life online and downloading mods for the Sims.

seamus · 20-10-2008 04:26PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

I remember my mother worrying if the phone bill would be through the roof if we sent emails to people in other countries:)

I still know people who are worried about being charged more if they look at sites that don't end in .ie.....

SirLemonhead · 20-10-2008 04:26PM

Can't remember that far back...vaguely remember downloading doom/doom 2 mods, going onto Paddynet and slagging people off..

jebuz · 20-10-2008 04:29PM

I registered boobies@hotmail.com

KnifeWRENCH · 20-10-2008 04:33PM

Looked up the Beano website and cheats for Tomb Raider!

I was around 9, I guess.

mike65 · 20-10-2008 04:37PM

I dailed and dailed and dailed...

Mike

Raiser · 20-10-2008 04:47PM

jebuz wrote: »

I registered boobies@hotmail.com

:eek: You said you were a hot chick.......

Turd Ferguson · 20-10-2008 04:52PM

I started off downloading music for free (which on a 45k dial up connection was extremely crap). Also I checked out a shyteload of guitar tabs, which seems to be a trend here!

pablomakaveli · 20-10-2008 04:55PM

Must of been about 10 years ago when i got access to the internet. i was only about 10 at the time and did'nt really have much interest in it. can't even remember what sites i looked at. i did'nt really start looking at the internet regularly til about 2 or 3 years ago.

now im on it every day.

Flashraziel · 20-10-2008 04:59PM

Searching for short audio clips of the Simpsons and stuff like that. The phone cable we had wouldn't reach the computer so to connect you had to move the computer halfway across the room so if you were looking at porn and heard someone approaching you had to close the window, disconnect the wire and push the computer desk across the room in record time. ALMOST wasn't worth it.

AARRRGH · 20-10-2008 05:02PM

I started using the Internet in 1992/1993. I was about 14 or 15 and I would go into Trinity's computer labs to play MUDS (sort of a text based World of Warcraft.)

I remember being stopped a few times and I would say "I'm first year BESS" which seemed to work...

Gummy Panda · 20-10-2008 05:02PM

download doom maps on my indigo connection. ah the good ole days of 33.6

Dave147 · 20-10-2008 05:02PM

I used play delta force 2 online and counterstrike betas, good times! I remember seeing a fake spice girls nude image aswell about 10 years ago.

What did you do when you first got the internet?

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