That's true. I guess it did tend to keep out the riff-raff. OTOH, how much work could even those of us who knew what we were doing get done with 300-1200 baud modi?
I heard a story of a guy whose toddler was talking about the "dark place" on his PC. Turned out the Windows era tyke was talking about a DOS box!
The Net is the World's "Liberty Tree--" & WE KNOW IT!!
Too Late, the "Forces of Control" realized what we-on the net-knew; "The Net" is the ultimate avenue of "Free Thought" on the Planet.
The Net is THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAT to totalitarian thought on the Planet--& it should be Vigorously defended!
"The NET" is one of the most powerful civilizing influences ever given to Humanity.
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