I was a college student from 1988 through 1992, mostly at UC Santa Cruz. I had my own phone line whenever I could, so I could talk to my family, whatever part time employer I had, etc. Over those four years I lived in eight dorm rooms and two apartments, not counting two summers living with my mom. Either we had land phones, which cost $35 every time I moved into a new place (in 1990 dollars), or -- during the year I lived in Vancouver, BC, where UBC didn't have phone jacks in the rooms -- amazingly high telephone credit card costs on my dad's phone bill.

Cell phones back then were big, bulky, and expensive; I don't think I ever seriously considered getting one (although at one point my dad got one for business). I only wish I could have had what today's students have access to.

I prefer the following:

UUCP: {world}!ucbvax!ucscc!ucscb!aaronrp

What a dream I had,
Pressed with salami,
Clothed in anchovies
Fished from salty seas.
Softer than nine-grain...

It seems likely Apple wouldn't intentionally break compatibility, even if at this point there's no Apple products using Atom. Wouldn't they want to keep their options open, just in case they decide they want to release an Atom machine sometime in the future? Maybe someday can figure out how to make a premium netbook that will make them enough money to be worthwhile.

Scores?

Yes - this is "Windows 7 - Share and Enjoy!" Mod parent up.

Because using an iPod, or Microsoft Word, or Facebook requires mathematical literacy?

And people who manufacture things for people should adhere to that standard. Computers are the means, not the end.

Do you know how few people are really good at using a composing stick these days? Darned few.

I am one of the many people who remember learning cursive but now never do it (and I'm 39). Every once in a while when bored I will write out the alphabet, just to prove I remember it.

Oops... the URL is http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/06/08/2342241/20th-Anniversary-of-the-Dawn-of-Dot-Com

Selling to the ISP, not the user, was ClariNet's model too (see ).

I guess the real question is, what difference does it make in the long run whether ClariNet was "the first company to use the Internet as a commercial distribution mechanism," which nobody seems to be disputing, or "the first dot-com"? ClariNet was one of many Internet pioneers.

Being first is overrated anyway. Maybe those of us who were laid off after the Individual-Desktop Data merger could be considered the very first victims of the dot-com bust...