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posted August 11, 2008 04:52 AM         

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I joined a forum for the first time last week but my user name was recognised and I was welcomed back as someone who last posted in 1969.

Feels wierd, that person could be dead now.

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posted August 13, 2008 11:58 AM         

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1969? How can that be?

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posted August 18, 2008 05:21 AM         

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Its reasonable to suppose that a person who has not posted for forty years may be dead. I would be really interested to hear anybody else's near immortality experience. Was it creepy?

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posted August 18, 2008 12:12 PM         

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Are you talking about posting on the internet and 1969?

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posted August 18, 2008 12:22 PM         

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yes

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posted August 19, 2008 12:44 PM         

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The Internet, which used to be known as ARPANET, was brought online in 1969, connecting four major computers at universities in UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, UCSB, and the University of Utah. This means that the "original" user of your ID could have been one of the pioneers. Are you scared?

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posted August 20, 2008 11:44 AM         

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Thanks Deux

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posted August 22, 2008 05:03 AM         

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Some internet forums began as private bulletin boards in local intranets or Usenet and precursurs. I love the history of the Web.

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posted August 24, 2008 09:31 PM         

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Who woulda thunk it!

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posted August 25, 2008 08:53 AM         

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hmmmm I had no idea

Houfy, you are a source of endless interest.

Has the Mouse King been vanquished?

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posted August 25, 2008 11:42 AM         

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Things are not as mousy as they were, but I now have to practise this tedious discipline of guarding food all the time. I think a mouse liv es about 3 weeks.

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posted August 25, 2008 11:59 AM         

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My first experience going online was in 1993 on the BBS of the American Embassy in my country. Initially, there were only 2 lines (dial-up) plus each logon time was limited to just 10 minutes, so there was not much happening, but still me and my IT friend were able to chat and find friends thru it

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posted August 25, 2008 12:59 PM         

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I only heard about the web indirectly, in thrillers, there started to be a computer hacker character, who was terribly brainy and could find things out from computers that helped to solve the mystery. But it was definitely not a mass pursuit.

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posted August 29, 2008 06:16 AM         

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Sorry, a mouse lives three years, unless you kill the little ******** first.
I accidentally drowned three in a bucket and was quite shocked at how elated I felt. Usually I feel guilty if I kill a spider... tho not a fly ...

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posted September 02, 2008 05:49 AM         

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I'm a serial killer, yeah

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posted September 03, 2008 01:33 AM         

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... tho not a fly ...

I'm glad to hear you have it somewhat under control.

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posted September 03, 2008 06:23 AM         

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posted September 10, 2008 07:19 AM         

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People who have transplants take on the qualities of the donor, if you took over a dead person's id, would you be somehow connected with them?

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posted September 10, 2008 02:31 PM         

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I have heard stories of those so perhaps yes.

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posted September 12, 2008 01:44 PM         

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Scary.

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posted September 15, 2008 06:40 PM         

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Seen a few movies about that.

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posted September 16, 2008 08:09 AM         

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Yes, there is a film with Jane Seymour in it, when she receives a heart from someone and she begins to take on the personality of the decreased. It was based on true events-didnt watch it though.

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posted September 17, 2008 06:07 PM         

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Yep. And a recent one about eyes.

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