From: Max Heim <mvheim@sonic.net>
> Actually, I think the "technical"
correlation mentioned is only valid
> for an
> earlier generation. The
"internet" no longer qualifies as any kind of
> technical interest or hobby,
any more than using a phone, or a household
> appliance.
I remember that in
the 80s, the assumption was that if someone had access
to a Usenet news feed
or email, they worked in the technology field. Same
thing with Internet
access up until about 1994 or so. That reality pretty
much died when AOL
"discovered" the internet and sold access to Usenet and
mailing lists as a
"feature" to their dim-bulb subscribers. It used to
be that the signal to
noise ratio went way down every September, when a new
class of college
freshmen got network access at their schools. When AOL
and the other
"consumer" ISPs came on line, every month was September.
That pretty much
killed Usenet.
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