I am Overwhlmed

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Crtnt @ Sep 29 2006, 08:47 PM) [snapback]325841[/snapback]</div>

Thanks for the kind words, I'm a newcomer myself, but long-time lurker. This is one of the nicer BBs to hang out on, very high S/N.

I think everyone here would recommend a Prius, but there's a lot of factors to consider. I'd suggest driving all your choices, and trusting your own instincts. I love our Prius, but I'd be the first to admit that it's not the car for everyone.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Sep 30 2006, 01:53 PM) [snapback]326073[/snapback]</div>

YES!!! Open license from a MOD!!!



h34r:

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(darelldd @ Sep 30 2006, 10:52 AM) [snapback]326072[/snapback]</div>

Only people who think they know-it-all get involved in FHOP. :lol:

[hey wait. I resemble that remark. <_< ]

 

Now see what you've done! You've scared poor Crtnt (not Clint) off with all your love! Just one post!

Now put down that shiny sniper rifle and back away from the keyboard. Keep your hands where you can see them...

 

Too bad. Now I'll never find out how he could have been on the web "since the 80s" if it wasn't available to the public until 1991.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TonyPSchaefer @ Sep 30 2006, 02:53 PM) [snapback]326073[/snapback]</div>

Yes, indeed, PriusChat is awesome; so many good, helpful people here, and a very low "signal-to-noise" ratio. If fact, I doubt I'd have my new '06 right not if it weren't for the good advice I received here about finding a dealership with a car to sell. And I can attest that people here are eager to help newbies like myself and loathe to "flame" those with "beginner's" questions!

Welcome!

Best regards,

Steve

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Oct 4 2006, 09:48 AM) [snapback]327811[/snapback]</div>

If you want to get technical about it... ARPANET was born in 1969, arguably the conception of the internet. After quite a long term, the first TCP/IP network was created in 1983, giving birth to the internet. it spread across colleges and research locations and became NSFNet. It opened to comercial interests in 1985. CERN started creating the first webpages in 1989, and officially publicized the project in 1991.

All that being said, there were many avenues to access the internet prior to 1991, most dealing with university research. Keep in mind that in common day usage the web is equivalent to the internet, even though technically the web is only a small subset of the internet, which incompasses much more than web pages. So you can argue semantics, or give him the benifit of the doubt

 

Oh, I know what he meant (being and old-school BBSer myself), I was just having a bit of fun.