Explaining the Interwebs 101

The internet is a complex and dangerous environment. Mister Sharp provides us with a tutorial on its safe uses, and its pitfalls.

ETEWAF

ETEWAF: From WIRED a couple of months ago. I have run out of interest. Everybody seems to have eaten Quake and Quisp with Wanda Jackson and Hasil Adkins while wearing their soupy Sales Fan Club Badge, nowadays.

I go do now.

Yes- YES there's an ad at the beginning of the clip I CAN'T HELP THAT. Hit mute or something.

I find that this is always a real pick-me-up, Dave's "I Can't Read":



Yes I'm all curmudgeon-y today.

Logging On, Old Skool Style.

Remember when the internet was quaint? When people looked at you funny for using it? Ah, the memories...



Remember, don't send "spam" like a "newbie" or you'll get "flamed."

[via Everything is Terrible.]

Strange internet cafes around the globe

Neatorama presents Strangest Internet Cafes From Around the World

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

"Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you'll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that's not in the package.

Almost all smaller websites/services will disappear over time and multinationals who are used to using big budgets to brute force their content into every media outlet will finally be able to approach the internet in the same way."



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