Early Internet discovery

[oskoret]

We created a monster.

[spinynorman1982]

Internet eh?

[GreenCrayon321]

ADDING MACHINES AND TYPEWRITERS!

[Leafan89]

it'll never work...

[zobica]

@Leafan89 neither will macs....

[MichaelMorbius4ever]

Guys I'm serious :-)

[NevaehBeatez]

To talk about SEX. Lol.

[Josh3455]

GO TO HELL! GO TO HELL! GOOOO TO HELLLL!!!! *tears start to run*

[angellife21]

What year was this broadcast?

[pme96]

1993. Same clip' The revolution of the Internet 1993.' INTERNET

[MrLoganDunleavy]

mah that Internet thing will never work. By 2000 it will all be over!

[Thehackattack299]

means easy and fast porn

[JanuaryDiamonds]

it sucks for all the nerds who spent decades inventing the internet so that todays kids could use it to hook up wither other kids on myspace. oh how i thank them

[TheCowboy277]

the beginning of texting...funny how things change over the years!!!

[Leafan89]

i think ive heard of this

[22CaliberHitters]

The Internet killed The New World Order

This is why they're trying to censor the web now

[flexicon1996]

lol it's called 'Internet'

[vulkein]

lol "there aren't screen fulls of go to hell" XD. apparently He spoke too soon.

[DXMJUNKIE1]

That will never work!

[gunman5550531]

If only they could see this back then. They would change there minds about go to hell things. Internet has become come and is the resource that most computers on the planet use today. There's Good People online then there's Bitches online.

[Doc141]

this man has clearly never been to 4chan...

[vulkein]

lol THAT, is what the internet means to me...

[gtfonow1]

but relly 200$ per year omfg thats cheap

[vartanhaghverdi]

That's cause 200 dollars right now is nothing...

[gtfonow1]

this will never catch on

[punkimiko]

internet? its just a faze it will be over by 2000.

[0neofthem]

so many walls of text

[firemetal2007]

Tea Sea Pee/Eye Pea FTW!

[thanic2020]

Inter-net?

[Bockatadi]

walk into a "internet bar" and drink to much. and virtually throw up in internet!

[gir123321]

whare can i by an "INTERNET"

[aaardvarkkk]

I have a spare internet. Just western union me forty-seven billion dollars and it's yours. No, really. You can trust me! In fact, I've already packed it and it's ready to go. Oh, wait. I forgot the emoticon. :-( ...see? that proves I'm serious.

[gir123321]

lol

[kuza261]

INCREDIBLE ETHERNET WOW IV GODDA CHECK THIS THING OUT WOW ITS SO NEW!!. I THINK THELL TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!! yeah Il start a rumor

[FireOFK]

there is something called "INTERNET" LOLS!! tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!! hey :-( i'm serious

[m1rock]

John Allens iz a troll!!

[saberj2x]

and then God got tired of the Original net...

and created /B

[Coastergeekperson04]

Hmmm... maybe I should try "internet".

[lolipopus]

Yes good idea dear sir.

[masterchief3k]

I wanna learn more about this thing called "Internet"!

[pigeonshouse]

Lol I'm not sure about his analogy of going to a bar and talking about football and only 2 or 3 people being interested.

The average American bar that I've been to has about 5 different ESPN channels all playing at the same time

[Bockatadi]

200 dollaz a year!!! becausse of internet!!!

[TheGamingHero]

"The isolated communicators of cyberspace have come up with little signs made of the punctuation marks... there called emoticons."They go at the end of sentences as graphic explanations."

HA HA WOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED!

:-) IM KIDDING JKJK

[gthreek]

:-( I AM SERIOUS

[mourningstar01]

wow this "internet" thing sounds really cool........how can i be apart of it??

[fgh456pc]

Only $200 a month! LMAO.

[BubbaJawarskeeTV]

what the HELL is internet???

hahaha

[SomeFunkyDude79]

what is this "internet" you speak of? :P

[groalerable]

15 million???!!

woah!!

[thehobojoe]

"not a lot of cursing or swearing, not a lot of put-downs"

Oh internet, how you have changed.

[748cowboy]

say you suck a big black cock?

[DrN0OB]

what year was this?

[RoxGirl88]

Maybe 1992-93 because I've read in German Book about PC's that the Internet was invented in 1992!

[wallseer]

"It has more soul than any human being I know!" 5:27 hahahahahaha. oh man. I always thought of 'Internet' as one of the most soul-less things in existence.

[ClarionCoder51]

if only they could see the internet of today...

[lumin750]

They can, this is only about 24 years old

[0neofthem]

i could never with all the lag that this early internet produced its terrible.

[LukeFrench01]

This marks the tragic event that was the beginning of the end of the BBS. The floodgates were now open for any fool to come in.

[Panasonicsubs]

devestationn, it dose look like xp it looks like the bliss desktop wallpaper and the one next to it looks like another xp wallpaper

[HarCees]

Oh..this really brings me back. Really miss the early stage of the internet. People treated you as you best friend. Always speaking politely. The body was shaking when you got answers and questions from all over the world. It was so awesome and you saw a personality in all the other internet-users.

Really...what is going on with the internet today? I wish Internet was a litte bit more rare, and I really think todays internet is damaging the young people/children.

[Bockatadi]

i remember "the trembles" lololol of interacting with "actual people" in video-games, and chatrooms back at the dawn of the millennium over internet lololol want to read some of my poetry ;-)

[godtremble95]

lol dial up!!!!!!!!!!!!

[devestationn]

Pause at 3:40... look at the screen in the top left... it looks a bit like a windows Xp!! (the background)

[StickManSR]

your right wow, is this a fake video?

[devestationn]

lol maybe!

[deathworm123]

ya it kinda does nice catch

[sauron974]

"Restraint."

"Not a lot of cursing and swearing."

"Not a lot of put-downs and insults."

"Not screenfuls of 'Go to Hell.'"

Bwahahahaha! Oh how far have we fallen?

[megamarsvin]

This is one of the many reasons geeks hate microsoft for introducing the average person to the internet. Back when we geeks ruled the net, oh what a wonderful place it was.

The worst argument you'd find back then was whether Tim the Enchanter was funnier than the Bridgekeeper, or TNG vs TOS (those discussions could get heated! ;D)

[RationalEmotive]

"This is one of the many reasons geeks hate microsoft for introducing the average person to the internet."

They did?

I would "blame" Mosaic for the first X-Windows browser.

Yeah, Windows 95 introduced a shitload of people to worldwidewaiting but it was already bastardized and online communication no longer your precious gentlemen's sport.

[megamarsvin]

Point well taken. I still blame the Windows "revolution" because at the time of Mosaic, I remember most people I showed it to weren't that impressed. Not to mention installing Linux was black magic for most people, let alone setting up a TCP stack ;)

[lumin750]

I had Prodigy when it first came out in the late 80's early 90's

[Mbash93]

TOS owns all.

[ballrags]

i agree that the internet was devastatingly corrupted, but it was inevitable. it could never exist as a quiet, protected underground delight. at the same time, it never would have evolved to the wonderful (and disastrous) extent it has without a massive global user base.

[Bockatadi]

u said : This is one of the many reasons geeks hate microsoft for introducing the average person to the internet. Back when we geeks ruled the net, oh what a wonderful place it was.

good point. exhibit 2: xbox live= overpopulation of idiots can essentially make a giant arcade NOT FUN!! when hooking up to play meant an IP secret handshake, people CARED about thier community.

[Patriot16100]

the unwriiten code of conduct of the internet is all but forgotten..........

[probe26]

Thats why we have PS3, less kids and free online.

[teamsleepnine]

from what year is this?

[ouphe]

Yes, usenet was indeed a fun place to be in the early '90s.

[DobermansRock]

Well its different than the exernet.

[DobermansRock]

I remember my older step brother using a modem with our Commodor 64. Its was a screen that he was talking on. I was 8 and it was a trip. Had to set the phone down on the modem.

Imagine what we will see with computers in another 100 years. Damn I won't be alive.

[TreyRust]

I hope they won't be alive...

[justme632]

"not alot of cursing,personal put downs" We know that was alot of bunk

[hondatech2o9nick]

"and you sit down, and you say what do you think of the raiders?"

rofl......

[WhackCheese]

noobs!

[assassinofmay]

"a deep and abiding passion for all things Thai." lol

[dramatique10]

W H O A....IN TER NET *echo*

[NuggetPumpkin]

What the hell are these nerds talking about on my computer screen?

[stupidjunk978]

I think should go back to calling it "internet" instead of "the internet"

I'm just on internet at the moment

[bjeah]

In Norway we just say Internet.

Oh, that's right.. We have no word for "the" anyway.

Fail @ 5:03: "Stein in Oslo.." Then they show a Swedish flag instead of a Norwegian one.

[mentaliweas]

:-]

[MrJeffcool78]

i guess this gonna started bloging in a way kinna started my space face book twitter what ever else is out there, the internet has changed in so many ways. but there is still a lot of chat channels out there there kinna right newspapers are kinna buring out even if this was 17 years ago.

[DobermansRock]

Look at where we are at now. Streaming video, web cams, phone service, movies, tv, music and it is still in its childhood. The internet is only as old as a teenager.

[Tyrantax]

Don't forget robots.

[DobermansRock]

I won't.

[Tyrantax]

Good boy, now here's your cookie :3

[elementz1986]

:-]

[spishak7]

lol internet

[ErinSpirit]

Man, I used the BBS system. I feel so old.

[0neofthem]

this must have been slow as shit.

[christo930]

They are really talking about usenet news groups. They still exist, check them out.

[kjetvin]

Why is it a swedish flag where someone is talking from Oslo? That's in Norway!

[luciremagazine]

I don't know about Canada as it's been years since I was there, but a six-minute piece sounds like a real indulgence to me by today's standards!

To the commenter asking about the year, one of the computer screens showed 1992, so I assume this was either the same year or the year after—totally guessing though.

[Aspies4Life]

wat year was this made?

[poshko41]

lmao at 2:15. Not until YouTube comments came along.

I like it how they call it internet and not the internet.

[j2bags]

Also "Richard from somewhere in england", Don't fake accuracy! If you don't know where in england, just say england, 'somewhere' doesn't help!

[j2bags]

2:20 If only they knew...

[LankyCyril]

i'm serious :-(

why SO serious? :)

[frontliner2]

lol 5:16 THE DEAF CAPS LADY FTW!~!!

[limberlad]

0:14 and looking at lots and lots of porno

[mccarthy155]

1995 i got my first internet".  I got a book with every webpage... i wanna buy that now

[allboutk]

so do i, how did they map all the sites?

[darkalligator]

ahhaha same as me, i had in 1995 my first experience with internet with a new ibm Aptiva :)

[semplew]

It's so funny to see adverts like this and know now how big the internet is today and how big it would be back then :D

[gunsandbullhorns]

now it's a channel to "internet." I guess it started off as a verb.

[migashi]

No, its just a mistake. They didn't mean "To Internet," which would be infinitive. They meant to [the] "internet." As a noun.

[Clovions]

WHAT IS THIS I DONT EVEN

[pbmdh]

The Internet.

THANK YOU AL GORE!

[MUTHA70]

it's like taking a step back in time...but look at us now.

[daytona1073]

When did this news story air? 199_ what?

[kelleyblue]

199?, i don't think so more like 198?

[theoriginalqb]

October 8, 1993

[sitiomaldito]

1993... i was on the BBS (Bulletin Board System)... i didn't have Internet until 1997.

Good memories

[eardowel]

I still love the term "information superhighway". I still use it.

[kweinkauf]

I remember seeing one of the first banner advertisments on a webpage in '93. I told my buddy on the machine next to me in the computer lab that the Internet was going to explode when it becomes profitable. Now if only I had invested...

[Scissorhands888]

They forgot to mention that the Internet was invented by Al Gore. :^D

[harmacy]

Fucking classic!!! Early adopter nerd/playwright says "The thing though that I'm always left with when I leave is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted, and the only way they feel rooted is through another person" (for those unaware, "root" is slang for "sexual intercourse" in many parts of the world). Hilarious!!!

[dammilo]

3:40 ... isn't that the xp wallpaper over there

[monkmellon]

IT'S PORN PEOPLE!!! ITS ALL PORN!!!!

[spookypen]

WHAT THE FUCK IS THE INTERNET?

[lcorinth]

It's not called "the Internet." It's just called "Internet."

[account98]

its the netting inside swim shorts

[theronin23]

HAHA...10% a month! WOW!

[HelloMarco]

"There's not a lot of cursing or swearing... there's not a lot of personal put-downs" ha ha. And the line "if you're anonymous you do anything you want" has interesting meaning now too.

[CaribouRed]

Internet, eh?

[aaronwrixon]

if it hasn't already been said in previous coments, this is the late Bill Cameron of the CBC reporting in October 1993.

[chaozengine]

"World Wide Switchboard" ... how quaint.

[Zoot3D]

......Whoa! Could you imagine like, porn on the Internet? That'd be sweet!

[ahirsch3]

The thing no one realizes about this video is that it was just aired last week in Canada.

[Heer3945]

Hear hear, if I knew who you were I'd buy you a beer, oh anonymous internet poster! :P

[jdmc020]

so, where does one get one of these internets, anyway? Does it come on a CD?

[eardowel]

No, it comes on a floppy...

[HanQ]

what the hell is a CD??

[RoxGirl88]

Compact Disc!!!

[Harbl000000]

I love how the guy used "Anonymous" in his explanation of how polite the Internet is.

Fuck you, rule 1.

[KWalsh554]

Pfff! This "internet" will never catch on.

[brookpt]

Soooo, what's that "internet" thing they're talking about? still don't get it... It needs to be less complex, or no one will ever use it. Anyway, I'd like to try one of those internets myself, some day :)

[gregbird12]

i can indulge my deep and abiding passion for all things porn.

[PeterFromHorwich]

Very Web 2.0, all those communities. Kind of shows what a meaningless phrase that is.

[kafka27]

before internet a wire less device was rulling the world..- quija board

[DJZG]

what is internet :O

[Cantstopdamuzik]

The wonders the far off future of 1989.

[RedX199115]

lol internet

[RaptormanMT]

Haha. Peter Mansbridge. He looked the same back then as he does now.

[carsonky]

In 1993 at my college, students could not write messages in the newsgroups. Only teachers had access to actually post messages due to the high cost.

[PoisonOfYourLife]

LMAO. Canadian!

[McSlobo]

Oslo in Sweden. :-)

[kurtph1969]

Great bit of nostalgia. Does anyone know the date of this newscast?

[RaptormanMT]

They mentioned something indirectly about the Paul Bernardo trial and the publicity ban, which likely means this broadcast happened sometime in the early 90's, but after 1991.

[kurtph1969]

Cheers!

[MeanGene79]

It's from 1993.

[julianbell90]

I like how they say, INTERNET, like it's some sort of icon

[ThumbMonkey13]

heh, I remember this. Pay by the minute internet on a 14k modem... ah, those were the days.

[blazing64]

either the nerd in this clip didnt know what the term "rooted" meant, or he was cleaverly adding it into the interview..

[Sandman1278]

there are not screen fulls of cursing and swearing, boy has that changed!

[DonKael]

We had CRS BBS here in Kitchener. That must have been back in '89 or 90...lasted until '93 when we downloaded the Doom demo from the idsoftware group. Took about a full day (IIRC) of downloading for a 3mb file.

Then Windows 95 came along and the internet jumped from being DOS-like to what it is today. Netscape and AltaVista were the biggest players back then.

[LittleLulu62]

Aw..it will never catch on! >:D

[keyboardplaya]

Haha, U.S. Congressional hearings on internet regulation were supposed to start in 1994. I guess they forgot. Oh well, awesome for me!

I also guess they didn't realize that when anyone gets to use the internet, ANYONE gets to use the internet, if you know what I mean. I wish I could go back in time and tell those guys about Myspace rapists. They'd shit their pants.

[TheChristianAtheist]

yeah what got me was when he said no one trash talks online! i rofled! love to show them halo 3 online! i need to use less exclamation marks!!!

[NoCompromise83]

"ChristianAtheist" There is no such thing.

[NoCompromise83]

No, anyone cannot use the internet. And the internet in some countries is censored.

[Tanjo22]

Lmao "There's not alot of cursing or swearing, there's not alot of um...personal cuts. There's not screenfulls of uh go to hell" Oh how far these magical tubes have come.

[mack069]

lol i love how they call it "internet" instead of just "the internet"

[hubergeek]

Cool video

[Dragonfire7771]

I love emoticons;)

[letsgetsomeshoes1239]

...y did you post this? WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE INTERNET!!! HOW DO YOU THING YOU POSTED THIS? THE TELEPHONE?

[petergonefar]

"theres not screenfulls of 'Go to Hell'... I wonder what he thinks about the internet today

[dcamack]

The problem is that once people get used to something they abuse it!!!

[Mercury888]

i am used to exercising. I dont abuse it.

[oscarfeliciano]

No, not true at all. The problem occurred when non-geeks jumped on the bandwagon or, better yet, moved over from AOL.  The easiest way to tell if someone was from AOL was when they popped into IRC chat rooms and started typing in ALL CAPS. LOL.