Comment by lubujackson

1 day ago

Nope, this is exactly how the Internet at large grew up.

First, the breathless nerds. Then, the greater swath of nerds (where we are). And this is when people start to get excited in various degrees while others say stuff like "no one will ever want to fuss with dialup and a second phone line" or "no one will ever put real info or use credit cards online".

Then a couple years later, grandma is calling you over to fix her Netzero and away we go...