Yes she may be, but she is your SISTER dude!!! Uncool
Robot love is disturbing.
As for the log entry requirments I think that telnet was an important step in the evolution of the internet experience, and I imagine it still has its place; for certain technical functions (way above my ability) and to a certain degree as a bit of working nostalgia, like having a pinball machine in the garage. Sure some people did creative things with it, but I think human nature is such that people will find a way to express themselves by whatever means are available to them, however obscure.
Modern web browsers have opened the internet to an audience that could never have experienced it via telnet, due to the technical knowledge required to use it, it would have restricted access to a very small group of computer literate people.
I guess I view telnet like the old dirt road that used to run up the main street, it has now been replaced by a four lane bitumen road, which makes life easier for us all, but its fun to look at the old photos and wonder.
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Owen, love it! The dirt road analogy is great, but can't get past the robot lovin. How cool is the retro web!? When I saw C3PO's comment about the desolation of "this place" I just assumed he meant Telnet. I had to include it. Nothing like an incest joke to get the ball rolling though.
Hey thanks Fiona I feel kind of stupid posting stuff like that dirt road bit and I cringe a bit when I re-read it, like there should be some background music as I stare out the window pondering the profound revelation I have made. But I am trying to resist the temptation of re-editing myself. I liked the subtlety of your gag, C3PO sums it up nicely...I don't do subtle very well.
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