Jan. 20th, 2009
Ok, you whippersnappers...
Jan. 20th, 2009 08:39 pmBelow is proof that I - along with a few people I could mention *cough
crystalsage cough* - have been online since before Teh Intarwebz were born.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaah, rockin' it Old Skool Style, y0, on Major BBS software!
56K was WICKED FAST!
Onix was not my first electronic home, but it was the most long-lasting. I think I actually logged on for the first time in - perhaps '85? Definitely by '86.
And...*counts years in head*...um...I have been 'Elionwyr' for over 20 years. Yipes!
<- old
..but Sagie's more of a geek cuz she actually ran/hosted BBSes..
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaah, rockin' it Old Skool Style, y0, on Major BBS software!
56K was WICKED FAST!
Onix was not my first electronic home, but it was the most long-lasting. I think I actually logged on for the first time in - perhaps '85? Definitely by '86.
And...*counts years in head*...um...I have been 'Elionwyr' for over 20 years. Yipes!
<- old
..but Sagie's more of a geek cuz she actually ran/hosted BBSes..
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/pharangula/1899544.html
Click and read the links inside the post.
This is perhaps equally as horrible as forced sterilization.
Never heard of that bit of history? It happened all over the world. Including the US.
The United States was the first country to concertedly undertake compulsory sterilization programs for the purpose of eugenics. The heads of the program were avid believers in eugenics and frequently argued for their program. They were devastated when it was shut down due to ethical problems. The principal targets of the American program were the mentally retarded and the mentally ill, but also targeted under many state laws were the deaf, the blind, people with epilepsy, and the physically deformed. Native Americans, as well as Afro-American women,[16] were sterilized against their will in many states, often without their knowledge, while they were in a hospital for other reasons (e.g. childbirth).
(Thank you,
0ccam, for the first link!)
Click and read the links inside the post.
This is perhaps equally as horrible as forced sterilization.
Never heard of that bit of history? It happened all over the world. Including the US.
The United States was the first country to concertedly undertake compulsory sterilization programs for the purpose of eugenics. The heads of the program were avid believers in eugenics and frequently argued for their program. They were devastated when it was shut down due to ethical problems. The principal targets of the American program were the mentally retarded and the mentally ill, but also targeted under many state laws were the deaf, the blind, people with epilepsy, and the physically deformed. Native Americans, as well as Afro-American women,[16] were sterilized against their will in many states, often without their knowledge, while they were in a hospital for other reasons (e.g. childbirth).
(Thank you,
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