953 nut 67,675 #1 Posted yesterday at 11:14 AM August 6, 1991 Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web and debuts WWW as a publicly available service on the internet. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,575 #2 Posted yesterday at 12:09 PM The Internet is "free", but the Service Provider is not.... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,675 #3 Posted yesterday at 12:28 PM 15 minutes ago, ri702bill said: The Internet is "free", but the Service Provider is not.... Sure it is, all you need to do is go to McDonalds. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,575 #4 Posted yesterday at 12:46 PM And be sure to use a VPN Connection - way too many unscrupulous characters out there.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 17,045 #5 Posted yesterday at 01:05 PM 18 minutes ago, ri702bill said: And be sure to use a VPN Connection - way too many unscrupulous characters out there.... Including some of the shady VPN providers! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 26,014 #6 Posted yesterday at 01:19 PM Nothing free about the internet…if you have it and plan to use it you must be willing to give up xx hours a day of your time aimlessly scrolling thru information and videos that you have no need for Biggest time gobbler ever!!! 2 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,675 #7 Posted yesterday at 02:03 PM 41 minutes ago, Sparky said: Biggest time gobbler ever!!! Don' know about that My wife watching Hallmark TV programs would challenge that theory. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 57,514 #8 Posted yesterday at 03:33 PM 2 hours ago, Sparky said: willing to give up xx hours a day of your time aimlessly scrolling thru information and videos that you have no need for Please tell us surfing RS is not a waste of time. 1 1 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
c-series don 12,168 #9 Posted 23 hours ago 1 hour ago, WHX?? said: Please tell us surfing RS is not a waste of time. Well if it is, I have wasted a lot of time and will continue to waste more in the future! 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 31,834 #10 Posted 23 hours ago 2 hours ago, WHX?? said: Please tell us surfing RS is not a waste of time. Ok It is not a waste of time... 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pfrederi 20,925 #11 Posted 3 hours ago If it is FREE on the internet YOU are the product. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 67,675 #12 Posted 2 hours ago Kind of like having a thousand eye's watching your every move. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites