953 nut 67,681 #1 Posted Thursday 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 12,579 #2 Posted Thursday 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 67,681 #3 Posted Thursday 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 12,579 #4 Posted Thursday 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 17,051 #5 Posted Thursday 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) 26,017 #6 Posted Thursday 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 67,681 #7 Posted Thursday 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?? 57,520 #8 Posted Thursday 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 Thursday at 04:42 PM 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 31,835 #10 Posted Thursday at 05:39 PM 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 20,932 #11 Posted 11 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 67,681 #12 Posted 10 hours ago Kind of like having a thousand eye's watching your every move. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 9,105 #13 Posted 2 hours ago For some reason that 60's song 'The Night Has a Thousand Eyes' just poped into my head. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
