Ask a stupid question...Flying Squid@lemmy.worldmod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 789 points – 8 months ago34Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentIt’s the “radio” option, they just haven’t updated the form in 40yOnline & email didn't exist 40 years agoonline, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031 email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763 The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents. Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.Things many people discovered again in this comment: Fuck, I'm old.IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971. But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.
It’s the “radio” option, they just haven’t updated the form in 40yOnline & email didn't exist 40 years agoonline, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031 email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763 The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents. Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.Things many people discovered again in this comment: Fuck, I'm old.IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971. But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.
Online & email didn't exist 40 years agoonline, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031 email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763 The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents. Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.Things many people discovered again in this comment: Fuck, I'm old.IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971. But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.
online, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031 email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763 The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents. Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.Things many people discovered again in this comment: Fuck, I'm old.
IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971. But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.
It’s the “radio” option, they just haven’t updated the form in 40y
Online & email didn't exist 40 years ago
online, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031
email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763
The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents.
Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.
Things many people discovered again in this comment:
Fuck, I'm old.
IPv4 is 43 years old, and there was the arpanet before that. They probably meant Usenet with the term "online". The first E-Mail was sent in 1971.
But tbh, I am quite impressed how early the YMCA adopted.