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I've lost track of how many years I have been on the net. I remember text only. I remember the first graphical browser I ever used. Not MS or Netscape but privatly written and licensed by my ISP. One of the early ones started by a friend of mine. I learned to do web pages in a text only editor.
I spent several enjoyable minutes this morning visiting with my sister in California and a girl that stayed with us for a year as a foreign exchange student from Omsk, Russia smack in the middle of Siberia. We communicate by IM almost daily.
Although this may make us a more homogonous community, it also opens our eyes to other cultures and possibilities.
I hope it continues to have at least a little of the Wild West, rebel, flavor to it. It is very important the the flow of information and ideas is not restricted by the government or commercial interests.
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Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you,
Jesus Christ and the American G. I.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom
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