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I'm geeking out over this.
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When I first saw your post I didn't see the K. Awwwww...
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In the beginning was the command line
07-06-2010, 12:27 AM
Ah, yes -- the text-mode lightcycle, for those of us accessing the M/a/t/r/i/x/ Game Grid using low-bandwidth connections. Like DirecWay. (what, me, bitter? Why would you say such a thing?)
Then again, imagining a "steampunk" Matrix or Tron film is kinda fun. (300-baud or 1200-baud dialup, Big Iron mainframes, gweeping... that era is the Net's equivalent of the Victorian era).