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What is an interesting fact that you recently discovered? (pawb.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

So, it's Gopher?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Gemini is encrypted by default, but they both share a lot of similarities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Similar idea, but entirely new. I don't think many people even here know what Gopher is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True. I'm probably showing my age there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I considered mentioning it, but I've been accused of being far older than I am, simply because I know about things from the past, so I skipped it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I remember switching from Gopher to Pine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I used Gopher a bit, but we were just looking for free games, and usually ended up on a big college FTP server.

Then Netscape changed it all.

Eventually Hotline came along and was our favorite way to get warez.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I remember seeing it mentioned here and there in 96, 97 when I first got access to internet. I was never curious enough to dig further. I just know it's another protocol...