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  Ultima was such a staple of the time! I remember how much I loathed EarthLink back then in my area.
  Such a weird fondness for the tones of a pre-56k ISP dial-in. Horrid sound, but it was the gate to the world opening.
  Edit: typo
context: "She added that although some personal information will be required, companies must not retain personal data after complete verification."
  Surely they won't. >
  
  Even if they do, it is secured.
  Even if it is secured, there won't be any breaches.
  Even if there are breaches, the terms of service you agreed to will make it impossible to sue them. >
  
  And even if you can sue them, you'll be forced into arbitration.
  And even if you aren't, they'll stall it out until you run out of money, give up, die, or any combination of the above. >
  
  Or you'll just get a check for $10 five years later from the class action. >
  
  $10?  Look over here at Mr. Money bags.  It will be a gift certificate to Block Buster. >
  
  I got a gift-certificate for K-mart, but only for use on items sold in a blue-light special. >
  
  My mom worked the toys and apparel for a while I remember when I was young. She would take me in the back and show me all kids of stuff like the break room and stuff. One day she got sent home early and I was so worried she didn’t loose her job but that 9/11 happened and my brother signed up for the army afterwards I think is what happened it was a weird time in my life… my life is so much more weirder now than I ever thought it would be…. >
  
  We can’t just click the “yes, I’m 18” box anymore?? >
  
  I’ve wondered when this would happen since before the first images could even download efficiently. 😅 >
  
  gilliananderson_boobs.jpg has finished downloading.
  Whew! Time to see what this is all about! >
  
  Good gracious, I'm old enough to remember when Netscape first supported progressive jpeg downloads, over a 1200 baud modem! >
  
  The last third of that photo loading over a period of several minutes made me a man. Absolutely on Navigator. >
  
  I'm glad someone else remembers those times!  And Navigator was the only way to get Progressive images, no other browser came close! >
  
  The first to introduce customization, like themes as well!   Opera swept in a year later to try and launch with the fluff, but navigator was my jam for as long as I can remember. 
  These days the internet may seem wild-west, but those days back then were the gold rush. >
  
  You also had to subscribe to an ISP (dial up) back then.  I used Concentric.net, for about 12 years, until they just vanished.  As did all the accounts i had set up with my concentric.net email :(
  I probably spent a couple thousand hours, playing Ultima Online (in beta, then production) even before the Trammel/Felucca split, on dial-up!