DeviantArt just amazes me. I put up the last penciled version of Elidi (as a finished image, I really like my pencil work this time) and in under two minutes someone added it to their favorites.
Sometimes the scope of the internet, one of mankind's most far-reaching and most often taken for granted inventions, blows my mind. When I think that at the begining of my short life personal computers were rare and the internet was something raw and only seen by government and geeky college boys it reminds me how *fast* this technology has evolved. Now almost everyone I know lives in a house with a desktop compuer, if not their own personal computer. This is mind-numbing.
In less than 20 years we've gone from a time that the only reliable and quick way to reach someone you know was with an expensive long distance phone call to now. Now I can get on the internet and pull music from another one thousands of miles away a little faster than I can listen to it. I can find people who share my interests with a few words and some time searching. I can talk with as many people as I can keep up with as long as I don't mind using text. I can leave electronic post-its much like this one all over the internet.
Geeks worked damn hard to bring me a world of the future that very few people expecteded. It isn't a nuclear death ray or flying cars or robots, but it's still pretty damn cool.
There are drawbacks like pop-ups and spyware and groups of people trying to be the 'cool' dorks every now and then, but still -- holy shit.
Deviant art is merely a small facet of this amazing technologly. The fact that someone somewhere in the world could reach out and let you know that they thought the pic was groovy just makes me have goosebumps when I think about what that entailed. It's wild.
It is truly amazing, when I stop to think about it. I remember begging my parents for a computer when I was a kid and getting the oh so awesome Vic20 and the tape deck to store my stuff. I was the envy of the nerdy kids. :)
By the time I was in college people were all a-twitter over this "web" thing that would let them read documents from Russia without having to wait months for the post to hopefully not lose them on the way to the states. I don't think any of us through it would end up as the place to find furry porn. Though we should have, given we had binary groups on usenet. ;>
I really should take a moment to appreciate the fact I can keep in touch with friends thousands of miles away with ease. Especially since I 'met' most of them online long before I met them in person.
It's a bit before my time, but I do recall the days of computers being rather rare. It was like the 386 days, but still -- computers were a luxury item.
I really don't think anyone would have thought the internet would be the roiling mass of pornography that it is, furry or otherwise. Looking back it makes *perfect* sense. You have guys who can't get women as the predominant users.
I do thank the scientists of our world the internet exsists. I've met so many flat out cool people and found so many neat things. It's really added an interesting facet to my life.
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In less than 20 years we've gone from a time that the only reliable and quick way to reach someone you know was with an expensive long distance phone call to now. Now I can get on the internet and pull music from another one thousands of miles away a little faster than I can listen to it. I can find people who share my interests with a few words and some time searching. I can talk with as many people as I can keep up with as long as I don't mind using text. I can leave electronic post-its much like this one all over the internet.
Geeks worked damn hard to bring me a world of the future that very few people expecteded. It isn't a nuclear death ray or flying cars or robots, but it's still pretty damn cool.
There are drawbacks like pop-ups and spyware and groups of people trying to be the 'cool' dorks every now and then, but still -- holy shit.
Deviant art is merely a small facet of this amazing technologly. The fact that someone somewhere in the world could reach out and let you know that they thought the pic was groovy just makes me have goosebumps when I think about what that entailed. It's wild.
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It is truly amazing, when I stop to think about it. I remember begging my parents for a computer when I was a kid and getting the oh so awesome Vic20 and the tape deck to store my stuff. I was the envy of the nerdy kids. :)
By the time I was in college people were all a-twitter over this "web" thing that would let them read documents from Russia without having to wait months for the post to hopefully not lose them on the way to the states. I don't think any of us through it would end up as the place to find furry porn. Though we should have, given we had binary groups on usenet. ;>
I really should take a moment to appreciate the fact I can keep in touch with friends thousands of miles away with ease. Especially since I 'met' most of them online long before I met them in person.
Just feeling silly now...
I really don't think anyone would have thought the internet would be the roiling mass of pornography that it is, furry or otherwise. Looking back it makes *perfect* sense. You have guys who can't get women as the predominant users.
I do thank the scientists of our world the internet exsists. I've met so many flat out cool people and found so many neat things. It's really added an interesting facet to my life.