1995, I think. Yeah, that's right...it was my sophomore year of college. I'm still in contact w/ the first EVER online friend I met...even drove up to Tennessee to go to his wedding a few years ago.

mid-90's. added computer at home about 96.

1999. I was 9 and it was during an ICT lesson.

We went on the school website http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...smilies/24.gif

2002. I was 6 then. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...lies/smile.gif

Earliest I remember was seventh grade, so 1997? 98? I dunno

It wasn't until I was in high school when I used it properly though, you know, for pr0n

1994/95
got my first REAL computer AST 75MHZ win 3.1
free upgrade to win95 that was fun
liked hated it liked hated it
forever I couldnt figure out why my phone software didint work
no one could here me when i called them from my computer
they got pissed before finally my friend came over and we looked at the connections together
the mic had to be pluged into the modem mic out not the sound card mike out
thats when I started becoming the computer freak we figured out how to dial out and connect two player on doom II
it was awesome
Got my AOL online account
and thought Im going to be charged monthly for my time on it
nope it was per usage
600 dollars later I learned my lesson and that is when I began to join the I hat AOL club... justkidding
I would play doom all night long
looking at it now I think WTF how could I have spent that much time with it
anyway I became obsessed with computers and 3d and it was on
had a 8 mb diamond video card upgrade too lol

Today it was early @ 0530

The week that AOL launched. It was on a Packard Bell 386 my folks bought it at Costco. It cost $2200. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/wtf.gif

My first was a Packard Bell 486DX in the early 90's as a business expense. Used it for a fax, answering service and to put in the "Call before you dig" permits with Utilities Protection Center, contract bids, invoices etc. UPC sent this lady out to our house to install the software. I thought that was pretty cool, lol. The internet sucked back then but it was great for business tasks.

I think I paid $1,400 with a ink jet printer and 179'ed it on taxes.

1996.

Used to surf the net round a mate's house sometimes from about 1997. Started using the library for an hour at a time to e-mail the missus before we got married and she was in Australia in about 2001. Got into forums using the computer round my mums house in about 2004, finally got a computer and online at home in 2005.

i started using it back in 1996 when i was 12...i still remember AOL and that stupid dial up wondering if you were going to get connected becuz of all the traffic

Around 2000 when I moved down South. Was in my early 30's back then.

Do they still use libraries at the college/university level now?http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...smilies/24.gif God, I actually have to think to what the Dewey (sp?) decimal system is.

My college's library is basically just one big computer lab.

On the other hand though, I still use books in the library if I'm looking for something specific for a research paper.

I love libraries. Used the college library from time to time when I was doing research for my Psychology A Level. But it was mainly just full of computers and the books it had were old. They didn't always have the information I needed because it didn't have any studies/theories from the last 20+ years.

In this country, journals and periodicals are computerised by and large now. But generally, books are still the primary reference material for all major uni's. That might change in the future, but not for a while. I think the library at my uni has a collection of about a million books altogether, including loans from other libraries. Such a collection is costly and inefficient though, so I know there are plans to downsize and electronise what they can.

Early nineties, I remember rushing off to internet cafes, trying and miserably failing at understanding html....things have progressed since

In 2001

Tbh, this thread's title should be more like "When did you start abusing the internet" http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...smilies/24.gif