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A surprising number of people aren't able to separate the concepts of "the internet" and "the world wide web". When you try to explain that USENET is a whole s
by na85 11y ago
A surprising number of people aren't able to separate the concepts of "the internet" and "the world wide web". When you try to explain that USENET is a whole separate entity from the web, running along side it on the Internet, their eyes tend to glaze over.
- Dylan16807 11y agoMore than anything else, that's because most people don't care about the fussy details of the term "world wide web". "It's online but not a web page" won't glaze over many eyes.
- naveen99 11y agoThey understood napster just fine.