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Huh? You could access arbitrary websites from AOL. How is that not part of the internet?
by always_good 9y ago
Huh? You could access arbitrary websites from AOL. How is that not part of the internet?
- pvg 9y agoWhat if I told you that when AOL started, you could not access arbitrary web sites from it because there weren't any.
- always_good 9y agoI'd say that your core distinction then is nonsensical and I'd wonder what it contributed. What if I said that? Is this hypothetical tense helping the conversation?
- pvg 9y agoI don't think this bit really requires much conversation, you can just read the relevant wikipedia pages for a quick rundown on things like the history of AOL, the internet, the world wide web and the seemingly nonsensical but curiously real distinctions between them over the years. What if you did that?