It was probably a couple of years before this that I first understood how powerful the internet could be, when my dad showed me a picture taken by a satellite,

It was probably a couple of years before this that I first understood how powerful the internet could be, when my dad showed me a picture taken by a satellite, and in the background you could see the stars. Here was a crummy beige PC on my dad’s desk, talking to robots in space. Wasted most of my time after that on Usenet and IRC, admittedly, but that was definitely when I caught the bug.