I remember my first online experience, Compuserve, using a state of the art IBM Xt. It had floppy disc drives and a landline modem. I could access the sum of mankinds history and information with a few clicks. Now every search engine is filled with popup ads and directs you to sites that charge a fee and require a download of their ad-filled proprietary shit and still doesn't give up anything unless you buy a subscription. Is there a current version of World Book Encyclopedias available? And why is my computer ten thousand times more powerful but still runs at the same speed unless I am play games or not doing anything online? I got the bandwidth to surpass what NASA sent a man to the moon with, but why? It doesn't work as well as an old Xt with a phone modem?
It is because the Digital Gods just do not LIKE YOU, Sea....... I have that feeling every day as well... They only like “ Minds full of Mush” types.... Us old Calcified Fossils just aren’t compliant enough....
hmmmm, I think I know a songwriter who should tackle that, sort of like "Ode to Billy Joe," a story that leaves them hanging!
That superhighway became a toll road/pay per view when the content providers figured out they were getting hosed by Big Tech (google) It costs real money to provide real content or access to content - expect to pay more as time goes on. It was nice while it lasted....
Good start man! It was nice while it lasted Frank Lee Ticious rode off on his moose named Mortimer into the gulf of Mexico Caught up in a net by Bubba Gump and was saved !
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (alternatively, "There is no such thing as a free lunch" or other variants) is a popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing. The acronyms TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, and TNSTAAFL are also used. (Jerry P , may you RIP) The phrase was in use by the 1930s, but its first appearance is unknown.[1] The "free lunch" in the saying refers to the formerly common practice in American bars of offering a "free lunch" in order to entice drinking customers. Big tech was just a little slow to the table.
first time I saw it was in the book "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Heinlein IIRC... was also explained...
