Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?message-squaremessage-square217fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down16
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square217fedilink
minus-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoGemini is encrypted by default, but they both share a lot of similarities.
minus-squareDdCno1@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoSimilar idea, but entirely new. I don’t think many people even here know what Gopher is.
minus-squareTrollivier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoI remember seeing it mentioned here and there in 96, 97 when I first got access to internet. I was never curious enough to dig further. I just know it’s another protocol…
minus-squareRizzRustbolt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI remember switching from Gopher to Pine.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI used Gopher a bit, but we were just looking for free games, and usually ended up on a big college FTP server. Then Netscape changed it all. Eventually Hotline came along and was our favorite way to get warez.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoTrue. I’m probably showing my age there.
minus-squareDdCno1@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI considered mentioning it, but I’ve been accused of being far older than I am, simply because I know about things from the past, so I skipped it.
So, it’s Gopher?
Gemini is encrypted by default, but they both share a lot of similarities.
Similar idea, but entirely new. I don’t think many people even here know what Gopher is.
I remember seeing it mentioned here and there in 96, 97 when I first got access to internet. I was never curious enough to dig further. I just know it’s another protocol…
I remember switching from Gopher to Pine.
I used Gopher a bit, but we were just looking for free games, and usually ended up on a big college FTP server.
Then Netscape changed it all.
Eventually Hotline came along and was our favorite way to get warez.
True. I’m probably showing my age there.
I considered mentioning it, but I’ve been accused of being far older than I am, simply because I know about things from the past, so I skipped it.