Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?message-squaremessage-square218fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down16
arrow-up1178arrow-down1message-squareWhat is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square218fedilink
minus-squarekrash@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoGemini is encrypted by default, but they both share a lot of similarities.
minus-squareDdCno1@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoSimilar idea, but entirely new. I don’t think many people even here know what Gopher is.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoTrue. I’m probably showing my age there.
minus-squareDdCno1@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.
minus-squareTrollivier@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years 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-up1·2 years agoI remember switching from Gopher to Pine.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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.
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.
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.
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.