The Internet, a Decade Later

[MontyAC]

Interesting:

 

[blackdogdeek]

700mhz laptop!? who would ever need that much speed?

 

[Saint Nick]

Funny, the Apple site really hasn't changed a lot.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

The old CNN layout was superior imo.

 

[clamum]

Why the fuck are people searching for "Google+"?

 

[monkeh624]

Why the fuck are people searching for "Google+"?

Because people are idiots. They're most likely searching for it using Google as well.

How many people were still on a 56K modem in 2002? I sure as hell wasn't.

 

[ElFenix]

tower records mostly sold digital music.

 

[bignateyk]

I liked the old CNN better. No reason a news website should be using 500mb ram.

 

[MontyAC]

tower records mostly sold digital music.

Tower.com does not Tower Records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records

 

[Hugo Drax]

 

[ElFenix]

Tower.com does not Tower Records.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Records

i know that.

again, tower records sold mostly digital music.

 

[calvinbiss]

I can't get the image in the OP to stay large! Always shirnks back to small size.

 

[Spungo]

I liked the old CNN better. No reason a news website should be using 500mb ram.

Stuff like this is why Opera will always have the fastest browser. They've had the option to disable images, flash, sound for at least a decade. It was handy on 56k connections and is still handy on mobile devices.

 

[Vdubchaos]

IE is still the most used browser?

I think not

Still can't believe it's been 10 years......

 

[yhelothar]

How the fuck is Rebecca Black the #1 search of 2012?

 

[HN]

Still can't believe it's been 10 years......

yep. it's definitely been 10 years since 2002.

 

[Sheep]

Who was still searching for Rebecca Black in 2012? I have a hard time believing she was the #1 search term given that her 15 seconds of fame were in 2011.

 

[KeypoX]

IE is still the most used browser?

I think not

Still can't believe it's been 10 years......

What is it's, referring too?

Internet has be pretty big since early 90s, not sure why they picked 2002.

 

[KeypoX]

Who was still searching for Rebecca Black in 2012? I have a hard time believing she was the #1 search term given that her 15 seconds of fame were in 2011.

I just had to google it to see who that is...

 

[TridenT]

I just had to google it to see who that is...

I think they used 2011 results and even then I'm fucking skeptical. It seems like a lot of those results were pulled out of their ass.

 

[PingSpike]

Not a surprise most websites had regressed into a disjointed assault on your senses designed to give you seizures and run like garbage even on much faster hardware.

 

[Oyeve]

I can't get the image in the OP to stay large! Always shirnks back to small size.

heres a linky: http://infographicdirectory.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/the-internet-a-decade-later/

 

[clamum]

How the fuck is Rebecca Black the #1 search of 2012?

I'm not a pop culture connoisseur but I do kinda know what's goin on with that in a general sense. I have no fucking clue who Rebecca Black is though.

 

[amish]

I remember when I first heard about Friendster in 2003. I thought it was so stupid. Now some people cannot live without Facebook.

 

[AdamK47]

Animated gif images have also grown in size.