http://adnews.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/America-Online-1995.jpg

http://ladygeekgirl.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/power-rangers-1-mighty-morphin.jpg

http://static.customizedgirl.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/flannel_shirt.jpg

So, does 1995 look or feel old to you yet? 8) 8)

Another one of these threads. OK. I shall answer this is the same way I answered the other ones.

1995 feels like yesterday to me. Probably because I am older.

Umm...I'm going to say yes. Just yes, lol. And also, everything from 1995 looks dated and old to me now. I don't know who that is in the photo you posted and this is a little bit off topic, but there was so much more fashion in 1995. Trust me on this I know because I wore it all back then. Anyway, I feel the fashion and trends are also dated. So yes 1995 looks old because it is. It's yesterday, it's gone, it's old.

http://www.snohomishalumni.com/Images/95snohomish22f.jpg

Yes, it does look quite old. Even 1998 looks old to me.

Yes, it does look quite old. Even 1998 looks old to me.


To me 1998 looks damn modern. ;)

Umm...I'm going to say yes. Just yes, lol. And also, everything from 1995 looks dated and old to me now. I don't know who that is in the photo you posted and this is a little bit off topic, but there was so much more fashion in 1995. Trust me on this I know because I wore it all back then. Anyway, I feel the fashion and trends are also dated. So yes 1995 looks old because it is. It's yesterday, it's gone, it's old.


You're right. I'm sure there was more fashion 90s looks then the whole flannel look. It was just one look though I put as an example of 1995 fashion. :)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Bill_Clinton.jpg

Not old per se, but definitely vintage.  And that Power Rangers pic brings back so many memories like you wouldn't believe.

Well I was born in '94 so I guess the year after I was born would look old to me.
However, certain films like Clueless don't seem that old to me, other than the pop culture references made of course. The youth fashion is similar just more baggy and grungy.
Though the settings and atmosphere look older, somehow the sets in 90s films seem to look more vintage, dated, and less colourful, if that makes sense.

DJ Khaled sure makes it look old (came out this year):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OWiH9XtV4

It feels a bit old to me, and in 2 years it would make it 20 years.

Even 2000-01 looks old already. At least in print media and when it comes to technology.

1995 would look as "old" today as 1977 (think disco, polyester, 8-track tapes, typewriters) was then, and by today's retrospective, feels just as old-fashioned, but in different ways. It was the year I first knew what the Internet was and how it functioned to me. Yet there were still lots of '80s holdovers around, from many stores that hadn't yet had their makeovers, '80s songs on Hot Adult Contemporary radio mixed in with the currents, '80s sitcom reruns on non-nostalgia channels (think TBS, WGN, and some smaller independent TV stations), VHS was still king, and cassettes were still easy to find alongside CDs. Camera was still shot on film. Nowadays, there are fewer CDs available today than cassettes were in 1995, DVD is now seen as the dinosaur home video format, and communicating with people in other countries daily is an everyday occurance for the general public. Inflation, with some exceptions (gas prices, housing) has been lower since 1995 than it was from '77 to '95. But the level of political correctness in 1995 is much closer to today's than 1977's.

For someone in their 20s, it brings back nice childhood memories. For someone in their 30s, it brings back a time when they were high school/college aged when everyone was mainly single and childless, which means that generation has passed on and is no longer in the "youth" demographic, along with enjoying the hardcore music of the day, from post-grunge, gangsta rap, to techno music. For someone in their 50s, it brings back when they had little children and enjoyed raising them while still enjoying certain pop culture elements that were more family friendly along with some of the Celine Dion adult contemporary music.

The commercials from 1995 definitely show their age. This stuff has been "old" for awhile. Cultural references to the internet were still a brand new thing in 1995, and you don't really notice many references when looking back at the early part of that year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6fvpX3rY0

Even 2000-01 looks old already. At least in print media and when it comes to technology.


can't believe it's been 12 years.  :o

The commercials from 1995 definitely show their age. This stuff has been "old" for awhile. Cultural references to the internet were still a brand new thing in 1995, and you don't really notice many references when looking back at the early part of that year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6fvpX3rY0


wow 18 years really go by so quickly. :o

wow 18 years really go by so quickly. :o


Yes, it went by like the blink of an eye. Just like that.

I was entering my late teens that year.  The last lingering bit of whatever childhood I had left.  ;D

It feels a bit old to me, and in 2 years it would make it 20 years.


Oh my God, it is almost two decades! :.Faints:.

http://www.psp-themes.net/data/media/10/Windows%2095.jpg

It sure does.

I was entering my late teens that year.  The last lingering bit of whatever childhood I had left.  ;D


Karma for the humor. ;D

http://www.psp-themes.net/data/media/10/Windows%2095.jpg

It sure does.


Remember when you heard, "Welcome," from AOL?? Definitely a 90s and early 00s thing. ;)

Remember when you heard, "Welcome," from AOL?? Definitely a 90s and early 00s thing. ;)



and the phone modem sound that it made? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBvGaVV4HZs

Remember when you heard, "Welcome," from AOL?? Definitely a 90s and early 00s thing. ;)


I had AOL in 2000 and 2001 and it was a very special internet feeling - especially with this AOL web browser.
Totally different from today.

I hated when you had dial up & you had to wait for someone to get off the damn phone! ;D

I had AOL in 2000 and 2001 and it was a very special internet feeling - especially with this AOL web browser.
Totally different from today.


Yeah. It brings back memories. 15-20 years from now if I hear that, it'll make me think of my childhood and early teens.

My dad is a computer programmer, so we had 56kbps internet in 1997 because he needed it for his job. I feel so spoilt looking back on it too.
Besides, we all know AOL is evil.

My dad is a computer programmer, so we had 56kbps internet in 1997 because he needed it for his job. I feel so spoilt looking back on it too.
Besides, we all know AOL is evil.


But back then, 56kbps was considered slow.

I remember hearing rap on the radio, it was quite popular that year.

I heard "One two three four, put your woman on the floor, gotta gotta get up, get down, gotta gotta get up, get down."

I also remember Gangsta paradise by Coolio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirDzMk5ysI

Remember Adina Howard "Freak Like Me"? That was 1995.

But back then, 56kbps was considered slow.


I always thought, 56kbps was the normal bitrate during that time!?
And from what I have read, in 1995 it was even slower.

But back then, 56kbps was considered slow.
I thought dialup was usually 28kpb? Guess I was wrong.
I think what I should've said was we had the early version of DSL.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirDzMk5ysI

Remember Adina Howard "Freak Like Me"? That was 1995.
I remember hearing that song, as well as the Sugababes' cover in 2002.

Karma for the humor. ;D


Thank you.  ;)

I thought dialup was usually 28kpb? Guess I was wrong.
I think what I should've said was we had the early version of DSL.
I remember hearing that song, as well as the Sugababes' cover in 2002.


28kpb was I think slower than 56kbp.

Who remembers what films were playing in 1995?

Even a film like 'Goofy Movie' appears very mid-90s to me, even though the story and animation are both timeless.
I say this because of how the teens in the film dress and interact with each other, also the parody on Michael Jackson (which is really more 80s).

http://www.snohomishalumni.com/Images/95snohomish22f.jpg


Great snapshot of mid 90's fashion. Paul Gott looks like something I'd see in a Caldor back to school sale calendar.

Andrew Haddenham and Timothy Hammer look like they could easily pass for 26-27

Criminal trial of O. J. Simpson opens in California (Jan. 24).

Great snapshot of mid 90's fashion. Paul Gott looks like something I'd see in a Caldor back to school sale calendar.

Andrew Haddenham and Timothy Hammer look like they could easily pass for 26-27


Paul Gott and Abram Goodloe look like a pair of pimps.  ;D

I remember when Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley almost got married.

I remember when Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley almost got married.


And the infamous "kiss" that was seen around the world.  :D

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And the infamous "kiss" that was seen around the world.  :D

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I wonder what would've happened if they were kept a couple?

And the infamous "kiss" that was seen around the world.  :D

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That famous, or 'infamous' kiss was in 1994 I think. But people were still talking about their relationship in 1995.

Great snapshot of mid 90's fashion. Paul Gott looks like something I'd see in a Caldor back to school sale calendar.

Andrew Haddenham and Timothy Hammer look like they could easily pass for 26-27


Meh, not to me. Andrew looks 20. I think it's just the jacket that makes him look 'older.'

And Timothy Hammer looks 21 or 22, he doesn't look THAT old.

These are Senior yearbook photos, these people's real ages must be 17 or 18!

That famous, or 'infamous' kiss was in 1994 I think. But people were still talking about their relationship in 1995.


Then they broke up later.

Well, by 1995 pretty much all of the 80s/early 90s 'poofy' hair had disappeared.

Well, by 1995 pretty much all of the 80s/early 90s 'poofy' hair had disappeared.



I guess hair was worn a different way.

IMO after reading this article, there is a lot of reason to pick 1995 as the border year between "vintage" and "contemporary". It mentions the Netscape IPO that August, the same month that Microsoft released Windows 95 and suddenly made the Internet a "no looking back" technology. Sure, changes didn't happen overnight in terms of the necessity to have an online presence (compare 1996 to 2002 for instance). It also mentions the Oklahoma City Bombing that began the restrictions and increased securities that continue to be a great concern, with Columbine in 1999 being another measure even before the 9/11 attacks.  IMO 1995 is the most historically significant year of decade, more so than 1991 with recession, Gulf War, and the USSR breakup. Check out this book "1995: The Year the Future Began". It's another reason why the first half of the year feels much more "old school" than the second half.

http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/02/20/how-oj-netscape-and-monica-lewinsky

It's been 20 years, in a way Yes.

IMO after reading this article, there is a lot of reason to pick 1995 as the border year between "vintage" and "contemporary". It mentions the Netscape IPO that August, the same month that Microsoft released Windows 95 and suddenly made the Internet a "no looking back" technology. Sure, changes didn't happen overnight in terms of the necessity to have an online presence (compare 1996 to 2002 for instance). It also mentions the Oklahoma City Bombing that began the restrictions and increased securities that continue to be a great concern, with Columbine in 1999 being another measure even before the 9/11 attacks.  IMO 1995 is the most historically significant year of decade, more so than 1991 with recession, Gulf War, and the USSR breakup. Check out this book "1995: The Year the Future Began". It's another reason why the first half of the year feels much more "old school" than the second half.

http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/02/20/how-oj-netscape-and-monica-lewinsky


1995 was a significant year no doubt.  I wouldn't go as far as to say it was bigger than the USSR breakup.  That changed the world in a far more profound way than the OKC bombing or Windows 95.  Thats not to say those things weren't very big deals, but when you look at the overall arc of history, the end of the Cold War was one of the biggest events of the 20th century.

I think it looks old. It doesn't look antiquated in the way the 1960s and before do, but it looks pretty damn dated now. It depends though, a news report or dance party from 1995 obviously would feel more obviously dated than a wedding or a sports game.

I think it looks old. It doesn't look antiquated in the way the 1960s and before do, but it looks pretty damn dated now. It depends though, a news report or dance party from 1995 obviously would feel more obviously dated than a wedding or a sports game.

Advertising at many sports venues has changed significantly since then, and the cycle of players is much different. Only a few professional sports players who played in 1995 are still playing today, and players like Derek Jeter who were just young prospects then are now retired today. Many sports arenas today have lots of LED screens displaying their ads, compared to 1995 when it was just non-electronic ads. Watching a sports broadcast from 1995 only displays the scores at commercial break transitions and a few other key moments (right after a basket in basketball, when football players are coming up with a play). The late '90s had a rapid growth in providing constant in-game information, and the early-mid 2000s had a boom in electronic advertising. Sorry, but in the sports world, 1995 does feel "old".

Do events from 20 years ago look old to you now?

Do events from 20 years ago look old to you now?


Here is a picture from 1995.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZevDFt_qv-XBerlwydUtfIoDKIPKct6JU5yvpXBFwhwmUrXwmmw

No, '95 was a year of the dot com era just like today. Give me 1985 over 1995 anyday.

No, '95 was a year of the dot com era just like today. Give me 1985 over 1995 anyday.


Today is not the dot com era.

Today is not the dot com era.


I would also argue the Dot-Com era was mostly 1997 to early 2000. I might include 96 too, but only if I was being generous. 95 is too early probably. Sure some people had websites by then but I don't think the phrase "dot com era" had really taken off then. The Internet was only just fully privatized that year.

I would also argue the Dot-Com era was mostly 1997 to early 2000. I might include 96 too, but only if I was being generous. 95 is too early probably. Sure some people had websites by then but I don't think the phrase "dot com era" had really taken off then. The Internet was only just fully privatized that year.
The dot com era climaxed on March 10, 2000, with the NASDAQ peaking at 5,132.52 in intraday trading before closing at 5,048.62.

The dot com era climaxed on March 10, 2000, with the NASDAQ peaking at 5,132.52 in intraday trading before closing at 5,048.62.


Yup. There were still some vestiges of the bubble as late as 2001 IIRC, but really it was mostly in 1999 and the earliest part of the year 2000. In 1995 surprisingly few people were using the Internet to make money.

I would also argue the Dot-Com era was mostly 1997 to early 2000.


Yeah, exactly and if we take it even more strictly, 1985 would be part of the dot com era as well, because that was the year when ".com" had been introduced.

I would also argue the Dot-Com era was mostly 1997 to early 2000. I might include 96 too, but only if I was being generous. 95 is too early probably. Sure some people had websites by then but I don't think the phrase "dot com era" had really taken off then. The Internet was only just fully privatized that year.


Dilbert in 1992:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8w_fifXOas/VPCLH_VeJmI/AAAAAAAAAi4/muDioNS1d4g/s1600/DilbertKnockKnock.jpg

Now, Dilbert in 1995:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0xHzmgUhbIc/Ugv-08YUBnI/AAAAAAAAY-Q/EM3bHDnkqeI/s1600/dilbert_etch-a-sketch.jpg

Notice any differences?

1995 in my corner of the world:

June '95
http://s1.postimg.org/i2c9hdq8f/June_1995_41_2.jpg

September or October '95
http://s10.postimg.org/y9wg17feh/Fall_1995_or_1996_3.jpg

No, '95 was a year of the dot com era just like today. Give me 1985 over 1995 anyday.


Back then we had Windows 95.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRNCOsVUOyA

Windows 95 came out in late '95. Windows 95 was more a '96-'99 thing.

It certainly feels very distant;
In my home we did not have a computer, nor mobile phone;
we took pictures on film; we even had a tv without remote control.
That's a big difference: the tech we had in house.
As a car we had the Ford Scorpio; the shape of it is different from today's cars;
and when someone says "draw a car", I will do it like that.

Dilbert in 1992:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h8w_fifXOas/VPCLH_VeJmI/AAAAAAAAAi4/muDioNS1d4g/s1600/DilbertKnockKnock.jpg

Now, Dilbert in 1995:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0xHzmgUhbIc/Ugv-08YUBnI/AAAAAAAAY-Q/EM3bHDnkqeI/s1600/dilbert_etch-a-sketch.jpg

Notice any differences?


Dilbert was a computer geek comic for computer geeks. What happened between 1992 and 1995 is you went from say 2% of people in America being Internet users to maybe 15% at the very most. The dot com speculation bubble really didn't start until 1997 and that's what people mean by the "dot com" era.

While it's true the Internet was unknown to most in 1992 and pretty mainstream by 1995, the reality is most people didn't jump on the bandwagon for a couple years more.

It does, but the '90s have aged better than some decades like the '50s or the '80s.

I don't think most people had internet before 1995/1996.

It does, but the '90s have aged better than some decades like the '50s or the '80s.


I actually think the '50s have aged pretty well. Kitchens from the 50s don't seem like they're 60 years old; they can look surprisingly contemporary. The music is still pretty fun to listen to as well.

I don't think most people had internet before 1995/1996.


I think 50 percent of Americans had the Internet by 2001, so I'd say excluding old/very poor people it became "the norm" by 1998-99 to have the Internet at home.

Even then, though, most people only used it for half an hour a day or less. It's not like now where I can literally spend weeks doing practically nothing but taking walks, working, and going online!

I actually think the '50s have aged pretty well. Kitchens from the 50s don't seem like they're 60 years old; they can look surprisingly contemporary. The music is still pretty fun to listen to as well.


The 1950s is very outdated but I do see the appeal, there was/is a classiness about it and a rosy and romantic look about the decade that will live on.

I think 50 percent of Americans had the Internet by 2001, so I'd say excluding old/very poor people it became "the norm" by 1998-99 to have the Internet at home.

Even then, though, most people only used it for half an hour a day or less. It's not like now where I can literally spend weeks doing practically nothing but taking walks, working, and going online!


Yeah, I agree.

The 'explosion' period was from 1996 to 2000, definitely!

1995 in my corner of the world:

June '95
http://s1.postimg.org/i2c9hdq8f/June_1995_41_2.jpg

September or October '95
http://s10.postimg.org/y9wg17feh/Fall_1995_or_1996_3.jpg


Strange. Some pictures from 1995 look dated, like these. But some pics from 1995 look pretty recent or modern.

I don't think most people had internet before 1995/1996.


I didn't have the internet till 1995-1996.

I think 50 percent of Americans had the Internet by 2001, so I'd say excluding old/very poor people it became "the norm" by 1998-99 to have the Internet at home.

Even then, though, most people only used it for half an hour a day or less. It's not like now where I can literally spend weeks doing practically nothing but taking walks, working, and going online!


Now you can spend almost a whole day on the computer compared to 20 years ago.

http://youtu.be/_X4fkudwl4E


_X4fkudwl4E

Takes me right back to when I was 19.  :D

I didn't have the internet till 1995-1996.


My family got internet in 2000!

Back in 1995, I didn't know what e-mail was and also never knew what internet radio was either.

I think 50 percent of Americans had the Internet by 2001, so I'd say excluding old/very poor people it became "the norm" by 1998-99 to have the Internet at home.

Even then, though, most people only used it for half an hour a day or less. It's not like now where I can literally spend weeks doing practically nothing but taking walks, working, and going online!


I think this calls for a look at the stats. Via Internet Live Stats, only 44 million people on the entire planet were using the internet in 1995. By August 2001, though, that number had skyrocketed to 500 million users worldwide, so, yeah, I'd figure that at that point probably close to 50% of Americans had internet access. Just for further reference, the number of worldwide internet users topped 1 billion in 2005, and finally topped 3 billion last year.

Another cool thing on that site is the charting of the website growth by year. In 1995, there were only 23,500 websites compared to 672 million in 2013!

Well duh it's old. 1995 was 20 years ago!!

https://fightrankings.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/aol1.jpg

This what we were chatting with from 20 years ago ↑

'95 doesn't seem like it was that long ago…until you hear the music of that time.

Today isn't too different from how 1995 was.

They were CGI just like they are now.

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Another one of these will be in theaters soon.

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Have theme songs really changed in the last few years?

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Most people of the 21st Century prefer a Playstation to an X-Box.

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Where has Rammstein gone?

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You can still leave the house with a Nirvana shirt and flannel and no one will laugh at you. I dare you to walk in Five Guys looking like this:

https://coolaggregator.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/cyndi_lauper_list_view1.jpg
https://valandmitch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/cindylauper.jpg

Or

https://1000yrs.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/fresh-prince-outfits-29.jpg?w=584
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/guys_next_door.jpg







1995 just isn't retro to me.

Most people of the 21st Century prefer a PlayStation to an X-Box.

I prefer my PlayStation 3 to any other console cause it has what I want.

I prefer my PlayStation 3 to any other console cause it has what I want.


The only X-Box character I can think of is Master Chief of Halo.

I actually think the '50s have aged pretty well. Kitchens from the 50s don't seem like they're 60 years old; they can look surprisingly contemporary. The music is still pretty fun to listen to as well.

I mean, by the '70s, they felt vintage already.

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Yes, 1995 does seem old to me when I see cars from around that time or when I see photos and videos from that time.

In 1995, my household was 4 years away from having a computer, 5 years away from having the internet, and 12 years away from having more than 5 TV channels! We didn't have a CD player either!

A road in Leeds, UK, June 1995
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7146/6487468409_2d99484b18.jpg

Same road in 2014
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5581/15080143858_cdf1eed6a5.jpg


Dated, yes, but not 'old'. Not to me anyway. The 1995 picture looks the same as pictures from 2001/2002.

Leeds City Square, January 2002
https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6059/6343469745_29f70b224b_b.jpg

Now, compare 1995 to 1982..

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffordstead/6396995039/in/set-72157628000664483

The first picture of Leeds from 1995 looks very old. It could have easily been taken in the late 80s or early 90s, aswell. Plus: It has a yellowish/sepia tone and especially the cars make this photo pretty dated. There seem to be a lot 80s cars on the road.

1982 is another thing. Especially for younger people, who didn't experience this year, this might be another world. 1995 looks familar, at least to me, but definitely different from today.

1995 was getting old by the the early 2000s. There was a tremendous change around 1997.

I live in Norwich, UK and yesterday I Googled "Norwich 1995". This is a photo of one of my local buses from that time, although you can tell from the registration plate that the bus itself is older than 1995.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishbuses/2158586990/

Yes it does.  I live in Cobourg which is in the middle of the province of Ontario.  If you had been here between 1990 and 1999 you wouldn't recognize it now.  Condos and new housing developments popping up everywhere!!!

Yes it does.  I live in Cobourg which is in the middle of the province of Ontario.  If you had been here between 1990 and 1999 you wouldn't recognize it now.  Condos and new housing developments popping up everywhere!!!

The quality of that image doesn't look as old as the one I posted.

Here's one from 1996: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cliffordstead/7163513463/sizes/z/

Looks kind of old in some ways, but in other ways not so much. A lot of the clothing doesn't look amiss really. The bus looks really old. The taxi not so much.

A lot of current events have changed in 20 years.

http://annkerr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cobourg_img.jpg

http://annkerr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cobourg_img.jpg


Is this from 1995?

Is this from 1995?


That's what it says.

The photo looks newer than 1995. There are only cars in that rounded style, but I would expect some boxy cars for a 1995 scene. Looks more like an early-mid 2000s photo to me.

The photo looks newer than 1995. There are only cars in that rounded style, but I would expect some boxy cars for a 1995 scene. Looks more like an early-mid 2000s photo to me.
What we need is an expert on Canadian cars?

The red car looks like a Volkswagen Golf, but the 4-series (late 1997-2004).

Here is a video from 1995.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XluovrUA6Bk

I wonder if the OP has read this yet:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oUaxe_93vUw/VJ8CoJ7PgXI/AAAAAAABXk8/yKuy4u12bQ0/s1600/campbell.jpg ::)

I wonder if the OP has read this yet:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oUaxe_93vUw/VJ8CoJ7PgXI/AAAAAAABXk8/yKuy4u12bQ0/s1600/campbell.jpg ::)


Is that a screenshot of a poster or a book?  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=969gXtFAcZU

1995 fashion? Here's Jumanji.

Is that a screenshot of a poster or a book?  ;D


I think that's a poster.

I think that's a poster.


I'll Google it.  8)

I think that's a poster.


It's a cover as poster is used for movies/gaming. That said, despite this when the "future" began, the fact is that now that 1995 is 20 years old means that its a generation removed from the present, though this book does give a good sense to those who are still stuck with an '80s/early '90s mindset. It was though the gateway to what makes us today, and will remain so until another revolution takes place. The last great revolution before that was in the 1960s, which was much more social than technological, with 1963 being a similar "future gateway" point. After all, Future Shock came out in 1972, so its not like its the first time people have said that the future is upon us. There was another book called "The Future Arrived Yesterday" that came out in 2009.

https://filmmakerjscinemawarehouse.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls-5406359458542.jpg
Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Billy_madison_poster.jpg
Billy Madison

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY4NDk1NTU5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjE2NDU2MQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg
Bad Boys

It's a cover as poster is used for movies/gaming. That said, despite this when the "future" began, the fact is that now that 1995 is 20 years old means that its a generation removed from the present, though this book does give a good sense to those who are still stuck with an '80s/early '90s mindset. It was though the gateway to what makes us today, and will remain so until another revolution takes place. The last great revolution before that was in the 1960s, which was much more social than technological, with 1963 being a similar "future gateway" point. After all, Future Shock came out in 1972, so its not like its the first time people have said that the future is upon us. There was another book called "The Future Arrived Yesterday" that came out in 2009.


The ".com age" is from 1993 to NOW.

It's a cover as poster is used for movies/gaming. That said, despite this when the "future" began, the fact is that now that 1995 is 20 years old means that its a generation removed from the present, though this book does give a good sense to those who are still stuck with an '80s/early '90s mindset. It was though the gateway to what makes us today, and will remain so until another revolution takes place. The last great revolution before that was in the 1960s, which was much more social than technological, with 1963 being a similar "future gateway" point. After all, Future Shock came out in 1972, so its not like its the first time people have said that the future is upon us. There was another book called "The Future Arrived Yesterday" that came out in 2009.


The 1920s and 1960s were huge changes in the 20th century.

The ".com age" is from 1993 to NOW.


If you argue that the ".com age" equals the "www age", this era didn't start before 1995 or 1996, when companies finally started to add their URL to ads. I doubt that most people knew what ".com" was in 1993.

On the other hand you could argue that the ".com age" started in 1985 with the introduction of top level domains.

If you argue that the ".com age" equals the "www age", this era didn't start before 1995 or 1996, when companies finally started to add their URL to ads. I doubt that most people knew what ".com" was in 1993.

On the other hand you could argue that the ".com age" started in 1985 with the introduction of top level domains.


More people knew about what ".com" was in 1993 than they did in 1992.

More people knew about what ".com" was in 1993 than they did in 1992.


Actually even as late as 1994 about half of the population had never even heard of the Internet, and many people were only vaguely aware that there was an "information superhighway".

Actually even as late as 1994 about half of the population had never even heard of the Internet, and many people were only vaguely aware that there was an "information superhighway".


I didn't know about the internet until 1996.

I didn't know about the internet until 1996.


Same to me.

Same to me.


At that time My family had Windows 95.

The average person didn't hear about the internet until like 1995/1996.

The ".com age" is from 1993 to NOW.

No, now is web 2.0. The .com bubble was late 90's- around 2000.

No, now is web 2.0. The .com bubble was late 90's- around 2000.


Agreed, if we do not have even Internet 3.0. already. Early www had more in common with 80s Internet than with today's internet. I think, WWW is already declining as more and more people access the Internet via special mobile apps instead of using a web browser.

Agreed, if we do not have even Internet 3.0. already. Early www had more in common with 80s Internet than with today's internet. I think, WWW is already declining as more and more people access the Internet via special mobile apps instead of using a web browser.

I still say the internet is overconnected and it's not leading to good things. It's not healthy to not have a break from it.

No, now is web 2.0. The .com bubble was late 90's- around 2000.


What is web 2.0?

Anyone looking at the funnies in 1993 knew that ".com" existed. Look at any Dilbert strip from 1993 to see what I'm talking about. Scott Adam's e-mail address wasn't between any of the boxes in 1992.

The average person didn't hear about the internet until like 1995/1996.


or what a WWW was.

I still say the internet is overconnected and it's not leading to good things. It's not healthy to not have a break from it.


I definitely agree.

What is web 2.0?


Web 2.0 is interactive internet (Forums, Social Media and stuff). Web 1.0 was the original WWW, when its main function was just to display web pages.

Web 2.0 is interactive internet (Forums, Social Media and stuff). Web 1.0 was the original WWW, when its main function was just to display web pages.


IMO Youtube was really the impetus towards Web 2.0. There was video on the Internet before then, but it was a pain in the ass to upload at those day's speeds and generally you had to get approved by the master of the site (Ebaum's world for example). YouTube made it so that anyone could post their own stuff automatically and that was a game changer. 2005-06 was around the time web speeds really get good enough for videos to be practical.

or what a WWW was.


There was a thread on this site, and most people didn't get internet before 1995. 

I guess 93/94 was the 'preview' years before the explosion. Kind of like smoke then comes the fire.

Web 2.0 is interactive internet (Forums, Social Media and stuff). Web 1.0 was the original WWW, when its main function was just to display web pages.


Thank you.

1995 was a dull year like all years of the mid 90s. Seeing as how Clinton was the first ever President in the 21st Century, I refuse to see 1995 as "old".

I guess 93/94 was the 'preview' years before the explosion. Kind of like smoke then comes the fire.


Exactly.

More people knew about what ".com" was in 1993 than they did in 1992.


1993 was more like the 80s than 1996 in terms of how the internet existed in our culture.The vast majority of people in the U.S. didn't use it yet and didn't have a big understanding of what it was. Its cultural relevance at that point was modest, at best. 1995-96 was where it really took off and thousands of new websites started sprouting up, with major companies also beginning to enter the internet market.

1993 was more like the 80s than 1996 in terms of how the internet existed in our culture.


In know what you mean, but what do the 80s have to do with it? There was also no internet culture between 1990 and 1993. Plus, the "non-internet-culture" of the first half of the 90s belongs to the 90s as well as the internet culture of the second half.

1993 was more like the 80s than 1996 in terms of how the internet existed in our culture.The vast majority of people in the U.S. didn't use it yet and didn't have a big understanding of what it was. Its cultural relevance at that point was modest, at best. 1995-96 was where it really took off and thousands of new websites started sprouting up, with major companies also beginning to enter the internet market.


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"It wasn't quite the World Wide Web yet, but everybody started hearing about this thing called "the Internet" in 1993. It was being called the Information Superhighway then."
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In know what you mean, but what do the 80s have to do with it? There was also no internet culture between 1990 and 1993. Plus, the "non-internet-culture" of the first half of the 90s belongs to the 90s as well as the internet culture of the second half.


1990-1992: "Still the 80s" (1990-'91 was the last of the 80s and start of the early 90s)
1993-1995: "The onset of the real 90s" (We're getting closer to 1999)
1996-1998: "We're Settled in" (Just about in 1999)
1999: "Beginning of the 00s and end of the 90s" (self explanatory)

1996-1999: "We're Settled in" (Just about in 1999)


I wouldn't lump 1996 and 1999; not even 1997 and 1999 - Especially if you claim that 1990 was the entire 80s decade in one year.
1999/2000 or 98-01 was its own little era.

IMO Youtube was really the impetus towards Web 2.0. There was video on the Internet before then, but it was a pain in the ass to upload at those day's speeds and generally you had to get approved by the master of the site (Ebaum's world for example). YouTube made it so that anyone could post their own stuff automatically and that was a game changer. 2005-06 was around the time web speeds really get good enough for videos to be practical.


and 20 years later, video uploads are faster than ever.

Especially if you claim that 1990 was the entire 80s decade in one year.



"The 80s decade" was leading up to that one big moment. Who will ever forget the finale to Newhart or the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie? They're classics and I was too old to be into the Turtles at the time anyway.



I wouldn't lump 1996 and 1999; not even 1997 and 1999

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