Things that have Changed Since You were in School - Page 5

DanCPA · August 14 2010, 11:42 PM

Well, we lost a planet... bye bye Pluto

The internet in the 90's was very different and altho we could find plenty of info... most teachers weren't keen on it and it was pretty easy to plagiarize

Arrqh · August 15 2010, 12:39 AM

Thena wrote:

In 8th grade, my class took a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. The chaperons told us that if we wanted to call our parents, it had to be a collect call from the pay phone in the lobby. I was worried that my dad would be pissed off if I called him collect, so I didn't call.

I graduated high school in 2000, just on the cusp of cellphones starting to infiltrate everywhere. I remember the prefered method of calling my parents to tell them I was ready to be picked up from school if I had to stay late... call collect from the payphone and give my name as "himomitsmecomepickmeupbye". Now kids will never grow up learning to abuse collect calls, a part of our heritage lost forever.

DanCPA · August 15 2010, 12:45 AM

Arrqh wrote:

call collect from the payphone and give my name as "himomitsmecomepickmeupbye". Now kids will never grow up learning to abuse collect calls, a part of our heritage lost forever.

I had a pager in middle school. I received a cell phone sophomore year in highschool (I graduated in '96)

It wasn't quite one of those old bricks, but I remember having 100 minutes and it was like $60 so there wasn't much chit chat.

Marten · August 15 2010, 01:50 AM

TighsEye wrote:

Well, we lost a planet... bye bye Pluto

Does that even count? It was only a few years ago.

J. Allen · August 15 2010, 01:53 AM

TighsEye wrote:

Arrqh wrote:

call collect from the payphone and give my name as "himomitsmecomepickmeupbye". Now kids will never grow up learning to abuse collect calls, a part of our heritage lost forever.

I had a pager in middle school. I received a cell phone sophomore year in highschool (I graduated in '96)

It wasn't quite one of those old bricks, but I remember having 100 minutes and it was like $60 so there wasn't much chit chat.

My Senior year (1999) I did get a pager. It was a really tiny one that just displayed numbers and nothing else (fancier ones could show names and all kinds of stuff). It was $65 for the pager (I bought with my own money), and $8 a month to use it. I had it only for school, and only for emergencies from home.

Miss Chicken · August 15 2010, 01:58 AM

When I was in school, local phone numbers (i.e land phones) were 5 digits long, then the length was increased to 6 and now they are 8 digits long.

DanCPA · August 15 2010, 02:18 AM

Sarek of Vulcan wrote:

... $8 a month to use it. I had it only for school, and only for emergencies from home.

For the longest time pagers were $15ish per mo. And then this one company started charging $25 for the entire year.

I still remember my beeper number.

1-800-SKYPAGE x54133
Wow...

We should tell kids that at one point this was "state of the art"

And this is about as advanced as my beeper got. And I loved the people that sent every message with a "911" at the end of it!

trampledamage · August 15 2010, 02:21 AM

Sakrysta wrote:

B.C. and A.D. being replaced by B.C.E. and C.E.

What do BCE and CE stand for?

I've never come across them before. Or if I had I glossed over it and hadn't realised they replaced BC and AD.

RoJoHen · August 15 2010, 02:24 AM

trampledamage wrote:

Sakrysta wrote:

B.C. and A.D. being replaced by B.C.E. and C.E.

What do BCE and CE stand for?

I've never come across them before. Or if I had I glossed over it and hadn't realised they replaced BC and AD.

"Common Era" and "Before Common Era"

DanCPA · August 15 2010, 02:25 AM

trampledamage wrote:

Sakrysta wrote:

B.C. and A.D. being replaced by B.C.E. and C.E.

What do BCE and CE stand for?

I've never come across them before. Or if I had I glossed over it and hadn't realised they replaced BC and AD.

Common Era
Before Common Era

thestrangequark · August 15 2010, 02:27 AM

^Common Era and Before Common Era. It's a bit silly considering they still use Jesus' supposed birth year as the point of differentiation.

Edit: Guess I was a bit slow there.

J. Allen · August 15 2010, 02:42 AM

TighsEye wrote:

Sarek of Vulcan wrote:

... $8 a month to use it. I had it only for school, and only for emergencies from home.

For the longest time pagers were $15ish per mo. And then this one company started charging $25 for the entire year.

I still remember my beeper number.

1-800-SKYPAGE x54133
Wow...

We should tell kids that at one point this was "state of the art"

And this is about as advanced as my beeper got. And I loved the people that sent every message with a "911" at the end of it!

Ha!

I found mine after some searching, it was the Motorola T10, and it was one way numeric only.

I loved that little pager.

You know, I think they still sell these!

Spot's Meow · August 15 2010, 03:05 AM

Tribbles wrote:

I started elementary school in the 90's, and people were beginning to get home computers. Many of us still didn't have one though, so computer lab day was a big deal. Playing The Oregon Trail was the highlight of my school week!

I remember the very first time I used the internet, as well. It was in the library, and Yahoo was the default page on the browser. I typed in "Star Wars", ran the search, and my eyes just about flew out of my head at the results it returned. And thus a lifelong internet addiction was born!...

I had the same experience in school. Computer lab was awesome! I loved reading all of the dirty headstones that kids created in Oregon Trail.

Storybook Weaver and Math Blaster were cool as well.

I remember when my best friend in middle school first got a computer and the internet. I didn't think it was that interesting until we went online and she searched for Titanic, and I saw the entire movie script online!! I was blown away by all of the information we could find about the movie. My friend actually printed out the whole script and her dad was PISSED because it was quite an extreme number of pages...

By the way, I still use a pager and a card catalog every day at my job!

Snaploud · August 15 2010, 03:38 AM

TighsEye wrote:

trampledamage wrote:

Sakrysta wrote:

B.C. and A.D. being replaced by B.C.E. and C.E.

What do BCE and CE stand for?

I've never come across them before. Or if I had I glossed over it and hadn't realised they replaced BC and AD.

Common Era
Before Common Era

I always thought it was Before Common Error. Good to know...

DanCPA · August 15 2010, 03:38 AM

Spot's Meow wrote:

By the way, I still use a pager and a card catalog every day at my job!

Wow, what do you do for a living that you would need both

August 14 2010, 11:42 PM	#61
DanCPA Admiral Location: TrekBBS C/O 2001	Re: Things that have Changed Since You were in School Well, we lost a planet... bye bye Pluto The internet in the 90's was very different and altho we could find plenty of info... most teachers weren't keen on it and it was pretty easy to plagiarize __________________ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference -

August 15 2010, 01:58 AM	#66
Miss Chicken Little three legged cat with attitude Location: Howrah, Hobart, Tasmania	Re: Things that have Changed Since You were in School When I was in school, local phone numbers (i.e land phones) were 5 digits long, then the length was increased to 6 and now they are 8 digits long. __________________ Big Brother, the people are watching YOU

August 15 2010, 02:27 AM	#71
thestrangequark Vice Admiral Location: Brooklyn!	Re: Things that have Changed Since You were in School ^Common Era and Before Common Era. It's a bit silly considering they still use Jesus' supposed birth year as the point of differentiation. Edit: Guess I was a bit slow there. __________________ The Enterprise is my TARDIS. View my art!

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