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There was a time when we looked at the sky and didn't think about asteroids hitting the earth. Ignorance is bliss.

-- btw, when they listed Entra, I thought it was Encarta. I momentarily so excited that still existed.

That animation when it was searching... it was so amazing back then, you could "feel" the knowledge and facts unfolding in one's computer.

The same users then revolted at travel sites returning results too fast, so they had spinners to show they were hard at work compiling results.

I'm kind of sad for the people that didn't get to experience the magic of book encyclopedia -> encyclopedia on CD-ROM -> Wikipedia.

It was a lot of amazing change to live through! (Cue grade school teachers reminding students that Wikipedia isn't a valid source)

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