Yabanci

It amuses me whenever NYT crossword clues refer to AOL users as "early" users of the internet. The Internet started in 1983 (ARPANET in 1969), and AOL users didn't have meaningful access to it until 1995. I had been using it for a few years by then, (and didn't consider myself an early user), so I remember when the unwashed masses of unsophisticated AOL users were heralded as the beginning of the end of the Internet. A pedantic bit of old-timerism, but if I can't indulge in that here, where can I? Usenet is no more ....