In 1994, Knowles fell while pushing a cart up a ramp at a convention, and was subsequently run over by the cart with its 1200 pound load of memorabilia. The accident injured his back and left him virtually bedridden. With money from his mother's life insurance, he purchased a top-of-the-line computer and a friend arranged for Internet service allegedly so they could play Doom online together. After teaching himself how to navigate the Internet, Knowles began frequenting newsgroups to exchange gossip and rumors with other fans about upcoming films. After being chastised by future film critic Mike D'Angelo for posting binary image files to the newsgroups, Knowles launched the website that would become Ain't It Cool News in February 1996.
But yeah, oh my god the times when AOL was completely jammed and you couldn't get online, it was just a busy signal. Just connecting and connecting and connecting and praying.
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Blake TDo you have enemies then?Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered Userregular
Long gone are the days when you'd be in your bedroom and you'd hear:
WHO THE FUCK LEFT THE FUCKING INTERNET ON ALL NIGHT! WHOEVER IT IS BETTER FUCKING HOPE THEY'VE GOT THE FUCKING MONEY OR THEY'RE OUT ON THE FUCKING STREETS!! ...no I won't calm down!!
It was usually my brother.
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The GeekOh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited December 2010
Goddamn AICN. These are the jerkwads who post an "exclusive leaked" Spider-man 3 trailer and when people call them on the bullshit that is was (an animated gif of clips from Spider-man 2, Aliens, Spawn, and The Mummy) they take it down but then say they were sent a legal notice from the movie studio to to take down the "leaked" trailer.
Eff these guys.
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Raijin QuickfootI'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited December 2010
I have actually never been to AICN and I don't intend on ever going there.
Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Knowles
which is not to say that Harry Knowles is any less of a depressing neckbeard
Had no idea he was the frontman for it
and this Knowles guy seems to be a critic who thinks his opinions are pretty great
Eff you Knowles.
To wit:
That is the worst origin story ever.
Ever.
alright I'm in
Video from 1995
SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH
Because of this he has plenty of bad things to say about women because I am pretty sure he needs to pay to see boobs.
Satans..... hints.....
he's actually married
Oh yeah?
God Bless us, every one.
holy christ those pants
Satans..... hints.....
....
there was a version that could mute the sound? >:C
On mine the sound ran through the actual speakers, so you could control it.
At least with my 56k modem (yeah kids, that's how I rolled. You could right click and go into properties and edit how much noise it made.
You could also make it still make noise but just really quiet so it didn't wake your parents so you could masturbate in peace.
Satans..... hints.....
WHO THE FUCK LEFT THE FUCKING INTERNET ON ALL NIGHT! WHOEVER IT IS BETTER FUCKING HOPE THEY'VE GOT THE FUCKING MONEY OR THEY'RE OUT ON THE FUCKING STREETS!! ...no I won't calm down!!
It was usually my brother.
Eff these guys.