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What point shall we start with? The Beginning

AnnaDavydova

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06.08.2016
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Part 1​


There are a lot of things I want to tell you, but the main point is not about the help or looking for an instructor. On the contrary, I will show you my way in this subject and try to answer the most critical question – WHAT SHALL WE START WITH?

Let’s look in this matter from the other side. We cannot become IT specialist, information security engineer, geek, freak and the greatest guru at once. Your mind cannot ask definite information like it was in the films – Matrix, Hackers, or personally you just watch the news “cyber attackers stole $1 000 000 000 from Austrian banks”; Revenge using IT technologies? Nobody understands? Compromising social media accounts and posting 21+ videos? Is it so with you?

Mid of 90-s in the UIS (former USSR countries) was the best time for those teenagers who were addicted to alcohol, drugs and easy money. To make it you just need to enter a drug nest, buy electronic appliances for nothing then it’s not the problem to sell all these at higher prices and you are golden. At that time it was both easy and difficult. We have already described easy situation, and as for difficult – you could get into an ambulance for a long time. Only after having such bad experience, I decided to choose another lifestyle. So my parents bought me a computer……
The main problem at that time was lack of choice in buying a computer. My first machine was Intel 486 DX 120 16 RAM 2 Video 2.5 Gb hard disk, audio card, 14 inches monitor.

It looked like this.
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What could we do with it but playing games? What games? Let’s go deep inside the history:
STRATEGIES:
Dune 2


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Command conquer 1995.



Red Alert

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Warcraft 2



There were some others. Who is interested, you are welcome to Google.

Now QUESTS come:
the best game ever =)

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At that time it was really hard to get new CD with games, the only thing we could do – to install games cause to burn ISO image was too expensive.
If you live at that period, you should remember how difficult and desirable it was to play via local network. So all of us used to go to computer clubs or internet cafes.

PLAYING GAMES VIA LOCAL NETWORK!



Are you interested what the computer club or café is? Was there internet? I assure you – NO! People just came there to play their favourite games with friends. There were a lot of accidents, sometimes with fighting. But nevertheless it was the best way to spend time with friends. However, it became boring as any other occupation.


Despite all above mentioned facts, I went on reading IT magazines (which were very few in our country). You can see them in the picture below.

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They all were full of articles about “some” Internet. It was the first time I have come across this miracle called Internet. I read that it was the best way to communicate the world. Taking into account the fact that I had OS Windows 95 I managed to connect Internet. I DID IT!!!!!!

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Having overcome all the difficulties I found some windows opened on my desktop. One of them which was similar to the picture I had seen in the magazine, attracted my attention.


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And it was not in vain. So I wrote in everything I thought was connected to the word Internet, namely, America, watch films online, different IT magazines. Then using Internet Explorer browser I tried to enter some sites but I got an error message. To fix this issue I had to go to the market place to buy necessary software for reinstalling Windows 95, as it didn’t meet my needs. You won’t believe me but we used to buy all CDs including software, games at the market places!


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As you can see our markets were the places where we exchanged and bought CDs. Sometimes you needed to do it 5 times to get what you were looking for. It was due to the error in the software or games. We don’t have such problems nowadays – we have everything on the hard disk, and we don’t need to spend 60 minutes to get to the market place.
On the market place I explained that my goal is to get to the Internet! The seller gave me Windows 95 OSR 2! (new software for that moment). I was VERY HAPPY!! I had already experience of installing OS Windows 95 cause I had to do it if I wanted to play a new game. Sometimes I even reinstalled OS for a lot of times… If I failed I came back to the market place to clarify all the points.
Once I was asked whether I had a modem? I said that we bought the computer with built-in modem. To my surprise I was asked whether I had an agreement with provider.
Later I was given master class on providers, modems and Internet.
One of the main problems was the price – it was too expensive. It was really pity but I wasn’t allowed to settle my problem. The positive side of all these actions was my meeting with an experienced internet user, who sold me my first gate into the magic world of Internet - Modem 14400 USR Robotic.

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to be continued..


Taken from C чего начать свой путь? Начало
 

valerian38

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20.07.2016
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The article is written about the Russian specifics, and even about our wild nineties. I doubt that English-speaking people will read it with interest. For translation, we must take something that is relevant.
 
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