主演：ChristopherAllen/CliffBarber/TedBeateee
导演：JasonScottSadofsky
语言：英语
地区:美国
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类型：纪录片
上映时间：2005-05-21
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用户标签：纪录片,BBS,Documentary,互联网,2005,媒体,短片,美国
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imdb编号：tt0460402
LongbeforetheInternetescapedfromthelab,connectedtheplanetandredefinedwhatitmeanttouseacomputer...
....therewasabraveandpioneeringbandofcomputeruserswhospenttheirtime,moneyandsanitysettinguptheirhomecomputersandphonelinestowelcomeanyonewhocalled.Byusingamodem,anyoneelsewhoknewthephonenumberofthesecomputerscouldconnecttothem,leavemessages,sendandrecievefiles....andmillionsdid.
Theycalledtheseplaces"BulletinBoardSystems",orBBSes.Andtheircollectionsofmessages,rants,thoughtsanddreamsbecamethewaythatanentiregenerationlearnedaboutbeingonline.
WhentheInternetgrewinpopularityintheearly1990s,theworldoftheBBSfaded,changed,andbecameapartofthepresentnetworkedworld..butitwasn'tthesame.
-BaudintroducesthestoryofthebeginningoftheBBS,includinginterviewswithWardChristensenandRandySuess,whousedasnowstormasaninspirationtochangetheworld.
-SysopsandUsersintroducesthestoriesofthepeoplewhousedBBSes,andletsthemtelltheirownstoriesoflivinginthisnewworld.