For me it was about music -- I got into computers because of music applications, though I also had a friend (still got him too) who coded a lot, and he introduced me to computer programming in BASIC (I returned the favor by introducing him to role-playing games).

I never used the search programs from back then, but until my XP machine cratered I participated on newsgroups on a daily basis. And before I started using the internet I ran a BBS for exactly seven years. -- it was connected via three different networks specific to the software and also using a complex batch file to FIDOnet. My former spouse also ran a BBS, and that's how we met, so I go back a solid distance with all this stuff.

In thinking about his video (who is Jules anyway?) I've come to the conclusion that any time someone says they want to make something more civilized and safer they're also planning to make it less adventurous and innovative. And there are people who feel this is vital to the world they live in; maybe so, but that world will eat the one I live in if given a chance.