"STOP!" A figure appeared in a brilliant flash of light, my finger hovering above the Enter key. "I...AM FROM THE FUTURE!"
There was an awkward pause as I waited in confusion for the time-traveler to continue. "And...?" I inquired.
Gasping, the man (I think) said "Sorry...time-traveling...is...exhausting!" He was larger man, with an unkempt beard and a soot-covered lab coat. He pulled his dark goggles up to rest on his balding forehead. Blinking several times, he repeated "I...am from the future!"
"You said that already."
"Oh. Sorry." he said, looking deflated. "But I have come with an important message!" He puffed up again. "The Internet as you know it will be - CHANGED FOREVER!"
I sighed. I've played enough video games to know when a long-winded exposition was coming.
"In the future, people everywhere will have a voice! Everyone will have the means to post anything they want and have …show more content…
"Oh sorry! I just really have to finish writing this assignment..."
"What year is it?" he asked suspiciously. "Uh...2018?" I answered. "WHAT?! You mean this isn't 1998?"
"Uh...no? What would make you think that?" Should I be offended right now?
"Darn! Well I guess you already know this stuff then."
"Yep."
"Well I guess I'll be going then..." He fiddled with a strange-looking device on his wrist.
"Oh! One second!" He looked up. "You seem like you know a lot. I 've got to stuff all these computer terms into this paper, could you help me out with a couple." He looked uncomfortable but said, "Sure."
"Great! The words are 'web server' and 'host'. Could you just define what they mean and use them in a sentence?"
"That's weird, but alright. A host is a company that provides space for, or 'hosts', content on the web. Hosts would use servers, which is a computer that sends data out at the request of a client. How's that?"
"That was very helpful, thank you." I hit enter on my keyboard and he shrugged and disappeared in a puff of blue
There was an awkward pause as I waited in confusion for the time-traveler to continue. "And...?" I inquired.
Gasping, the man (I think) said "Sorry...time-traveling...is...exhausting!" He was larger man, with an unkempt beard and a soot-covered lab coat. He pulled his dark goggles up to rest on his balding forehead. Blinking several times, he repeated "I...am from the future!"
"You said that already."
"Oh. Sorry." he said, looking deflated. "But I have come with an important message!" He puffed up again. "The Internet as you know it will be - CHANGED FOREVER!"
I sighed. I've played enough video games to know when a long-winded exposition was coming.
"In the future, people everywhere will have a voice! Everyone will have the means to post anything they want and have …show more content…
"Oh sorry! I just really have to finish writing this assignment..."
"What year is it?" he asked suspiciously. "Uh...2018?" I answered. "WHAT?! You mean this isn't 1998?"
"Uh...no? What would make you think that?" Should I be offended right now?
"Darn! Well I guess you already know this stuff then."
"Yep."
"Well I guess I'll be going then..." He fiddled with a strange-looking device on his wrist.
"Oh! One second!" He looked up. "You seem like you know a lot. I 've got to stuff all these computer terms into this paper, could you help me out with a couple." He looked uncomfortable but said, "Sure."
"Great! The words are 'web server' and 'host'. Could you just define what they mean and use them in a sentence?"
"That's weird, but alright. A host is a company that provides space for, or 'hosts', content on the web. Hosts would use servers, which is a computer that sends data out at the request of a client. How's that?"
"That was very helpful, thank you." I hit enter on my keyboard and he shrugged and disappeared in a puff of blue