The fun of talking, planning, debating and helping each other online came before the notion that our tiny subculture might grow into a worldwide, many-to-many, multimedia network of a billion people.

• 在线聊天、计划、辩论和互相帮助的乐趣先于这样的奇思妙想，我们微小的亚文化可能成长为一个世界范围内十亿人多对多的多媒体网络。