Which is when I figured out that the library still has Internet Explorer 6.
Kill me now.
Nothing really worked. Wikipedia was 10x the size it should have been, Twitter's layout was all wonky, and I couldn't even get into Facebook.
They had Firefox there too, but it wasn't really an improvement. The version of Firefox they run is as old as IE6.
A little investigation revealed that the library hadn't updated their software in almost five years. Their copy of Microsoft Office was from 2002, the messenger service was MSN messenger (not Windows Live Messenger), and they even had the very first version of Google Earth (the newest software they had, being released in June 2005).
Now, think about all that's happened in those 5 years. Five years ago, the NHL lockout had just ended. In the last 5 years, the Who released their last album. Katrina hit. Dumbledore died on page 596. 2007. Obama got elected (C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER). And I wrote about how the library has no sense of technology (you're damn right it's a sense).
You know, I shouldn't be surprised. Every single person who works at the library is a middle-aged woman. I wouldn't imagine that they would have the inclination, not to mention the knowledge (no offense, but they're librarians) to upgrade their software.
In the meantime, I'll go home if I want to get on the internet.
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