Yeah... that was how I found out about most of that stuff back then... I was doing that with Windows 2K and an early cable modem (like 5Mbps/512Kbps level)
Of course, that was before the company that it was through blew up a section of downtown. I know all about living on forums and chatrooms (I was a fixture in the SpyWareInfo room and board until they closed)
"Napoleon attacked by rabbits" so I had to go google search it. "The story of Napoleon being "defeated" by rabbits during a hunt in 1807 is a humorous anecdote, but it's not a confirmed historical fact, though it is mentioned in General Thiébault's memoirs. "