Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Going Back To The Past of the Internet

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

*no comment* writes "deadly.org currently has a story about a new grassroot network springing up. It consists of free shell access, and is trying to revitalize the olden days of the Internet. Free speech, free information are the key features, but I wonder if this is jsut another free DDoS drone as well."

6 of 223 comments (clear)

  1. Way to ruin his whole goal... by the+Man+in+Black · · Score: 5, Funny

    I didn't want to get slashed so I avoided that like the plague.

    Thanks again,
    Scott

    Well, there goes that idea.

    --
    El riesgo vive siempre!
  2. ...how is this news? by jukal · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is is just a couple of examples of free shell providers. Services like this have existed in about every country or bigger city since internet was born.

  3. Wonderful times... by dciman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Ahhhh... reminds me of dialing into various BBS's that I could get numbers for on my 8088 (When my parents had went to bed and I sneaked back down to the computer) Or making the long distance call to the nearest CompuServe node and racking up enormous phone bills (the enjoyment wasn't worth the punishment I got from my parents in return though:) )

    But seriously... I loved those times... logging onto servers that you had little clue about.. seeing what was there... who was there... etc.

    This seems like a good project to play around with.

  4. Going Back To The Past of the Internet... by BrookHarty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Humm, The good ole days.

    1. People on IRC who talked about things other than mod chips/xbox/playstation isos/porn/divx/mp3s...
    2. Usenet newsgroups without spam, and the occasional flame war.
    3. No Private message forums, only Usenet (sorry Slashdot)
    4. Email without spam.
    5. Shell accounts used for ppp emulators (no thanks!)
    6. More than one tcp/ip stack choice.
    7. Any web browser could display a website.
    8. FTP search engines that worked.
    9. No paying to download files (ala like Fileplanet)
    10. The age of unencrypted innocence.
    11. No pop ups ads.
    12. No mass free-email accounts.
    13. Letting the Internet regulate itself, no Government interference.
    -

    Read at your own risk - Open Letter to America from a Canadian

    1. Re:Going Back To The Past of the Internet... by brer_rabbit · · Score: 5, Funny

      14.

  5. You are making a common mistake, I think... by mwillems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...in not recognising that the useful 1% of a godzillion megapieces of information is a hell of a lot more useful than 99% of 100 www pages.

    I, too, grew up in the early days and I recall them well. No noise, you could use newsgroups, and receiving email was a real event. Archie, remember archie? And Gopher? Veronica?

    BUT... in those days I could not do a tenth of what I can do now. Not one hundredth. Use google. Use google groups (nee dejanews). Look up song lyrics. Bank online. Download videos. Find any company I do business with. And P2P (ha ha... 1200 bps modems, remember those??)

    So, the noise is despiccable but do realise it is a side phenomenon of the great cyberworld we are creating.

    Give me today's 'net anytime!

    --

    ---
    BDOS ERR ON A:>