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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the excite-the-nerd-in-anyone dept.

circletimessquare writes "This story should excite the nerd in anyone. Build a luxury treehouse! The New York Times reports on an entire subculture devoted to an idea which sounds funny at first... but really, why not? Much serious discussion in the article about the technical considerations involved in treehouse construction. Also mention of 'treesorts' at the bottom of the article (one being called 'Lothlorien Woods Hide-a-way' lol). I hunted down some links to two of the big players mentioned in the article, TreeHouse Workshop Inc. and the World Treehouse Conference. No mention as to whether or not they support Banyan VINES (sorry, I couldn't resist)."

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  1. reminds me by jon787 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This reminds me of when I had a tree fort as a little kid, ah the good old days.

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  2. Coz Marky Mark sucks by papasui · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...idea which sounds funny at first... but really, why not?
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    Heston is da bomb yo!

  3. Super Idea! by Isldeur · · Score: 2, Offtopic



    Hellooooo Lightning Storms!

    Seriously, what kind of home-owner's insurance do you have to pay living up in a big tree? Rotting? Fires? Freak elephant attacks?

  4. Re:Banyan VINES by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Pretty much just another protocol like IPX/SPX, AppleTalk or more like TCP/UDP, since it was routable if I remember, which made it a good choice for big nets (like your university).

    It didnt suck any more than any other protocol of the day. But it was proprietary, and fairly pricey.

    TCP/IP made it irrelevant (as it did IPX/SPX, Netbeui, appletalk, etc). It's still around, though.

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