I'm curious if there is a site out there like classmates.com , where people can register and associate themselfs with BBS' within the archive?
If it's not, I think it'd be a worth while (and simple) site to set up. I know I'd be more than curious to see where some of my (at the time) fellow 12 year old Tele-Arena cohorts are today.
Back in the day when 56k modems were taking off, there was a large piece of software people were coding into drivers called 'Ring Cancelation'.
These were added because when you send data down an analog line at high speeds, you begin to hear an audible sound which sounds like ringing. The modem drivers needed to be able to tell the difference between this ringing sound and the actual data.
I think a good place to start if you cannot find any software is perhaps hacking these drivers or something along those lines.
Did anyone else catch the tid-bit at the bottom of the article that said for Cox Communications: To introduce 128K bit/sec symmetrical services later this year.?!!?!?!
What the hell is their sales department going to do now ??? "Yes, we're over 2 times faster than dialup !"
Is that programs like Pop-up Stopper Pro cannot stop these downloads because sites (like cracks.am) embed the EXE in OBJECT tags so no JavaScript calls are placed.
I figured this would happen eventually. It seems all Web Server software (other an IIS of course) will merge to become an Application Server. Well, not as much merge but mature.
This happened last year with the relase of ColdFusion Server 5.0 which had a built in J2EE Aplication Server. This gave ColdFusion programmers the platform to incorporate Java into their CF apps (but if they were smart they'd use it as a springboard to merge all apps over to Java).
This will probably be a big step forward for Apache and I'm interested to see whats cranked out.
I remember a few years back there was this huge scandal in Canada where people had devised a Palm Pilot add on which could act as a magnetic strip reader.
You could swipe any card and it would extract the information from the magnetic strip and store it in a database.
Rescently we've been working with Card readers here at my company and let me tell you, there is some interesting information on those cards.
Basically, there's two 'tracks' of data. ASCII data of course. I think the limit is 64 Characters per track. It was fun to to go swiping cards to see what information was stored on them. Student IDs, Drivers Liscences, Credit Cards, Health Cards, Hotel Room Keys and even some other strips worked (FastPass anyone ?).
The down side is these readers can cost upwards of $300 to $500 and the Driver Software leaves -little- to be desired (VB anyone ?), but then again, it's OEM hardware so we were lucky to even get software support.
a) So close to Canada b) Doesnt Impose State Taxes on Working Students c) Helped the Spead of Communism (In the form of Starbucks .. and finally.. d) Their only Claim to Fame, other than Coffie, is Nirvana.
Really, have you ever transmitted plain text vs. graphical XYZ coordinates over an analog line ?? Yeah, call me when you do. Until then, get back on the short bus.
Many of todays game makers have tried to pack the robustness of old Text Based games into a graphcial interface but they're failed miserably. There's only so much you can do with the mouse.
I find that todays game players are spoiled and demand more and more from a game in both graphics and robustness.
You can always judge the quality of a game player by asking if they have ever used a MUD. I honestly think this is a genres of Multiplayer gaming which has been tossed to the wayside by 13 year olds who have never heard of a BBS and want to push the limits of their new GeForce4 as to show off to their friends.
Talk about robustness, anyone who can remember MajorMUD or Tele-Arena know what I'm talking about.
I just honestly think game makers need to look back and reignite the Text Based RPG craze. I honestly feel there's money to be made in it.
I've ran into this same problem with a project I ran last year (ePhotoAlbum.org).
It was a 'free' photo hosting service. It was fine when I had about 50 people on it, but soon word spread and I had well over 900 users after one month.
What I noticed was my machine was transfering over 60GB a month, and my hosting provider was getting up in arms about it.
How can a site generate revenue to pay for its overhead ? Advertisements ??
Speaking quite fankly as an internet user, I pay little to no attension to any/all advertisements I see on a page other than the content I'm after.
Besides, Companies are noticing that unless you have AMAZING traffic going to the site you have a banner on, you'll only get about 10 - 15% click throughs, depending on how deceteful your banner is ('Next 5 Pictures')
Our only chance for survival is basically charging a small fee.
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I'm curious if there is a site out there like classmates.com , where people can register and associate themselfs with BBS' within the archive?
If it's not, I think it'd be a worth while (and simple) site to set up. I know I'd be more than curious to see where some of my (at the time) fellow 12 year old Tele-Arena cohorts are today.
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Back in the day when 56k modems were taking off, there was a large piece of software people were coding into drivers called 'Ring Cancelation'.
:-)
These were added because when you send data down an analog line at high speeds, you begin to hear an audible sound which sounds like ringing. The modem drivers needed to be able to tell the difference between this ringing sound and the actual data.
I think a good place to start if you cannot find any software is perhaps hacking these drivers or something along those lines.
It's a good start at least. Hope this helps
Just ask CowboyNeal about some of his fun with dealing with dealers in Hong Kong.
/. was starting to get hard pressed for money but I HAD NO IDEA !
I knew
Did anyone else catch the tid-bit at the bottom of the article that said for Cox Communications: To introduce 128K bit/sec symmetrical services later this year. ?!!?!?!
What the hell is their sales department going to do now ??? "Yes, we're over 2 times faster than dialup !"
Screw that !! I'll get DSL !
Who's the fool who thought it was ?!
Is that programs like Pop-up Stopper Pro cannot stop these downloads because sites (like cracks.am) embed the EXE in OBJECT tags so no JavaScript calls are placed.
Tomshardware has also posted an article today putting it against the latest Athalon XP.
I figured this would happen eventually. It seems all Web Server software (other an IIS of course) will merge to become an Application Server. Well, not as much merge but mature.
This happened last year with the relase of ColdFusion Server 5.0 which had a built in J2EE Aplication Server. This gave ColdFusion programmers the platform to incorporate Java into their CF apps (but if they were smart they'd use it as a springboard to merge all apps over to Java).
This will probably be a big step forward for Apache and I'm interested to see whats cranked out.
VCR+ is just so late 90's. TiVo is where its at ! ;-)
Programming Devices cost even more. You can expect the ratio to be about the same as a CD-ROM as to a CD-RW drive.
Speak for yourself, I use modemjammer.exe !!!!!!
I remember a few years back there was this huge scandal in Canada where people had devised a Palm Pilot add on which could act as a magnetic strip reader.
You could swipe any card and it would extract the information from the magnetic strip and store it in a database.
Rescently we've been working with Card readers here at my company and let me tell you, there is some interesting information on those cards.
Basically, there's two 'tracks' of data. ASCII data of course. I think the limit is 64 Characters per track. It was fun to to go swiping cards to see what information was stored on them. Student IDs, Drivers Liscences, Credit Cards, Health Cards, Hotel Room Keys and even some other strips worked (FastPass anyone ?).
The down side is these readers can cost upwards of $300 to $500 and the Driver Software leaves -little- to be desired (VB anyone ?), but then again, it's OEM hardware so we were lucky to even get software support.
I'm sure VIAhardware.com is more than excited to report on hardware that isn't bug ridden. ;-)
This brokerage warehouse wouldn't happened to be called HOTMAIL.COM ... would it ?? ;-)
Can we blame it ?
"Sir, Sir ! Put that webcam away!"
It doesn't supprise me that VIAhardware.com is reporting on malfunctioning hardware. They probably have more practice than any site on the internet.
I think I'll go home tonight and have sex with my girlfriend..
Have fun playing EQ.
"I've got a USB HP external burner which works great - I'm strongly considering buying one of these."
As opposed to the stolen one from Mexico you're currently using ??
We could expect this from a state who's:
.. and finally ..
a) So close to Canada
b) Doesnt Impose State Taxes on Working Students
c) Helped the Spead of Communism (In the form of Starbucks
d) Their only Claim to Fame, other than Coffie, is Nirvana.
Really, have you ever transmitted plain text vs. graphical XYZ coordinates over an analog line ?? Yeah, call me when you do. Until then, get back on the short bus.
Many of todays game makers have tried to pack the robustness of old Text Based games into a graphcial interface but they're failed miserably. There's only so much you can do with the mouse.
Give me text commands anyday.
I find that todays game players are spoiled and demand more and more from a game in both graphics and robustness.
You can always judge the quality of a game player by asking if they have ever used a MUD. I honestly think this is a genres of Multiplayer gaming which has been tossed to the wayside by 13 year olds who have never heard of a BBS and want to push the limits of their new GeForce4 as to show off to their friends.
Talk about robustness, anyone who can remember MajorMUD or Tele-Arena know what I'm talking about.
I just honestly think game makers need to look back and reignite the Text Based RPG craze. I honestly feel there's money to be made in it.
I've ran into this same problem with a project I ran last year (ePhotoAlbum.org).
It was a 'free' photo hosting service. It was fine when I had about 50 people on it, but soon word spread and I had well over 900 users after one month.
What I noticed was my machine was transfering over 60GB a month, and my hosting provider was getting up in arms about it.
How can a site generate revenue to pay for its overhead ? Advertisements ??
Speaking quite fankly as an internet user, I pay little to no attension to any/all advertisements I see on a page other than the content I'm after.
Besides, Companies are noticing that unless you have AMAZING traffic going to the site you have a banner on, you'll only get about 10 - 15% click throughs, depending on how deceteful your banner is ('Next 5 Pictures')
Our only chance for survival is basically charging a small fee.
Does it have QUANTISPEED ?!
;-)
QuantiSpeed makes my CDs burn faster.