Good job with the clustering... as for the pro-Mac users that believe that this should not be, keep in mind that the computer is just a tool to simplify a job.
Using a pipe on the base of the wrench to solve a problem easier doesn't mean that Sears Craftsman is now going to start making longer wrenches, it just shows that people will use whatever they have to solve/simplify problems, and if it means clustering in non-Mac computers, then so be it. Job done, cheaper, simplier, and quicker.
-Rainman
Hi,
I used to participate in dialup BBS's back on my C=64 years ago. I really loved them (their design, colorful menus, file transfer sections, message boards, online games (god I miss Empire), voting booths, etc), however evolution took place -- the Internet was born. BBS's had their limits (most were run off of single phone lines), so one user at a time could dial up.
BBS's were a means of communication back in the day when there was nothing else. It gave people a way to express their interests with other people who maybe had the same interest (see Internet). Some of the bigger BBS's used to even be networked so they could share message boards (i.e., WWIV, and others) or have multiple phone lines and modems (anything with more than 1 line was considered a BIG board). BBS's kept evolving and the few things that the BBS's provided (mentioned them above), thats basically the basis of the Internet. File sections that you'd download files from, webpages have that. Message boards that you can post and other users would reply (i.e., Slashdot!), online games, chat rooms, etc.
BBS's had their downfalls. Most people I knew enjoyed setting up the BBS but we were kids at the time and couldn't afford the phone line lol, but we kept plugging away designing board after board, just to do it. Also, if we want to point the finger at who killed BBS's, lets start thinking about the people that wrote the BBS software, then they stopped doing that when the Internet came out. They knew when it was time to quit also.
I'll admit I really do miss BBS's, but not because of the content of what they had, but because of "local" feeling you had when using them. You could post messages about something going on in a city you lived in, and other people would completely know what you were talking about because they just as local. I don't think BBS's died, they just evolved into something we know as the Internet. The Internet is everything the BEST BBS strived to be, without that local feeling.
If I had one wish, I would have hoped that at the end of the BBS evolution, that people would have been smart enough to realize that once the Internet hit with full force, we'd all lose contact with each other and that there should have been a common method for users of BBS's to smoothly migrate to the public Internet without losing contact with each other. God knows how many times my Internet email address or IM name has changed since BBS days, and over time you lose contact with people that matter. BBS's were all about contact, expression, and personal enjoyment. Since we had was ASCII and ANSI, and small computers with minimal amounts of memory, slow CPU's (C=64 = 1MHz) we made use with what we had. God I sound old.
I remember boards that I used to dial up, that had maybe 500 users, and I felt as if I knew about maybe 50-100 of them just by reading message posts, etc. Now there we have this huge BBS that we call the Interent, and I have no idea of how to find these people. It would have been nice to keep the contacts that I had on BBS's, but combine that effort to create something using the Internet so that people still have that "local" feeling that BBS's gave you.
Maybe someone should have developed a webpage that's focus is to allow users to submit names of BBS's, country it was from, state, area code, etc, so you can add your handle/name to it, and then list out your CURRENT Internet contact info. I'd love to have my old contacts back. Things were rockin' back then;)
I think a local wireless thing is a good idea but it's not a replacement for BBS's... it's yet another extension of the Internet and right now wireless is hot topic and cheap to build.
I also really miss the animated menus.....;) anybody remember "The Draw" ?
I have been drinking 1 RedBull every morning in replacement for coffee, and it's great!! At first I didn't like the taste but it grew on me (a-la Fresca, or 50/50). I drank 2 of these 1 morning on the way to work and I almost drove off the road.... caffeine levels in Redbull are phenomenal. Also if you live in the NEPA area, try some Turkey Hill Iced Tea... This stuff cranks!
-Rainman1976
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Good job with the clustering ... as for the pro-Mac users that believe that this should not be, keep in mind that the computer is just a tool to simplify a job.
Using a pipe on the base of the wrench to solve a problem easier doesn't mean that Sears Craftsman is now going to start making longer wrenches, it just shows that people will use whatever they have to solve/simplify problems, and if it means clustering in non-Mac computers, then so be it. Job done, cheaper, simplier, and quicker.
-Rainman
Hi, I used to participate in dialup BBS's back on my C=64 years ago. I really loved them (their design, colorful menus, file transfer sections, message boards, online games (god I miss Empire), voting booths, etc), however evolution took place -- the Internet was born. BBS's had their limits (most were run off of single phone lines), so one user at a time could dial up.
;)
... it's yet another extension of the Internet and right now wireless is hot topic and cheap to build.
..... ;) anybody remember "The Draw" ?
BBS's were a means of communication back in the day when there was nothing else. It gave people a way to express their interests with other people who maybe had the same interest (see Internet). Some of the bigger BBS's used to even be networked so they could share message boards (i.e., WWIV, and others) or have multiple phone lines and modems (anything with more than 1 line was considered a BIG board). BBS's kept evolving and the few things that the BBS's provided (mentioned them above), thats basically the basis of the Internet. File sections that you'd download files from, webpages have that. Message boards that you can post and other users would reply (i.e., Slashdot!), online games, chat rooms, etc.
BBS's had their downfalls. Most people I knew enjoyed setting up the BBS but we were kids at the time and couldn't afford the phone line lol, but we kept plugging away designing board after board, just to do it. Also, if we want to point the finger at who killed BBS's, lets start thinking about the people that wrote the BBS software, then they stopped doing that when the Internet came out. They knew when it was time to quit also.
I'll admit I really do miss BBS's, but not because of the content of what they had, but because of "local" feeling you had when using them. You could post messages about something going on in a city you lived in, and other people would completely know what you were talking about because they just as local. I don't think BBS's died, they just evolved into something we know as the Internet. The Internet is everything the BEST BBS strived to be, without that local feeling.
If I had one wish, I would have hoped that at the end of the BBS evolution, that people would have been smart enough to realize that once the Internet hit with full force, we'd all lose contact with each other and that there should have been a common method for users of BBS's to smoothly migrate to the public Internet without losing contact with each other. God knows how many times my Internet email address or IM name has changed since BBS days, and over time you lose contact with people that matter. BBS's were all about contact, expression, and personal enjoyment. Since we had was ASCII and ANSI, and small computers with minimal amounts of memory, slow CPU's (C=64 = 1MHz) we made use with what we had. God I sound old.
I remember boards that I used to dial up, that had maybe 500 users, and I felt as if I knew about maybe 50-100 of them just by reading message posts, etc. Now there we have this huge BBS that we call the Interent, and I have no idea of how to find these people. It would have been nice to keep the contacts that I had on BBS's, but combine that effort to create something using the Internet so that people still have that "local" feeling that BBS's gave you.
Maybe someone should have developed a webpage that's focus is to allow users to submit names of BBS's, country it was from, state, area code, etc, so you can add your handle/name to it, and then list out your CURRENT Internet contact info. I'd love to have my old contacts back. Things were rockin' back then
I think a local wireless thing is a good idea but it's not a replacement for BBS's
I also really miss the animated menus
-Rainman1976
I have been drinking 1 RedBull every morning in replacement for coffee, and it's great!! At first I didn't like the taste but it grew on me (a-la Fresca, or 50/50). I drank 2 of these 1 morning on the way to work and I almost drove off the road.... caffeine levels in Redbull are phenomenal. Also if you live in the NEPA area, try some Turkey Hill Iced Tea... This stuff cranks! -Rainman1976