I was online with many BBS' with during dial-up modems days before they died because of the Internet./. has a few old stories about this awesome documentary from years ago:
Google Video has all the parts online: 1: Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world. 2: Sysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world. 3: Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight. 4: Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare. 5: Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent. 6: HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers. 7: Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity. 8: No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
And if your phone company and lines can handle that fast speed. On 56k, 33.6k, etc. and with good and cheap dial-up modems in college and at home, I could only connect 24000 to 31200 at about 3 KB/sec average (datas already compresed) with BBS' and Internet on GTE and Verizon. Even today is still like that, but mostly at 28800.:(
Ha! I can't even get a stable connection (100% signal strengths, but too many WAPs nearby and tried all channels) on my wireless connection to my own WAP! Heh. I gave up and went back to good old fashion CAT5 ethernet network cables.:)
Heh. It reminds me of them bugging even after I told and proved them that I cannot communicate verbally due to my speech and hearing impediments. I am sure I will be getting another letter soon.:(
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See http://www.xkcd.com/680/ why... :(
Ah, cool. I lived an hour away from there, but too far to call (long distance). ;)
Cool. What was the name and which software(s)?
Nice rant! I agree with it too and it looks like we had the same computers too: http://alpha.zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/about/toys.html ... ;)
I was online with many BBS' with during dial-up modems days before they died because of the Internet. /. has a few old stories about this awesome documentary from years ago:
Google Video has all the parts online:
1: Baud introduces the story of the beginning of the BBS, including interviews with Ward Christensen and Randy Suess, who used a snowstorm as an inspiration to change the world.
2: Sysops and Users introduces the stories of the people who used BBSes, and lets them tell their own stories of living in this new world.
3: Make it Pay covers the BBS industry that rose in the 1980's and grew to fantastic heights before disappearing almost overnight.
4: Fidonet covers the largest volunteer-run computer network in history, and the people who made it a joy and a political nightmare.
5: Artscene tells the rarely-heard history of the ANSI Art Scene that thrived in the BBS world, where art was currency and battles waged over nothing more than pure talent.
6: HPAC (Hacking Phreaking Anarchy Cracking) hears from some of the users of "underground" BBSes and their unique view of the world of information and computers.
7: Compression tells the story of the PKWARE/SEA legal battle of the late 1980s and how a fight that broke out over something as simple as data compression resulted in waylaid lives and lost opportunity.
8: No Carrier wishes a fond farewell to the dial-up BBS and its integration into the Internet.
There is a DVD version that can be ordered, or downloaded for free and legally (hurray for Creative Commons) with less contents.
I still have my old USR Sportster 33.6k dial-up modem for emergencies when cable modem goes down or something. :)
And if your phone company and lines can handle that fast speed. On 56k, 33.6k, etc. and with good and cheap dial-up modems in college and at home, I could only connect 24000 to 31200 at about 3 KB/sec average (datas already compresed) with BBS' and Internet on GTE and Verizon. Even today is still like that, but mostly at 28800. :(
http://www.videosift.com/video/Star-Trek-Nemesis-is-the-Final-Nail-in-the-Space-Coffin
Hilarious reviews by this guy!
Ha! I can't even get a stable connection (100% signal strengths, but too many WAPs nearby and tried all channels) on my wireless connection to my own WAP! Heh. I gave up and went back to good old fashion CAT5 ethernet network cables. :)
http://www.videosift.com/video/Star-Trek-First-Contact-is-the-3-967th-Worst-Film-Ever-Made (3 parts)
The article and pictures are also in the current hardcopy Wired magazine. So that means they were done a month or so ago!
See here: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=48519614 (29 minutes video) or http://www.videosift.com/video/Why-Star-Trek-Generations-is-the-Stupidest-Movie-Ever-Made (three parts embedded YouTube video). I wonder if he has any more movie reviews.
Not everyone has fast connections. Some are still stuck on dial-up! Some are not in USA so they get region blocked even if they could stream.
MS can update IE through its Automatic Updates and MS Updates, assuming they are enabled and used.
What American phones have no contracts?
Where is it? :P
I have seen this with over the air with Los Angeles/L.A. stations too. :( I still prefer analog feeds.
Yes, but I don't want to do it shared method. Drag and drop is faster and easier.
Virtual Box doesn't have drag and drop between guest and host. :(
So it is trying to pretend it is a hermit crab.
Heh. It reminds me of them bugging even after I told and proved them that I cannot communicate verbally due to my speech and hearing impediments. I am sure I will be getting another letter soon. :(
Aren't you a nerd/geek yourself? [grin]
OK, kill him and hide his body. [grin] :)
Fire him and get another butler! Maybe hire Alfred Pennyworth.
Tor is so dang slow even if I disable graphics. :(