[OT] Telnetting to the SMTP port is still an efficient and fairly commonly used debugging method. And command line is still the only means of communication with many servers, switches, routers, etc. [/OT]
Indeed, much of the OSS movement can be taken as copying/remixing/imitating as we share code and improve on it, and adopt features from other software if/when it seems like a good idea.
Consider the dub scene originating from Jamaica... Many old-school albums include two versions - the original, and the dub (remix) in sequence. Also featured in Gibson's Neuromancer, this trend is far older than the digital era.
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[OT] Telnetting to the SMTP port is still an efficient and fairly commonly used debugging method. And command line is still the only means of communication with many servers, switches, routers, etc. [/OT] Indeed, much of the OSS movement can be taken as copying/remixing/imitating as we share code and improve on it, and adopt features from other software if/when it seems like a good idea.
Consider the dub scene originating from Jamaica... Many old-school albums include two versions - the original, and the dub (remix) in sequence. Also featured in Gibson's Neuromancer, this trend is far older than the digital era.
The book was 'Virtual Light' and God's Little Toy was was indeed a camera slung under a miniature dirigible.