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/"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML e-mail / \posted by schmod at 9:23 AM on September 16, 2011 [16 favorites]
Some send me a fidonet message. I'm not sure if my forwarders are working. I'll reply when I get it next week.
posted by clvrmnky at 9:37 AM on September 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by clvrmnky at 9:37 AM on September 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I like the Usenet map:
posted by grouse at 9:43 AM on September 16, 2011 [3 favorites]USENET Logical Map June 1, 1981 !- Uucp links olduse.net : Berknet links ! @ Arpanet links ! (wormhole to 2011) pdp ! (Misc) ! (NC) (Misc) ! decvax sii reed phs--unc--grumpy duke34 utzoo cincy teklabs ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! +--+----+-----+-+--+-------------+-------+------+ ! ! ! ! ! duke ! ! ! ! ! +------+---+-----------------------+--------+ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ucbopt ! hocsr--mhtsa----research mh135a harpo-----chico : ! ! ! ! ucbcory ! ! eagle ihnss vax135 (Bell Labs) (UCB) : ! ! ! ! ! ucbvax--++----------+--+--+-----+--+------+--------+ : @ ! ! ! (Silicon Valley) ucbarpa @ (UCSD) sdcsvax ! menlo70--hao : @ sdcattb-----+ ! ! ! ucbonyx @ +-----ucsfcgl sytek sri-unix @ phonlab-----+ cca-unix sdcarl[emphasis added]
I thought about subscribing, but then I realized that having to read all the old flamewars without being able to join in could probably kill a person.
posted by DU at 9:43 AM on September 16, 2011 [9 favorites]
posted by DU at 9:43 AM on September 16, 2011 [9 favorites]
Wow. The stuff going on at the bottom is just horrible. I mean, don't even attempt to read it. Just horrible racist and woman hating stuff.... particularly about MeFi mods......
posted by lattiboy at 9:52 AM on September 16, 2011
posted by lattiboy at 9:52 AM on September 16, 2011
Wow, that shared terminal is sort of upsetting.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 9:55 AM on September 16, 2011
posted by OverlappingElvis at 9:55 AM on September 16, 2011
yeah, read-only flame wars can be frustrating. although, apropos of this thread i could go watch early instances of women being told to "lighten up" on soc.women. well, in a few years, at least. i forget when the net.* broke out into heirarchies. 1984-ish?
posted by rmd1023 at 9:55 AM on September 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by rmd1023 at 9:55 AM on September 16, 2011 [2 favorites]
Wow, that shared terminal is sort of upsetting.
You can say that again.
posted by demiurge at 10:04 AM on September 16, 2011
You can say that again.
posted by demiurge at 10:04 AM on September 16, 2011
Break out the Telebit Trailblazers, we've got almost 10 megs to download!!!
posted by tommasz at 10:08 AM on September 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tommasz at 10:08 AM on September 16, 2011 [1 favorite]
I thought about subscribing, but then I realized that having to read all the old flamewars without being able to join in could probably kill a person.
I don't know, it might just be relaxing.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 10:29 AM on September 16, 2011
I don't know, it might just be relaxing.
posted by Philosopher Dirtbike at 10:29 AM on September 16, 2011
Will someone please tell me if I should be enjoying this or not...
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:11 AM on September 16, 2011
posted by seanmpuckett at 11:11 AM on September 16, 2011
Oh for my halcyon days of youth, when I actually believed that lack of moderation was a feature.
posted by Zed at 12:18 PM on September 16, 2011
posted by Zed at 12:18 PM on September 16, 2011
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