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264500 | Dave Leader <daveldr@c...> | 2017‑12‑31 | Slightly OT - except for who we are |
Galoots All, The Internet isn't really old enough to be an Old Tool, although many of us old tools remember when DARPA hadn't come up with it yet. Many of the early Porch sitters had some, or a lot, to do with what the Net is today. This article struck a chord. I remember putting copyleft notices on my stuff for decades so that it could be shared for free. Many of you did too. Our newer members probably don't remember the same internet that we pensioners do. That's a loss. I just felt a cold wind upon the back of my neck and thought I'd share that this pre-New Year's Eve-Morn. https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/2018-year-internet-finally-died.htm Dave in Fairfax -- Law abiding American citizens own over 500 million guns and 16 trillion rounds of ammo. If we were a problem, you would know about it. |
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264509 | Glen Canaday <gcanaday@g...> | 2017‑12‑31 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
There are still some of us who remember. Here I put this up because I wanted to. Feel free to whatever. I promise I'll post absolute BS every once in a while. If wordpress tracks I can't do anything about it, but I personally don't. www.mfiacollector.wordpress.com ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 10:23:57 -0500 From: Dave Leader |
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264510 | Glen Canaday <gcanaday@g...> | 2017‑12‑31 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
I forgot the 'the'. themfiacollector.wordpress.com Haha woops. Glen in the North (where it was -13F this morning and at 4pm is still at -6.) |
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264532 | James DUPRIE <j.duprie@c...> | 2018‑01‑01 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
I can recall sitting in a meeting and having people discussing if there was ever going to be any real use for this thing called "html" and "the web"..... =james |
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264533 | Mark Pfeifer <markpfeifer@i...> | 2018‑01‑01 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
I’m mid vintage online. I worked in books back then. I remember publishers wringing their hands about the death of books, the end of creativity, and the destruction of the free exchange of ideas. Then Amazon made money....selling books, and the publishers kowtow to Amazon. I remember when Google was trying to outdo Jeeves. The comfort I take in this is that when our every fact is known, and people can be fed new ones so very easily, war as the 20th century knew it is probably out of date. Cold comfort, but comfort anyway. Sent from my iPhone |
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264536 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2018‑01‑01 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
I remember putting copyleft notices on my stuff for decades so that it could be shared for free. Many of you did too. Our newer members probably don't remember the same internet Kitty came up with the......... Free for personal use, for business contact me angle Her animations, that were actually able to be viewed and shared over the web, were doing more traffic than Disney (well Disney couldn't figure out how to get the files small enough to be portable at all then) Its still posted. second link in my sigline below. remember siglines? yours Scott ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html |
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264538 | <gtgrouch@r...> | 2018‑01‑01 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
I remember Kitty's animations. My problem is that I keep looking for the 'like' button on email from the Porch! Gary Katsanis Albion New York, USA (where I am very glad to have central heat again - the ambient temp was about 5°F when it failed) ---- scott grandstaff |
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264617 | David Nighswander <wishingstarfarm663@m...> | 2018‑01‑05 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
With the safe links keeping me from opening any links attached to an email my Old Tools time is much less enjoyable. I feel like I'm a two year old wrapped up in a Snowsuit, gloves, idiot mittens, hat, scarf, hood, sun block, ski googles, and a blanket and told to go have fun in the snow. Just because Mom's cold, or someone panics, is no reason to go nuts. I don't need a babysitter. On Jan 1, 2018 1:12 PM, scott grandstaff |
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264628 | Tim <tpendleton@g...> | 2018‑01‑05 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
No Woobie? Running & ducking... Tim Enjoying the 15F heat wave in NJ. On Jan 5, 2018 6:50 AM, "David Nighswander" |
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264629 | Scott Garrison <sbg2008@c...> | 2018‑01‑05 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
We had 11 degrees at my house in metro Atlanta this am. Brought back good memories of my days in NH ;-) |
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264630 | Tim <tpendleton@g...> | 2018‑01‑05 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
That is a tad chilly for your corner of the Porch. We will dip below zero F tonight. That is just cold enough for me to burn my New Year's Resolutions for warmth. :) Tim |
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264675 | Nathan Goodwin <hiscarpentry@g...> | 2018‑01‑08 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
-5 in Weymouth Sunday morning. Come on back, we'll grab a pint and talk about global warming. ;) Nathan Goodwin On Friday, January 5, 2018, Scott Garrison |
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264682 | Thomas Conroy | 2018‑01‑09 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
Nathan Goodwin wrote: "-5 in Weymouth Sunday morning. Come on back, we'll grab a pint and talk about global warming. ;)" Its warmed up here a bit from last week. 65 F. in the house at 1 AM with the furnace off and a penetrating drizzle. The weather service says its 57 F. outside, but I took out a thermometer and it didn't get that low; of course, I did flee rapidly inside from the cold. Last week it was in the middle fifties in daytime. Hard times. Just sayin'. Tom Conroy ducking and running. |
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264716 | "Joseph Sullivan" <joe@j...> | 2018‑01‑12 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
You know, friends, the net/web is a neutral tool, like a hammer that can drive nails for shelter or bash heads. Our list is one of the diminishing examples of an entirely solid and wholesome use. It is irrelevant that the format is out of date. The combined knowledge of the participants makes for a very high likelihood of finding actual facts and information here. By contrast, the newer, spiffier, easier formats fill up with misinformation both due to ignorance and due to mischief or even malice. I have no idea the percentage, but I find most widely disseminated information on the web to be faulty in one way or another. These days, I take none of it at face value -- just use it as another data point in an effort to learn. So, with our obsolete email forum, we really have the best of it, and in the words of the old Scotts toast, "here's to us, who's like us!" J Joseph Sullivan |
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264730 | David Nighswander <wishingstarfarm663@m...> | 2018‑01‑13 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
Still learning after all these years. I have found that I can ask a question here and get an answer, not an expletive laden rant by an agenda driven "expert". There might be dicussion, but not accrimony. This is home. I have to visit the crazy town for work but I don't live there. " I have no idea the percentage, but I find most widely disseminated information on the web to be faulty in one way or another. These days, I take none of it at face value -- just use it as another data point in an effort to learn. So, with our obsolete email forum, we really have the best of it, and in the words of the old Scotts toast, "here's to us, who's like us!" Joseph Sullivan " |
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264736 | Thomas Conroy | 2018‑01‑14 | Re: Slightly OT - except for who we are |
Joe Sullivan wrote: 'So, with our obsolete email forum, we really have the best of it, and in the words of the old Scotts toast, "here's to us, who's like us!"' To complete the ritual: "Damn few---and they're a' deid." Tom Conroy |
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