I run my systems for one user - me. If anyone else likes what I'm doing and V>wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.
Yes, back in the day, a lot of BBSs had somewhat "raunchy" sections, usually V>only offered to users who the sysop had a particularly good relationship with
Today, no need, because the Internet provides the breadth of content. There' V>nothing "controversial" that I've seen in current echo lists.
... The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
EXACTLY.. its sad that my 9 year old nephew will do a search for some game or K>addon and get bombarded with explicit pictures on google.. even with strict K>filtering..
sad indeed.. I'm all for open internet, but lets at least try to keep our K>pre-pubescent kids as innocent as possible.
when I walked on him one day with those pics on the browser, he told me he wa K>searching for something for minecraft and it came up.. I believe him.. so I s K>him down and explained to him what his father should have.
He left with a better understanding and now I do not believe it will scare hi
I'm not going to lie.. I looked at Playboys, etc when I was 8 or 9 but not no K>of the crap that is freely acessible today.. My dad say me down and taught me K>that nudity was natural and sex was natural, I guess thats when I got my bird K>and bees talks..
Daryl Stout wrote to VK3JED <=-
I run my systems for one user - me. If anyone else likes what I'm doing and
wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.
THANK YOU!!
Years ago in central Arkansas, when there were at least a dozen local BBS's, there were monthly gatherings of Sysops and users at local restaurants. Like with ham radio hamfests, it was "an experience"
putting faces to user names. :)
One female Sysop ran an adult BBS, and she was "carding" every single person who applied for access. I never did call her BBS.
Today, no need, because the Internet provides the breadth of content.here'
nothing "controversial" that I've seen in current echo lists.
When I was on dial-up only over 20 years ago, I had a caller page me
for chat. He asked "Where's all the adult content??". When I typed "The Internet", his response was <CLICK!> -- NO CARRIER. <G>
... The wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead.
His ghosts keep it moving. <G>
Daryl Stout wrote to KK4QBN <=-
Sort of like a user wanting access to adult files, even though he's under 18. His reason?? "I need them for a high school sex education
class project!!". Nice try, but no dice. <G>
graffitti on a newstand that was selling Playboy. After their deed, it read "If you enjoy self PLAY, BOY this magazine will sure help!!". :P
It's not like the old days of "the birds and the beees"...especially
in the Yogi Bear cartoon, where Yogi explains that to Boo Boo...in that "birds fly, and bees make honey". :P
Now, they say "sex is a misdemeanor -- the more you miss, the meaner
you get!!". <G> Just what these hormone fevered adolescents need to
hear <sigh!>.
He is trolling you... if y'all want to keep this thread up, please move it to K>the RELIGION area.. for the sanity of us all..
we dodged the bullet brother.. the first few track projections showed the eye K>coming right up through our area, but when it dissapated to a category 2 arou K>ft meyers and once made land fall I beleive it weakened it so much that the K>system already in place just pushed it around and KO'd it.. all we have up he K>is empty gas stations, empty grocery stores, motels, campgrounds, and horse K>stables full of Floridians, about a half inch of rain and the wind never made K>it over about 15-20 mph gusts.. That was a strange Hurricane.. the way it K>hugged the coastline of every landmass it went to, I presume thats why all K>their bays and beaches temporarily were drew back..
There was a lot of good hospitality here.. a couple motels lodged people free K>as did most the campgrounds. our animal shelters are full of evacuees.. and K>there are a few shelters open in different counties up here.. I'm about 65m N K>of Atlanta and they faired a bit differently down there, Was listening to the K>radio and heard a few streets were shut down because falling debris off K>buildings.. It's weird how only a few miles can make the difference.
What was left of it turned into alabama, we only received I presume the very K>edge of it, or whatever it pushed this way.. :)
The point being each of us has our reasons for running a BBS. Today, costs TL>much lower, so we don't have to justify our rationale for running a BBS.
"carding"? Female sysops were a relatively rare breed, in any case. I only TL>recall encountering one or two back then.
... It usually takes weeks to prepare an impromptu speech.
I'm going to have to check with the Wooly Worms, for their prognostication. Punxatawney Phil is in hiberation until February. <G>
Tim,
He is trolling you... if y'all want to keep this thread up, please move it to K>the RELIGION area.. for the sanity of us all..
I have now put his name in the TWIT configuration of Synchronet...so
any further messages from him will automatically be deleted by
Synchronet. I looked through the documentation, and discovered
that...it's like the SPOTKILL utility for GT Power BBS software.
So, he will never darken my message bases again. Thankfully, the
others I've seen in DoveNet aren't as vitrolic as he is.
Re: On The Twit List
By: Daryl Stout to KK4QBN on Wed Sep 13 2017 10:04 am
Tim,
He is trolling you... if y'all want to keep this thread up, please move it to K>the RELIGION area.. for the sanity of us all..
I have now put his name in the TWIT configuration of Synchronet...so any further messages from him will automatically be deleted by Synchronet. I looked through the documentation, and discovered that...it's like the SPOTKILL utility for GT Power BBS software.
So, he will never darken my message bases again. Thankfully, the
others I've seen in DoveNet aren't as vitrolic as he is.
thank you. see you in hell with your wife.
thank you. see you in hell with your wife.
Daryl Stout wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
Especially considering that you can have as many telnet nodes as you desire...without the additional expense of another dial-up line for a node...and folks from anywhere in the world can telnet in.
"carding"? Female sysops were a relatively rare breed, in any case. Inly
recall encountering one or two back then.
That's what we termed it here. As I recall, she wasn't too bad
looking, but she was rather heavy set. Now, had she been with a slender figure and in a bikini, folks would've really been "coming toward her" (yes, I did just go there <LOL!>). :P
... It usually takes weeks to prepare an impromptu speech.
Isn't that the truth!! I'll add that to my collection. :)
Seriously, before doing ham radio nets, I practice the preamble...and
in some cases, have done it so much, that I've memorized it. Now, watch the net manager go ahead and switch it all around. :P
If this is'nt blatent abuse of systems you have implemented into synchronet and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
can you not just SHITCAN this guy at the source?
EVERYONE IS SICK OF HIM!
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
Re: On The Twit List
By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
thank you. see you in hell with your wife.
Rob,
If this is'nt blatent abuse of systems you have implemented into synchronet and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
can you not just SHITCAN this guy at the source?
EVERYONE IS SICK OF HIM!
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
mr proper is trying to bait me into being banned, but i'm not taking the bait. it's either calculated or he's having an episode.
If this is'nt blatent abuse of systems you have implemented into synchronet and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
can you not just SHITCAN this guy at the source?
EVERYONE IS SICK OF HIM!
Speak for yourself and don't think you have the right to include everyone is your ignorant moronic statements, I like reading everyones opinions even yours and Dayrls.
You two are just thin skined self rightous self absorbed idiots.
Re: On The Twit List
By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
thank you. see you in hell with your wife.
Rob,
If this is'nt blatent abuse of systems you have implemented into synchronet
and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
can you not just SHITCAN this guy at the source?
EVERYONE IS SICK OF HIM!
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
^^^^Re: On The Twit List
By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in
the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
Does what?
On 2017 Sep 14 12:18:56, you wrote to KK4QBN:
^^^^Re: On The Twit List
By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
[...]
and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in
the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
Does what?
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to get around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
^^^^By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to get around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
And you have the freedom to filter his messages.
LOL, I have literally done an impromptu talk in the truest sense - just stan TL>up and do it. :)
Seriously, before doing ham radio nets, I practice the preamble...and in some cases, have done it so much, that I've memorized it. Now, watch the net manager go ahead and switch it all around. :P
Hahaha :)
On 2017 Sep 14 12:18:56, you wrote to KK4QBN:
^^^^Re: On The Twit List
By: Mro2 to Daryl Stout on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:42:10
[...]
and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name in
the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
Does what?
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to get around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
Re: On The Twit List
By: Digital Man to KK4QBN on Thu Sep 14 2017 12:18:56
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
And you have the freedom to filter his messages.
Whats the use when he just logs in under a different name? that was the whole point of the message..
Yup. And we've had much more troublesome characters in the past do just that and elaborate counter-measures were developed to filter based on content rather than author/poster name, but even those filters could be circumvented. Nothing is 100%.
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to ge around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
Ah, I didn't notice that. Well there's always away around. <shrug>
Whats the use when he just logs in under a different name? that was the whole point of the message..
Re: On The Twit List
By: Digital Man to KK4QBN on Thu Sep 14 2017 12:18:56
I believe in free speech, but enough is enough already..
And you have the freedom to filter his messages.
Whats the use when he just logs in under a different name? that was the whole point of the message..
I run my systems for one user - me. If anyone else likes what I'm doing a V>wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.
when I walked on him one day with those pics on the browser, he told me he K>searching for something for minecraft and it came up.. I believe him.. so K>him down and explained to him what his father should have.
and dovenets "self governing" body, nothing is... Daryl put his name
the twitlist so he does THIS just to get his message across..
Does what?
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to ge around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
Ah, I didn't notice that. Well there's always away around. <shrug>
Whats the use when he just logs in under a different name? that was
the whole point of the message..
I believe Mro said you can put wildcards in your name filter, so for example Mro~ would filter any name starting with Mro (including Mro2 etc.)
I don't have a BBS but I am wondering if there is a way to twit you out on my netrunner I will have to research that because I hate reading all your whaaaa whaaaaa self rightous BS.
What ever happenend to your enter key? you know if you don't like a post you can just hit enter and go to the next message, gawd what a moron.
I did notice it...and that's in the twit list as well. And, if I knew
his IP, I'd block it as well.
stuff like this really don't bother me anymore.. I just don't like others being bullied.. especially ones who are not around to stick up for themselves.
I realize some people have to do this to make themselves feel superior because they have an inferiority complex, I used to allow people to bully me all the time, but I've grown to either not give a crap in most situations now, or to fight back if needed..
I don't have a BBS but I am wondering if there is a way to twit you out on my netrunner I will have to research that because I hate reading all your whaaaa whaaaaa self rightous BS.
What ever happenend to your enter key? you know if you don't like a post you can just hit enter and go to the next message, gawd what a moron.
someone says something you don't like on a message board just remember these words of wisdom from The Big Lebowski "I can't be worried about that shit. Fuck it man, life goes on." Remember that and you'll be in a much better place :)
The comments left by Mro are often offensive. But what is a member of a message board going to do hundred or thousands of miles away? Remember the old saying "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?" I think that applies here. If Mro wants to be an asshole, that is his right. If you don't want to see them, filter his messages as needed (including alternate names if he uses them.) The Internet is not a friendly place and we should expect people to be abbrasive much of the time (look at a majority of Facebook as a great example of this.) If someone says something you don't like on a message board just remember these words of wisdom from The Big Lebowski "I can't be worried about that shit. Fuck it man, life goes on." Remember that and you'll be in a much better place :)
I did notice it...and that's in the twit list as well. And, if I
knew his IP, I'd block it as well.
You could probably do a whois or similar command with this BBS domain and find his IP that way (assuming he usually connects from home, where his external-facing IP address would be the same IP address that his BBS is hosted on). Even just pinging his BBS domain would probably come back with an IP address.
I realize some people have to do this to make themselves feel
superior because they have an inferiority complex, I used to allow
people to bully me all the time, but I've grown to either not give a
crap in most situations now, or to fight back if needed..
Yeah, I sometimes wonder that about trolls and bullies, whether they have an inferiority complex. I've decided not to let that bother me so much, because I know there are plenty more decent people in the world.
someone says something you don't like on a message board just
remember these words of wisdom from The Big Lebowski "I can't be
worried about that shit. Fuck it man, life goes on." Remember that
and you'll be in a much better place :)
Yep. Ain't nobody got time for that.
There are the few out there who are just plain sadistic bullies, who were either abused as children (mainly mentally). Or got to their sad state of mind some other way. and its sad to say, most will NEVER change. because
changed his name to Mro2 (as can be seen in the above quote header) to ge around daryl's twitlisting of Mro...
Ah, I didn't notice that. Well there's always away around. <shrug>
I did notice it...and that's in the twit list as well. And, if I knew
his IP, I'd block it as well.
As one user noted, "he was trolling me". Since I use QWK Mail to
I realize I'm not the administrator of Dove-Net; but for the sake of argument, had I been the administrator of a message network, he would
get banned in a hurry...and I would advise all confirmed Visiting Sysops
of his details.
IMO, he refuses to be courteous to fellow BBS users. His profane
attacks also shows to me that he doesn't believe in "if you would not
say it to your mother, wife, daughter, sister, pastor, etc. -- don't say
it at all"...although I've heard of some females whose "vocabulary"
would make a sailor blush!!. Had I been such a "potty mouth" to my
My late wife could tell someone off, and not have to use one single
word of profanity in doing so. I have very little respect for someone
who has a "potty mouth"...which seems to be the norm in today's world. There's a time and place for everything, and a public BBS echo is not
So many think that for comedy, it has to equate to "the raunchier, the better"...and they feel that a "G" rating for a move is a "death
sentence". Truth be told, you do NOT have to be dirty or vulgar to be funny...the late Red Skelton, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Groucho Marx, George Burns and Gracie Allen, and more, all proved that to be such. Some of
One can "agree to disagree"...the world would be boring if everyone
and everything was the same. However, he takes it into overdrive.
Re: Why I Run A BBS
By: Daryl Stout to VK3JED on Tue Sep 12 2017 11:33:00
I run my systems for one user - me. If anyone else likes what I'm doing a V>wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.
This should be the only reason anyone needs to run a board. I have 3 or 4
The comments left by Mro are often offensive.
The comments left by Mro are often offensive. But what is a member of a message board going to do hundred or thousands of miles away? Remember the old saying "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?" I think that applies here. If Mro wants to be an asshole, that is his right. If you don't want to see them, filter his messages as needed (including alternate names if he uses them.) The Internet is not a friendly
You could probably do a whois or similar command with this BBS domain and find his IP that way (assuming he usually connects from home, where his external-facing IP address would be the same IP address that his BBS is hosted on). Even just pinging his BBS domain would probably come back with an IP address.
Re: On The Twit List
By: Roadhog to KK4QBN on Fri Sep 15 2017 11:11 am
I don't have a BBS but I am wondering if there is a way to twit you out on my netrunner I will have to research that because I hate reading all your whaaaa whaaaaa self rightous BS.
What ever happenend to your enter key? you know if you don't like a post you can just hit enter and go to the next message, gawd what a moron.
The same goes with you, you can simply go on to the next message rather than calling someone a moron. Responses like this contribute to the troll problem on a message network.
I don't have a BBS but I am wondering if there is a way to twit you
out on my netrunner I will have to research that because I hate [...]
On 2017 Sep 15 11:11:08, you wrote to KK4QBN:
I don't have a BBS but I am wondering if there is a way to twit you
out on my netrunner I will have to research that because I hate [...]
your terminal program won't have the first idea about any twitlist... the BBS you are using, on the other hand, may offer such capability... it is a synchronet system, after all... take a look in your settings area on the BBS and see if you find an option for twits... it may be near the option to have a signature or even where you might provide some information for finger to emit is someone tries to finger you on that system...
You can also do the same.. or tell your sysop to twitlist me.. what
You know, its funny that the BBS that you do not have you happen to be user #3, user slot created around the same time the sysop and guest account were created.. That reinfoces my point that you are just either troll #1, or one of his cronies.. because I've never had any prior issue
i have mr proper twilisted. i can give him a qwk or nntp feed :D
I'm now a part time drug abuse counselor (I do it to give back to the commun that has saved my life) so I do it free for are local judicial court circuit
Looks to me like Mro plays you like a fiddle because you get so upset so easily.
i have mr proper twilisted. i can give him a qwk or nntp feed :D
Still so full of himself that he does'nt realize that has'nt been my handle in 15 years... and he is actually SPEAKING to him self with this message.
MRO and Roadhog is the same person. the sysop of the BBS just
verified that.
Not really that funny, I know the Sysop and was a tester for him when he set it up.
Not that hard to figure out but then for you who knows.
and no I do not know Mro, I just think it's funny that he gets under your thin skin so easily.
Looks to me like Mro plays you like a fiddle because you get so upset so easily.
I'm now a part time drug abuse counselor (I do it to give back to the
commun that has saved my life) so I do it free for are local judicial
court circuit
Great work on getting clean! It's not an easy thing to do. Giving back and helping out those in need is a very noble work. Thank you!! :)
Looks to me like Mro plays you like a fiddle because you get so
upset so easily.
Are you suggesting that KK4QBN is to blame for Mro being an asshole to him? A bit of victim-blaming, it seems.. Rather than blame the target, I think people should just stop being assholes in the first place.
[1m[34mRe[0m[34m: [1m[36mOn The Twit List
[34mBy[0m[34m: [1m[36mKK4QBN [34mto [36mMRO [34mon [36mSat Sep 16 2017
Still so full of himself that he does'nt realize that has'nt been my
handle in 15 years... and he is actually SPEAKING to him self with
this message.
I have some messages from mrproper from as recent as 2009 and 2016 (the latest being from November 22, 2016 in the Synchronet Discussion area).
Looks to me like Mro plays you like a fiddle because you get so upset so easily.
Are you suggesting that KK4QBN is to blame for Mro being an asshole to him? A bit of victim-blaming, it seems.. Rather than blame the target, I think
I'm better off learning for myself anyway.. I remember when one could pull 60 active systems up on the im list.. now were lucky to see 7.. thats not
because the BBS scene is going away, as a matter of fact, there is a resurgances of users calling BBS'es especialy ham radio operators and many other POT line users.. there is also a resurgance of the ANSI art scene..
but you cannot see any of that here because the infux of dramatic messages that border on the edge of lunacy. I dropped ALL dovnet areas except Synchronet Discussion and the Synchronet programming areas. and I'll be damned if he did'nt follow me into here too..
I don't want to have to drop these areas.. they are my only lifeline to keep up with Synchronets development and newest features. But, I also don't want to have to come in reading a frigging transcript from the daily happenings of a mental insitution either..
And it can be stopped and should be stopped. Did you know the Twitlist feature come about because arguments between myself, Angus Mcleod, and another user.. I don't know where Angus is these days, but he would get very stubborn and bullheaded if you did'nt see something the way he did.. But he was NOTHING like this guy...
I'm better off learning for myself anyway.. I remember when one
could pull 60 active systems up on the im list.. now were lucky to
see 7.. thats not
I just had a look at the Synchronet BBS list (www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html) and it seems there are plenty more than 7 up there. And that's just mainly Synchronet BBSes - There are other online BBS lists that probably include more BBSes.
because the BBS scene is going away, as a matter of fact, there is a
resurgances of users calling BBS'es especialy ham radio operators
and many other POT line users.. there is also a resurgance of the
ANSI art scene..
Yeah, there are a couple of BBS groups I follow on Facebook, and there is ANSI art posted in one or two of them regularly. It definitely seems the scene is still around.
And it can be stopped and should be stopped. Did you know the
Twitlist feature come about because arguments between myself, Angus
Mcleod, and another user.. I don't know where Angus is these days,
but he would get very stubborn and bullheaded if you did'nt see
something the way he did.. But he was NOTHING like this guy...
I didn't realize that.. When was that? I started running Synchronet in 2007 and perhaps that happened before then?
Daryl Stout wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
That's what I've had to do on some ham radio nets. First, I've been doing nets since I got into the hobby 26 years ago...so, I should know what I'm doing (hi hi). But, without a script, I end up "winging it", trying to go with the format that the net had used.
The shock came when he said "This is WA5NBK. Russell. Downtown Jacksonville. No traffic". I went "Oh, <expeletive!>"...<scribble!> <scribble!> <scribble!> -- so much so, I tore a hole in the log!!
When I met him again, I said "Darn your hide, Russell!!" :P
Nightfox wrote to KK4QBN <=-
Yeah, I sometimes wonder that about trolls and bullies, whether they
have an inferiority complex. I've decided not to let that bother me so much, because I know there are plenty more decent people in the world.
Captain Kiwi wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
I run my systems for one user - me. If anyone else likes what I'm doing a V>wants to stick around, great, but if they don't, that's fine by me too.
This should be the only reason anyone needs to run a board. I have 3
or 4 regular users and a few that come back every couple of weeks. I
also have some that show up once and never call again. I enjoy having users, but my reasoning for running a board is because I've wanted to
do so since I was a young teenager.
I have found that running my board has helped me connect with some
great people in the Arkansas area. People that I've never thought I
would have any kind of connection and I have "bonded" over tales of the "good ol' days" of LORD, Trade Wars, getting the latest shareware, etc.
When it comes to asking for users personal info; As the SysOp of the board, Daryl has every right to ask for that information. My board however, you're free to do whatever you want (within reason) and may do
so anonymously. The feedback form is available and users are welcome to send me their information, but it's not required to get full user
access.
I'm better off learning for myself anyway.. I remember when one
could pull 60 active systems up on the im list.. now were lucky to
see 7.. thats not
I was speaking of the instant message list..
It appears you came on the scene right as I shut down Warzone BBS, it was around that time when lightening hit my system and I was backing up on CD's at the time, and the backup was no good.. Plus I was right in the middle of the worse part of my active addiction (right before I hit rock bottom).
This should be the only reason anyone needs to run a board. I have 3 or 4 CK>regular users and a few that come back every couple of weeks. I also have s CK>that show up once and never call again. I enjoy having users, but my reason CK>for running a board is because I've wanted to do so since I was a young CK>teenager.
When it comes to asking for users personal info; As the SysOp of the board, CK>Daryl has every right to ask for that information. My board however, you're CK>free to do whatever you want (within reason) and may do so anonymously. CK>The feedback form is available and users are welcome to send me their CK>information, but it's not required to get full user access.
Re: Sex And The Kids
By: Daryl Stout to KK4QBN on Tue Sep 12 2017 11:32:00
when I walked on him one day with those pics on the browser, he told me K>searching for something for minecraft and it came up.. I believe him.. K>him down and explained to him what his father should have.
My girlfriends daughter had the same thing happen while looking up the same CK>thing.
I did notice it...and that's in the twit list as well. And, if I knew his IP, I'd block it as well.
You could probably do a whois or similar command with this BBS domain and fin N>his IP that way (assuming he usually connects from home, where his N>external-facing IP address would be the same IP address that his BBS is hoste N>on). Even just pinging his BBS domain would probably come back with an IP N>address.
Please forgive me if my messages offend anyone.. I'm just trying to help.
Captain Kiwi wrote to KK4QBN <=-
I'm now a part time drug abuse counselor (I do it to give back to the commun that has saved my life) so I do it free for are local judicial court circuit
Great work on getting clean! It's not an easy thing to do. Giving
back and helping out those in need is a very noble work. Thank you!!
Nightfox wrote to KK4QBN <=-
I just had a look at the Synchronet BBS list (www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html) and it seems there are plenty more than
7 up there. And that's just mainly Synchronet BBSes - There are other online BBS lists that probably include more BBSes.
I'm better off learning for myself anyway.. I remember when one
could pull 60 active systems up on the im list.. now were lucky to
see 7.. thats not
I was speaking of the instant message list..
Ah, the inter-BBS message list? I thought that was a pretty cool feature when I started using Synchronet. I've been wondering why there are so few BBSes on that list and how that list is generated.
I ran a BBS in the 90s, but I took it down in 2000. I didn't get back into BBSing until 2007, when I saw Jason Scott's documentary "BBS: The Documentary", and I was curious how many BBSes were running online and was inspired to start a BBS again. I am a little surprised I had not heard of Synchronet before 2007, but I don't remember there being any BBSes in my area using Synchronet in the 90s..
Those were great times years ago...I loved those face to face user and Sysop meetings. It was fun putting faces to names. I remember at one gathering at a (now former) Denny's Restaurant, one (now former) Sysop opened up his case, and pulled out a fancy laptop computer. All the conversation in the room STOPPED, and all eyes GRAVITATED to the
I run my BBS my way...and others run their BBS their way...and that's
fine with me. I know my BBS is not the only one in existence...but each BBS is run "for the Sysop" in many cases. Plus, I had promised my late wife that I'd continue the BBS in her memory, if she died first...which
is exactly what happened.
In a word, oops. :P
The next thing will be the dogs and cats are looking up canine and
kitty porn -- but the animals are naturally nude, anyway. Yet, I've seen several instances where folks "dress their dogs and cats to the hilt"
for various things (including a "wedding"). The look on the animals'
faces are like "get this crap off of me, before I rip it to shreds!!".
As for the comments of bullying, etc., it's sad there are so many of
these in the world nowadays (i.e. the school bullying, then suicides
on Facebook).
My parents taught me that "if you can't say something nice, don't say
it at all"...but you're right...these "bullies" have to "have the last word". Plus, if I talked to my parents the way he responds in the
majority of his messages, I wouldn't be here today!!
Then, when you tell these people that "Life Isn't Burger King -- you
can't always 'Have It Your Way'...they really get offended. I can say that, though...I worked for them nearly 40 years ago.
Speaking of which, I absolutely *LOVE* their new Rodeo King sandwich!! It's like a "Double Whopper With Cheese"...but it has bacon, onion
rings, barbeque sauce, and mayonnaise on it. I just hope this isn't a "temporary promotional item".
I also love their 10 piece chicken nuggets. Unlike Wendy's and
McDonald's, the burgers are "flame broiled", and not swimming in grease.
back and helping out those in need is a very noble work. Thank
you!!
My hat goes off to anyone who's battled their demons and is now using that to do good. Kudos to KK4QBN. :)
I don't think I've got around to putting myself up there.
... Aha! Another "undocumented feature"!
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Thank you both! It still helps to keep me clean also though, so it is
for me too :)
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Just jump into the SBL door..
... Aha! Another "undocumented feature"!
in 2017? better build a wall around it!
Just jump into the SBL door..
Yeah I did look it up at some stage, just never got round to it lol
... Aha! Another "undocumented feature"!
in 2017? better build a wall around it!
:D
Nightfox wrote to KK4QBN <=-
Yeah, I sometimes wonder that about trolls and bullies, whether they have an inferiority complex. I've decided not to let that bother me so much, because I know there are plenty more decent people in the world.
Yeah, I just use the twit filter between my ears, that one is _much_ harder to get around. ;) I'm here for fun, not for a fight, though I can look after myself too.
Send me all your BBS stats and I'll be happy to add it for you, DMs JS version of the SBL should be close to being completed. Its all going to
be in one file :)
I have aquired a free Ibook g4 (I beleive) I think its a G4.. ppc.. it
has issues and I cannot get MacOS to install back onto it... I'm
seriously thinking of installing ubuntu mate or something to it.. looks like it's gonna be a pita.
MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
in the real world if someone is fucking with you, you turn it back on them. i've even had to do that after becoming an adult. in the
workplace you cant always knock out your coworker, but there's more
than one way to skin a cat.
today online, people use the word troll just as a label for someone
that they disagree with. that's incorrect. a troll is someone who says something they do not mean and tries to stir up a reaction. they
sit back and laugh while people freak out.
in the real world if someone is fucking with you, you turn it back on them. i've even had to do that after becoming an adult. in the workplace you cant always knock out your coworker, but there's more than one way to skin a cat.
Summarised as "please don't feed the trolls". :)
Cool, thanks, though it's easier if I have direct interaction with the script, open ended recall is a slow and inefficient process for me.
Hahahaha I'll keep that in mind <evil grin> ;) (like many hams here, I hold TL>multiple callsigns ;) ).
Just like hamfests, usuakky when you finally see the face behind the name, K>handle, callsign, or voice, it is not what you expected.. I don't know why we K>tend to create expectations of people appearance just by the way they type or K>talk.. very strange.
Exactly.. people should'nt be taunted for running the BBS the way they want, K>my case I try to run the system to give the users what they ask for.. if I K>possibly can.. but I also run it for myself too.. It's a great side hobby..
I'm afraid of height too, the coasters (even some of the highest) dont bother K>me because I know they're coming straight down.. but you'll never catch me K>bungee jumping or taking a dive out of a perfectly good airplane :)
SO very true... these "keyboard warriors" are just that.. they do this behind K>their keyboard, but I guarantee if you were face to face with one they would' K>even look at you, they would hang their head to the ground and scurry away.
Same here.. I can tell you some very creative ways I used to get my whoopings
Lol, I was the nightshift manager at burgerking a good many years ago, and ju K>about had all my family and friends working there. the owner of that particul K>frachise loved it because we all worked together so well.
Wow.. that sounds like you would need to take some pipe cleaners through your K>arteries to clean out the cholesterol after one sitting.
I still cannot really eat there too much just because I worked there and eat K>just about every day. same goes for any other eatery I've ever worked at..
What I loved about working there though, even though we kept that store so K>clean one could eat off the floor, on the weekends it would get so busy at K>night that our broiler would ALWAYS catch fire at peak hours. we'd have to pu K>it out with an extinguisher, break it down, wash it, put it back together and K>fire it up again. we got so good that we could break it down in less than 10 K>minutes with it still flaming hot.
I would get customers who would come up and tell me thats the whole reason th K>come on peak hours on weekend nights is to just catch the fire show.. and wat K>the customers who did'nt know that it occured frequently at peak hours freak K>out over it and just about evacuate the store... HAHAHA some good ol times..
anyway.. think I've gotton way off topic here.. this no longer has anything a K>all to do with SBBS :)
Besides the BBS and ham radio, I square dance. So, I have 3 hobbies to keep me busy. Now, if there are storms outside, I just shut things off, and go take a nap. However, it isn't for beauty's sake...I gave that up long ago -- and no comments from the peanut gallery!! <G>
The preacher said "Well, I'm sorry...I can't marry you two".
To which the young man replied "I can't say that I blame you. The
reason th come on peak hours on weekend nights is to just catch the
fire show.. and wat the customers who did'nt know that it occured
frequently at peak hours freak out over it and just about evacuate the
store... HAHAHA some good ol times..
I'm sure the Fire Department made frequent visits to your restaurant.
MRO wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
no, you confront people if you have a problem with them and you fix the problem one way or another. in the end you might make a friend or
atleast help someone.
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
open the syncdata conference up and read how the messages are formatted and straight type one up I presume.. the sbbslist script is in CVS now,
I believe it resides in the exec dir.
Daryl Stout wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
The thing is...with ham radio operators...our first name is our first name. Our last name is our callsign. We have no clue what the last name
of fellow hams is!! <G>
Daryl Stout wrote to KK4QBN <=-
Besides the BBS and ham radio, I square dance. So, I have 3 hobbies
to keep me busy. Now, if there are storms outside, I just shut things
off, and go take a nap. However, it isn't for beauty's sake...I gave
that up long ago -- and no comments from the peanut gallery!! <G>
I'm afraid of height too, the coasters (even some of the highest) dontother
me because I know they're coming straight down.. but you'll never catch me
bungee jumping or taking a dive out of a perfectly good airplane :)
I don't even like getting on a stepstool to change the battery in the smoke detector.
KK4QBN wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
You would'nt catch me doing any type of dancing.. my coordination is
all sorts of messed up and I would end up stomping everyones feet and
then end up barfing on them from vertigo. BUt if there is a storm outside, and I can be I'm usually out in it, looking at the awesome
power of it, watching the cloud formations, etc.. I always get an energized feeling out in storms.. probably all the positivly charged
ions floating around.. makes the hairs on my arms stand up as if I was holding a static charged balloon over my arm.
open the syncdata conference up and read how the messages are
formatted and straight type one up I presume.. the sbbslist script
is in CVS now, I believe it resides in the exec dir.
I have that conference in my QWK packets, but wasn't sure what was going on there.
power of it, watching the cloud formations, etc.. I always get an
energized feeling out in storms.. probably all the positivly charged
ions floating around.. makes the hairs on my arms stand up as if I
was holding a static charged balloon over my arm.
Hmm, trying to get zapped? ;)
Ah, the inter-BBS message list? I thought that was a pretty cool
feature when I started using Synchronet. I've been wondering why
there are so few BBSes on that list and how that list is generated.
I believe all system who are running the instant messenger are still polled on udp ports nightly by Robs system, a list is distrubuted and sent around to all the BBS systems. then when you use it it parses the list and probes the UDP ports for available system.. most of the time there is no one on there..
I had a cool setup in the 90s when I was in my teens, was the local fidonet hub, we had planet connect satellite downling for fidonet and had to call chattanooga nightly for the uplink. ended up getting ISDN, so it did make the mail calls a bit cheaper. but before that I ended up having 3 lines running into the house :) This was all before the internet was available around here.. don't think it became available until 96 or so, and that was a deathblow to all the BBS systems.. I actually had a great many paying subscribers too..
That sounds pretty cool. I never had a big BBS setup, just one line, and my BBS was free (I got plenty of callers but never really felt like I could justify charging a subscription for it). I eventually did set up DESQView so I could try running a separate local node so I could log in locally while someone was on my BBS though, and it was cool to at least learn how a multi-node BBS setup worked in DOS, even though I only had one BBS phone line.
The internet did seem like a death blow to BBSes, which was the main reason I took my original BBS down in 2000. It wasn't getting many callers anymore, and at the time I figured probably nobody would want to call a BBS anymore now that the internet was widely available. I had heard of telnet BBSes, but for a while I didn't think anyone would want to use a telnet BBS when they have internet access. But later (2007) I found that telnet BBSes still existed and people do call them, so I decided to start running a BBS again. It might not be quite the same as it used to be, but
Re: On The Twit List
By: KK4QBN to Nightfox on Sun Sep 17 2017 04:36 am
Ah, the inter-BBS message list? I thought that was a pretty cool
feature when I started using Synchronet. I've been wondering why
there are so few BBSes on that list and how that list is generated.
I believe all system who are running the instant messenger are still polled on udp ports nightly by Robs system, a list is distrubuted and sent around to all the BBS systems. then when you use it it parses the list and probes the UDP ports for available system.. most of the time there is no one on there..
What instant messenger do you have to run? I don't recall reading about that. I thought the Synchronet instant messenger ran over SMTP or something.. And I know a lot of ISPs block port 25 (the incoming SMTP port), and that can be an issue. Unless I'm thinking of something else..
You would'nt catch me doing any type of dancing.. my coordination is all sort K>of messed up and I would end up stomping everyones feet and then end up barfi K>on them from vertigo. BUt if there is a storm outside, and I can be I'm K>usually out in it, looking at the awesome power of it, watching the cloud K>formations, etc.. I always get an energized feeling out in storms.. probably K>all the positivly charged ions floating around.. makes the hairs on my arms K>stand up as if I was holding a static charged balloon over my arm.
Lol.. that was a good one, dunno why my editor cut the last of your sentence K>off, it usually don't do that, but it got the point across..
I don't even like getting on a stepstool to change the battery in the smoke detector.
Haha, I race up 20 foot ladders for fun. :D
... Beam a large pepperoni pizza to these coordinates.
No actually they did'nt.. it happened at peak hours from thursay - saturday, K>and we always put it put fairly quickly, plus the broiler had the large fire K>hood over it anyway with exhaust and a fire suppresant system that actually K>never activated (kinda made me wonder if it even worked) must have needed a K>certain amount of heat to turn it on, it would use C02 and baking soda just a K>our extinguisers did.. we did have to get our 50 pound fire extinguiser K>refilled on a weekly basis though.. never had to worry about it failing K>inspection.. man that store stayed busy.. and he had 2 in Dalton, now there i K>a 3rd less than 15 miles away in Chatswort..
Thats like Zaxbys.. there are 4 in Dalton all within 3-5 LOS miles, and one i K>chatsworth around 10 miles away from them.
Well.. not really.. when the lightening gets close enough I do go inside.. K>after a while you lean how it all works and where it is and will be..
the only thing that scares me with storms is wind.. especially straight line. K>theres not predecting those.
yep, thats how SBL and the match makr data is passed.. don't know if anything K>else flows through there anymore.. I don't know for sure but think SMM is now K>obsolete also..
too many grinder apps, etc out for a BBS matcmaker app to be of any relevence K>:)
I did notice it...and that's in the twit list as well. And, if I
knew his IP, I'd block it as well.
He'll more than likely need to ad the IP of outwest BBS also, because he is posting as Roadhog (90% guarantee) also.
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
open the syncdata conference up and read how the messages are
formatted and straight type one up I presume.. the sbbslist script
is in CVS now, I believe it resides in the exec dir.
I have that conference in my QWK packets, but wasn't sure what was going on there.
yep, thats how SBL and the match makr data is passed.. don't know if anything else flows through there anymore.. I don't know for sure but think SMM is now obsolete also..
too many grinder apps, etc out for a BBS matcmaker app to be of any relevence :)
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
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Re: Re: Why I Run A BBS
By: Tony Langdon to KK4QBN on Mon Sep 18 2017 20:28:00
power of it, watching the cloud formations, etc.. I always get an
energized feeling out in storms.. probably all the positivly charged
ions floating around.. makes the hairs on my arms stand up as if I
was holding a static charged balloon over my arm.
Hmm, trying to get zapped? ;)
Well.. not really.. when the lightening gets close enough I do go
inside.. after a while you lean how it all works and where it is and
will be..
the only thing that scares me with storms is wind.. especially straight line.. theres not predecting those.
Nightfox wrote to KK4QBN <=-
That sounds pretty cool. I never had a big BBS setup, just one line,
and my BBS was free (I got plenty of callers but never really felt like
I could justify charging a subscription for it). I eventually did set
up DESQView so I could try running a separate local node so I could log
in locally while someone was on my BBS though, and it was cool to at
least learn how a multi-node BBS setup worked in DOS, even though I
only had one BBS phone line.
The internet did seem like a death blow to BBSes, which was the main reason I took my original BBS down in 2000. It wasn't getting many callers anymore, and at the time I figured probably nobody would want
to call a BBS anymore now that the internet was widely available. I
had heard of telnet BBSes, but for a while I didn't think anyone would want to use a telnet BBS when they have internet access. But later
(2007) I found that telnet BBSes still existed and people do call them,
so I decided to start running a BBS again. It might not be quite the
same as it used to be, but my BBS still gets callers and I enjoy
running it.
Daryl Stout wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
Haha, I race up 20 foot ladders for fun. :D
Braggert. <G>
... Beam a large pepperoni pizza to these coordinates.
I'd rather have ground beef, extra chese, and sweet onion. :)
Daryl Stout wrote to KK4QBN <=-
I'm reminded of a bizarre cartoon I saw on Facebook. This guy was in
an "adult store" (sex videos, supplies, etc.) -- and he wanted "to purchase the large red dildo on the wall". He was sternly told "That is not for sale. That's our Fire extinguisher. You'll have to find
something else"!! <BG>
I'm reminded of a bizarre cartoon I saw on Facebook. This guy was in an "adult store" (sex videos, supplies, etc.) -- and he wanted "to purchase the large red dildo on the wall". He was sternly told "That is not for sale. That's our Fire extinguisher. You'll have to find something else"!! <BG>
There's a similar joke where a guy stood in for the shop owner on a quiet da TL>while the owner ran errands. But he got a few sales - the first was someone TL>who wanted the 6" model. The next wanted the 10" black model, and then the TL>third wanted the tartan "Scots special". When the owner came back, he asked TL>how things were, and the reply was "I got $10 for the standard model, $30 fo TL>the big black one, and $80 for your thermos!" :D
KK4QBN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
open the syncdata conference up and read how the messages are
formatted and straight type one up I presume.. the sbbslist script
is in CVS now, I believe it resides in the exec dir.
CVS suggests it's a 3.17 thing, or am I wrong?
What's even more confusing is that the process that creating the nightly sbbsimsg.lst file on Vertrauen verified instant-message capable systems by checking if they supported SMTP and UDP-Finger (rather than MSP/SYSTAT)for
a long time. So a system had to support both the old protocols and the "new" protocols in order to be listed in sbbsimsg.lst. That should befixed
now, but some lingering Finger/SMTP support remains (e.g. in exec/sbbsimsg.js) and that still needs cleaning up.
Daryl Stout wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-
Her boss asks what she has in it, and the blond replies "Vegetable
Soup and Ice Cream"!! :P
I don't think I'd have the heart to put a blond on a twit list...they provide too much comedy relief. ;)
Digital Man wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
I can't think of any reason of the top of my head why the new (still in-progress) sbbslist (exec/sbbslist.js) wouldn't run on v3.16. There might be something in the JS object model (in v3.17+) that it uses that I'm not thinking of. It might just work.
| Sysop: | Ragnarok |
|---|---|
| Location: | Dock Sud, Bs As, Argentina |
| Users: | 136 |
| Nodes: | 10 (0 / 10) |
| Uptime: | 16:09:04 |
| Calls: | 15,171 |
| Calls today: | 4 |
| Files: | 19,857 |
| D/L today: |
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