On 7/20/2021 1:45 AM, Arelor wrote:

My condolences for downloading and installing Discord.

Don't forget to send your RAM to the hospital so they can use a
rape kit on it after Discord is finished with it.

Every computer in my home has at least 32gb in it.

Discord sitting at 287mb here, which is pretty high for what it is...
Though I'm sitting with 40GB available, and about to drop in another
64gb with a new video card when it gets in tomorrow.
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On 7/20/2021 6:54 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:

If you like the Google Drive approach, Nextcloud would also work, pluss
it has its own integrated password management solution via plugins.

If I ever move back to a "real" ISP, the first thing I'll do is put a box on a UPS at my house and go back to self-hosting. I did that way back when on a server-friendly ISP and enjoyed running my own services.

I could put it on a VPS, but the data would be (I think) unencrypted and in the cloud - unless I'm mistaken. If there was a way to encrypt data at rest, I'd be all over that.

If you self-host in the cloud, you can use an encrypted volume if you
like, but given that volume can boot without a passphrase, it doesn't
provide *that* much security. A few people will use FUSE mounts for the
likes of S3 or similar, then encrypt that data... it'd be at rest across
a different system than the server itself, which is slightly better.

Getting my pihole and wireguard setup this weekend, at least that's the
plan.
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On 7/20/2021 3:03 PM, Ogg wrote:

http://t.me/aztracker1

We connected. Good to meet you.

You as well.

https://t.me/bbsiochat
but the group is really dead...

I dropped by. It seems to be primarily a ProBoard group, since
it's being run by the owner of ProBoard?

I set it up.. the ProBoard owner is just in there. :-) .. my messages in
the group show up as bbsiochat, which is kind of annoying.

If anyone has other groups to share that they like.

I'm linked up with ProgrammerJokes and one of the RT news
channels. I don't think I would even want more at this point.

https://t.me/rtintl
https://t.me/programmerjokes

The vast majority of my other links are the Fido2Telegram
groups (via @Fido2Telebot) which are linked to the echos with
Fidonet.

I'm going to have to followup, apparently my phone number is banned
(google voice number), so emailed telegram to see if they can unban or
convert me to my carrier number... *sigh* I don't like using the
carrier number as I've never memorized it and switched carriers without porting my number a couple times now.
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On 7/20/2021 7:52 PM, Nightfox wrote:

Windows 11 has that too (works with Android, dunno about iOS). Of
course, I've been using Google Voice, since it was Grand Central
before Google bought them, so using my phone and desktop is pretty
much been it... though I've also experienced every pain of Google's
schizophrenic approach to chat applications.

That's cool. I heard Windows 11 is supposed to be able to run Android
apps.

Yeah, apparently the feature will be post-release (October 5th) though.
I haven't seen/tried it on insiders though.

I had a Samsung phone not too long ago, and they had some software for Windows PCs that would let you control your phone from your PC. It
would show the phone's screen on your PC and you could interact with
it using that software. I thought it was interesting.

Some Samsung (and other) phones actually have a hub/desktop mode where
you can use a usb3 dock and get a desktop experience, that seems kind of
cool too. Hadn't seen the mirroring.

The win11 integration, I haven't used much and it's a little annoying to me.
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Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: Tracker1 to Ogg on Fri Sep 03 2021 06:56 pmãã > > I dropped by. It seems to be primarily a ProBoard group, sinceã > > it's being run by the owner of ProBoard?ã >ã > I set it up.. the ProBoard owner is just in there. :-) .. my messages inã > the group show up as bbsiochat, which is kind of annoying.ããyou mean the guy who claims to be the owner but has the leaked source, right?ãhe's so full of shit his eyes are brown.ãhe's been busted multiple times.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to Tracker1 on Sat Sep 04 2021 06:03 amãã > Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã > By: Tracker1 to Ogg on Fri Sep 03 2021 06:56 pmã >ã > > > I dropped by. It seems to be primarily a ProBoard group, sinceã > > > it's being run by the owner of ProBoard?ã >ã > > I set it up.. the ProBoard owner is just in there. :-) .. my messages inã > > the group show up as bbsiochat, which is kind of annoying.ã >ã > you mean the guy who claims to be the owner but has the leaked source,ã > right? he's so full of shit his eyes are brown.ã > he's been busted multiple times.ããman this dude is mentally ill.ããhttps://youtu.be/yfFjzvCdH90?t=10823ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Fri Sep 03 2021 06:58 pmãã >> That's cool. I heard Windows 11 is supposed to be able to run Androidã >> apps.ãã Tr> Yeah, apparently the feature will be post-release (October 5th) though. ã Tr> I haven't seen/tried it on insiders though.ããI've seen Android emulators for Windows that let you run Android apps on Windows. So it's something that's out there already. It seems Microsoft wants it included with Windows.. I wonder if it will be more of a seamless feature being integrated into Windows.ãã Tr> Some Samsung (and other) phones actually have a hub/desktop mode where ã Tr> you can use a usb3 dock and get a desktop experience, that seems kind of ã Tr> cool too. Hadn't seen the mirroring.ããI had a Samsung S20 phone that did that, or at least something like that. I thought it was cool. It didn't need a dock - I could plug my phone into my PC with a USB3 cable, and the Samsung software would let me basically see my phone screen on my PC and interact with it from my PC that way.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Hello Tracker1!ãã** On Friday 03.09.21 - 18:56, Tracker1 wrote to Ogg:ãã >>> https://t.me/bbsiochatã >>> but the group is really dead...ã >>ã >> I dropped by. It seems to be primarily a ProBoard group,ã >> since it's being run by the owner of ProBoard?ãã T> I set it up.. the ProBoard owner is just in there. :-) ..ã T> my messages in the group show up as bbsiochat, which isã T> kind of annoying.ããI don't see any messages posted by "bbsiochat" in there. There ãis an occassional post from someone using the id "Group" ãthough. Is that you?ããã >> The vast majority of my other links are the Fido2Telegramã >> groups (via @Fido2Telebot) which are linked to the echosã >> with Fidonet.ãã T> I'm going to have to followup, apparently my phone numberã T> is banned (google voice number), so emailed telegram to seeã T> if they can unban or convert me to my carrier number...ã T> *sigh* I don't like using the carrier number as I've neverã T> memorized it and switched carriers without porting myã T> number a couple times now.ããYou don't have to change numbers. Why not continue your account ãas @azTracker1 ?ããIn any case, the folks at Telegram are very helpful if you run ãinto a ban situation and explain the circumstances. My number ãwas banned at one point. My number is a standard number with my ãcellphone. By then, I had already installed Telegram on 3 ãdevices. I just wanted one more device. But as soon as I went ãto register/activate the installation, I got a "number is ãbanned" message. :( But an email to Telegram Support sorted ãit all out within 12 hours.ããã--- OpenXP 5.0.50ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Tracker1 to Arelor on Fri Sep 03 2021 06:39 pmãã > On 7/20/2021 1:45 AM, Arelor wrote:ã > > My condolences for downloading and installing Discord.ã > ã > > Don't forget to send your RAM to the hospital so they can use aã > > rape kit on it after Discord is finished with it.ã > ã > Every computer in my home has at least 32gb in it.ã > ã > Discord sitting at 287mb here, which is pretty high for what it is...ã > Though I'm sitting with 40GB available, and about to drop in anotherã > 64gb with a new video card when it gets in tomorrow.ããHeh, you are necroing an old thread.ããBesides, it is awesome that the weakest of your computers has more RAM thatãevery computer in my house combined, including smartphones. However, some of usãhave a tight budget and make do with scrapyard computers, and 250+mb isãsomethig you DO notice when the rest of what you are doing in the same computerãtakes less than 400 mb combined.And you notice it more when you are usingãcomputers with 1 or 2 Gb of RAM.ããMy most powerful computer is from 2007, and it was obsoleted already.ããThere is a lot of talk of being socially inclusive and whatnot in the ITãindustry, but something I often hear is:ãã"We should deprecate this technology because nobody is using it"ããorãã"Let's make this thing a requirenment, everybody already has it, after all"ããThe irony is that they end up deprecating technology because they don't use itãanymore despite the fact there are lange numbers of people in less wealthyãcountries depending on the now deprecated technology. They don't care ifãsomebody from Africa's screwed up because their lame software now requires moreãRAM than the whole village can afford.ããAlso, Linux distributions were deprecating CD releases in favor of DVD releasesã"because nobody uses CDs anymore" despite the fact CD production was ON THEãRISE WORLDWIDE because lots of poor countries prefer CDs over DVDs due toãprice.ããSo it seems to me the IT industry is inclusive until the time comes to includeãpeople with no money or resources. Those we can screw up.ããSo yes, it is awesome that you can afford to have 32 Gb of RAM on your weakestãcomputer. But that is not an argument to make to a guy whose pro-computer fleetãhas no computer with more than 2.ãããã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: Re: Someone should make that happen..ã By: Tracker1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 03 2021 06:43 pmãã > On 7/20/2021 6:54 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:ã > >> If you like the Google Drive approach, Nextcloud would also work, plussã > >> it has its own integrated password management solution via plugins.ã > ã > > If I ever move back to a "real" ISP, the first thing I'll do is put a box ã > > a UPS at my house and go back to self-hosting. I did that way back when onã > > server-friendly ISP and enjoyed running my own services.ã > ã > > I could put it on a VPS, but the data would be (I think) unencrypted and iã > > the cloud - unless I'm mistaken. If there was a way to encrypt data at resã > > I'd be all over that.ã > If you self-host in the cloud, you can use an encrypted volume if youã > like, but given that volume can boot without a passphrase, it doesn'tã > provide *that* much security. A few people will use FUSE mounts for theã > likes of S3 or similar, then encrypt that data... it'd be at rest acrossã > a different system than the server itself, which is slightly better.ã > ã > Getting my pihole and wireguard setup this weekend, at least that's theã > plan.ããA good way to store data safely in a Virtual Private Server is a FUSEãencryption layer such as Cryptomator. I am not a big fan of Cryptomator but theãconcept is neat. Your file synchronization tool only sees encrypted files, andãyour VPS only sees encrypted files. However, in your own computer you work withãunencrypted files in a transparent manner.ããMuch better than using a Veracrypt volume or similar solution, for file syncãtools at least.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Hello Arelor!ãã** On Sunday 05.09.21 - 08:26, Arelor wrote to Tracker1:ãã >> On 7/20/2021 1:45 AM, Arelor wrote:ã >>> My condolences for downloading and installing Discord.ãã[...]ãã A> Heh, you are necroing an old thread.ããA message from July doesn't seem so bad. It's summertime and ãpeople get occupied with things.ããAt what point in time is replying to a message considered a ãnecro event? And why does it seem to have a negative ãconnotation?ããHeck, I have marked messages (intended for a reply) that are ãdated much older than the one that you mention. :/ããã--- OpenXP 5.0.50ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã By: Ogg to Arelor on Sun Sep 05 2021 11:23 pmãã > Hello Arelor!ã > ã > ** On Sunday 05.09.21 - 08:26, Arelor wrote to Tracker1:ã > ã > >> On 7/20/2021 1:45 AM, Arelor wrote:ã > >>> My condolences for downloading and installing Discord.ã > ã > [...]ã > ã > A> Heh, you are necroing an old thread.ã > ã > A message from July doesn't seem so bad. It's summertime andã > people get occupied with things.ã > ã > At what point in time is replying to a message considered aã > necro event? And why does it seem to have a negativeã > connotation?ã > ã > Heck, I have marked messages (intended for a reply) that areã > dated much older than the one that you mention. :/ããI have nothing against Necromancers. They give out a lot of XP when you defeatãthem.ããThere is no hard rule for defining what is necro and what is not. I thinkãsomething is necro when it happens long after interest on the thread has waned.ããI think nobody even remembered the Discord discussion, which for me scores asãnecro. I bet Tracker1 lives in a dark tower of power and spends his timeãreading black tomes while listening to The Spell and raising dead threads fromãthe grave.ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã By: Arelor to Ogg on Mon Sep 06 2021 06:23 amãã >ã > > Heck, I have marked messages (intended for a reply) that areã > > dated much older than the one that you mention. :/ã >ã > I have nothing against Necromancers. They give out a lot of XP when youã > defeat them.ã >ã > There is no hard rule for defining what is necro and what is not. I thinkãããtracker is different in that he is just gone for long stretches. he's not a new guy who just didnt update his msg pointers.ããso i'm not sure how to complain about him.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to all on Sat Sep 04 2021 07:09 amãã > man this dude is mentally ill.ã >ã > https://youtu.be/yfFjzvCdH90?t=10823ããI want to run *his* software for my BBS!ã-- ã digital manããSynchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #66:ãSBBS = Synchronet Bulletin Board SystemãNorco, CA WX: 90.7øF, 42.0% humidity, 4 mph NNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: Digital Man to MRO on Mon Sep 06 2021 01:25 pmãã > Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã > By: MRO to all on Sat Sep 04 2021 07:09 amã >ã > > man this dude is mentally ill.ã >ã > > https://youtu.be/yfFjzvCdH90?t=10823ã >ã > I want to run *his* software for my BBS!ã > --ã > digital manããi made the mistake of letting this run when i was cleaning my pet's cages and my fishtank.ããhe started getting really bad talking about this 18 year old woman he knocked up at 30, then showing his kid's pics and going on these rants about crazy shit. saying it's not his fault he can't keep a job or take care of his kids.ããhe said baby momma's last name was sanford. i wonder if that was eli's sister. it's hard to make it out.ããi was like god damn dude. you should be on a government watch list.ãhe wasn't that bad before, he must be using crystal meth or huffing.ããatleast he took down the confederate flag off the wall.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã By: MRO to Arelor on Mon Sep 06 2021 09:12 amãã > Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã > By: Arelor to Ogg on Mon Sep 06 2021 06:23 amã > ã > ã > > > Heck, I have marked messages (intended for a reply) that areã > > > dated much older than the one that you mention. :/ã > ã > > I have nothing against Necromancers. They give out a lot of XP when youã > > defeat them.ã > ã > > There is no hard rule for defining what is necro and what is not. I thinkã > ã > ã > tracker is different in that he is just gone for long stretches. he's not aã > new guy who just didnt update his msg pointers.ã > ã > so i'm not sure how to complain about him.ããHire a group of adventures (a fighter, a wizard, a rogue and a cleric are theãstandard) to sneak into his necromantic tower and steal the Hand of Vecna fromãhis treasure chamber. That should be a good enough complaint for a Necromancerã:-)ãã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

On 9/4/2021 1:37 PM, Nightfox wrote:

Yeah, apparently the feature will be post-release (October 5th)
though. I haven't seen/tried it on insiders though.

I've seen Android emulators for Windows that let you run Android apps
on Windows. So it's something that's out there already. It seems
Microsoft wants it included with Windows.. I wonder if it will be
more of a seamless feature being integrated into Windows.

Should be... rumor is it'll use Amazon's store instead of Google Play,
so very mixed bag, and no wonder it slipped.

Some Samsung (and other) phones actually have a hub/desktop mode
where you can use a usb3 dock and get a desktop experience, that
seems kind of cool too. Hadn't seen the mirroring.

I had a Samsung S20 phone that did that, or at least something like
that. I thought it was cool. It didn't need a dock - I could plug
my phone into my PC with a USB3 cable, and the Samsung software would
let me basically see my phone screen on my PC and interact with it
from my PC that way.

That's kind of cool... what I'm talking about, no computer needed, the
phone *is* the computer. There's a win10/11 software MS has that can do
some stuff with my android phone... mostly use it to copy pictures off
of it.

Really wanting to switch back to Linux (PopOS), but also wanting to try
some AI up-scaling for video, that's limited to Windows. May have to
stick a second drive in again so I can dual-boot cleaner.
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On 9/4/2021 5:39 PM, Ogg wrote:

I set it up.. the ProBoard owner is just in there. :-) ..
my messages in the group show up as bbsiochat, which is
kind of annoying.

I don't see any messages posted by "bbsiochat" in there. There
is an occassional post from someone using the id "Group"
though. Is that you?

Probably... Not sure if/how I can change it tbh.

You don't have to change numbers. Why not continue your account
as @azTracker1 ?

Was able to recover it... my "number is banned" is the message I was
getting. Likely a filter that trapped all the service number blocks
(twilio, google voice, etc).

In any case, the folks at Telegram are very helpful if you run
into a ban situation and explain the circumstances. My number
was banned at one point. My number is a standard number with my
cellphone. By then, I had already installed Telegram on 3
devices. I just wanted one more device. But as soon as I went
to register/activate the installation, I got a "number is
banned" message. :( But an email to Telegram Support sorted
it all out within 12 hours.

Yeah, it was un-banned the next morning.
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On 9/5/2021 6:26 AM, Arelor wrote:

So yes, it is awesome that you can afford to have 32 Gb of RAM on
your weakest computer. But that is not an argument to make to a
guy whose pro-computer fleet has no computer with more than 2.

I wasn't trying to be offensive... only mentioning that 16+ has been
widely available for a while, at least in the US. I'm often very
surprised when I see something with less than 8gb.

There's definitely some hard press to try to get something running that
low on resources with a modern desktop. There was some options in
Windows XP that let you use a fast USB or other drive as extension
memory. Not sure if you can still do that in Windows or Linux.
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On 9/6/2021 4:23 AM, Arelor wrote:

I bet Tracker1 lives in a dark tower of power and spends his time
reading black tomes while listening to The Spell and raising dead
threads from the grave.

More that I work too much, and at the end of the day don't really check
on the BBS as often as I should... so weeks often go by between read
cycles for me.

After this week, I have two off, planning on spending at least half of
it working on the BBS.
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Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Tue Sep 21 2021 04:30 pmãã Tr> Really wanting to switch back to Linux (PopOS), but also wanting to try ã Tr> some AI up-scaling for video, that's limited to Windows. May have to ã Tr> stick a second drive in again so I can dual-boot cleaner.ããIs it Topaz Video Enhance AI by chance? I've been using that on and off since about April last year to do some video upscaling. I've considered switching to Linux for a long time but haven't due to software, and now Topaz Video Enhance AI is one reason why.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Sep 06 2021 03:36 pmãã MR> i made the mistake of letting this run when i was cleaning my pet's cagesã MR> and my fishtank. ãã MR> he started getting really bad talking about this 18 year old woman heã MR> knocked up at 30, then showing his kid's pics and going on these rantsã MR> about crazy shit. saying it's not his fault he can't keep a job or takeã MR> care of his kids. ãã MR> he said baby momma's last name was sanford. i wonder if that was eli'sã MR> sister. it's hard to make it out. ãã MR> i was like god damn dude. you should be on a government watch list.ã MR> he wasn't that bad before, he must be using crystal meth or huffing.ãã MR> atleast he took down the confederate flag off the wall.ãã Jesus fuck, that guy.ããhttps://www.freelancer.com/projects/c-programming/convert-the-source-code-probo ard/?ngsw-bypass=&w=fãããhow the hell did he get the source to ProBoard? A few years ago Philippe mentioned he wanted to give away the source code on Twitter, and a year later he said there were some copyright issues.ããProBoard was the first BBS software I ever seriously ran, because all the BBSes in this area used it. (Mr. Homie's Neighborhood, which moved down to Milwaukee was one of them). ããI eventually moved to Synchronet in the late 90s and didn't really look back.ããã ããDaiTenguãã... He was a man, all and all, I shall not look upon his like again.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.comã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Tracker1 to Arelor on Tue Sep 21 2021 04:39 pmãã > On 9/5/2021 6:26 AM, Arelor wrote:ã > ã > > So yes, it is awesome that you can afford to have 32 Gb of RAM onã > > your weakest computer. But that is not an argument to make to aã > > guy whose pro-computer fleet has no computer with more than 2.ã > ã > I wasn't trying to be offensive... only mentioning that 16+ has beenã > widely available for a while, at least in the US. I'm often veryã > surprised when I see something with less than 8gb.ã > ã > There's definitely some hard press to try to get something running thatã > low on resources with a modern desktop. There was some options inã > Windows XP that let you use a fast USB or other drive as extensionã > memory. Not sure if you can still do that in Windows or Linux.ããYou can pull it off with Linux for sure. Just swapon the external drive :-)ããI was testing some setup for deployment yesterday. I used a workstation of 2 GB of RAM and aãprocessor so cingeworthy I am not going to ashame myself by giving its specs here.ããThe thing can run Firefox, Thunderbird and Libreoffice at the same time. It swaps from time to timeãbut you can certainly use it in a pitch. If you can write reports in Writer while notifyingãinsurance companies of a case's status via a web portal, while you get mails and live updatesãregarding events and schedules via calendar addons, then I think it is safe to say the computer youãdo it all from is usable :-)ããI also tested OpenBSD. Putting the working environment together was a bit hackish but it also doesãwell. I think it is a bit more responsive than Linux in some regards but their Thunderbirdãimplementation is slower.ããI also tried Tiny Core Linux. That thing rocks. It is blazing fast and you don't realize you areãusing a stoneage computer. The drawback is the distribution is no suitable for firmwork because theãrepositories lack package signing and the process by which they accept package submissions is tooãfree-for-all.ããã--ãgopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalkenãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FLã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: DaiTengu to MRO on Wed Sep 22 2021 01:15 pmãã > MR> atleast he took down the confederate flag off the wall.ã >ã > Jesus fuck, that guy.ã >ã > https://www.freelancer.com/projects/c-programming/convert-the-source-code-prã > obo ard/?ngsw-bypass=&w=fã >ã >ã > how the hell did he get the source to ProBoard? A few years ago Philippeã > mentioned he wanted to give away the source code on Twitter, and a yearã > later he said there were some copyright issues.ã >ããi think someone just posted it on the internet. he has paid people for it in the past, or so he says so he thinks he owns it. he said he paid clawson money for it and he got an asm dump. pcmike looked at the paperwork and the signatures were all computer generated. he would talk about it on irc and i'd go back in the logs and catch him lying so who knows what the truth is.ããhe obviously has mental illness and probably drug problems.ãnight now he says he needs gofundme money to fight his ex in court because he has fleas.ããphilippe did say he wouldnt give it out because of copyright issues.ãclawson's estate could sue over it being distributed. according to his obituary he has heirs. https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/name/patrick-clawson-obituary?pid=176308972ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:37 amããã MR> philippe did say he wouldnt give it out because of copyright issues.ã MR> clawson's estate could sue over it being distributed. according to hisã MR> obituary he has heirs.ã MR> https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/name/patrick-clawson-obituary?ã MR> pid=176308972 --- ãã I tried to find out what happened to Telegrafix and Clawson yesterday, I came across that Obituary but didn't think it was his, as there was no mention of running a company, or living in CA or VA (Where Telegrafix came from/moved to) ããDaiTenguãã... I'm not broke, I'm just badly bent.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.comã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: DaiTengu to MRO on Thu Sep 23 2021 08:42 amãã > Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã > By: MRO to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:37 amã >ã >ã > MR> philippe did say he wouldnt give it out because of copyright issues.ã > MR> clawson's estate could sue over it being distributed. according to hisã > MR> obituary he has heirs. https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/nameã > MR> /patrick-clawson-obituary? pid=176308972 ---ã >ã > I tried to find out what happened to Telegrafix and Clawson yesterday, Iã > came across that Obituary but didn't think it was his, as there was noã > mention of running a company, or living in CA or VA (Where Telegrafix cameã > from/moved to)ã >ããyeah that's him. or i'm pretty sure it is. that's the obit that was announced back when he died.ãthe radio and reporting stuff is stuff clawson was involved in.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: DaiTengu to MRO on Wed Sep 22 2021 01:15 pmãã > Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã > By: MRO to Digital Man on Mon Sep 06 2021 03:36 pmã >ã > MR> i made the mistake of letting this run when i was cleaning my pet'sã > MR> cages and my fishtank.ã >ã > MR> he started getting really bad talking about this 18 year old woman heã > MR> knocked up at 30, then showing his kid's pics and going on these rantsã > MR> about crazy shit. saying it's not his fault he can't keep a job or takeã > MR> care of his kids.ã >ã > MR> he said baby momma's last name was sanford. i wonder if that was eli'sã > MR> sister. it's hard to make it out.ã >ã > MR> i was like god damn dude. you should be on a government watch list.ã > MR> he wasn't that bad before, he must be using crystal meth or huffing.ã >ã > MR> atleast he took down the confederate flag off the wall.ã >ã > Jesus fuck, that guy.ã >ã > https://www.freelancer.com/projects/c-programming/convert-the-source-code-prã > obo ard/?ngsw-bypass=&w=fã >ã >ã > how the hell did he get the source to ProBoard? A few years ago Philippeã > mentioned he wanted to give away the source code on Twitter, and a yearã > later he said there were some copyright issues.ãã"The dating system will need need a complete rewrite. Making it 4 year dating only." - he only wants to date for 4 years!ããHey, that project is marked as "completed" - so its done, right?ãã > ProBoard was the first BBS software I ever seriously ran, because all theã > BBSes in this area used it. (Mr. Homie's Neighborhood, which moved down toã > Milwaukee was one of them).ããI don't think I've ever actually seen a ProBoard system. <shrug>ãã > I eventually moved to Synchronet in the late 90s and didn't really lookã > back.ãã:-)ã-- ã digital manããRush quote #13:ãCast in this unlikely role, ill-equipped to act, with insufficient tactãNorco, CA WX: 85.6øF, 37.0% humidity, 3 mph NNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:37 amãã > philippe did say he wouldnt give it out because of copyright issues.ã > clawson's estate could sue over it being distributed.ããThat does seem extremely unlikely.ãã > according to hisã > obituary he has heirs.ã > https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/name/patrick-clawsonã > -obituary?pid=176308972ããI didn't know he passed away. Thanks.ã-- ã digital manããSling Blade quote #15:ãDoyle Hargraves: What'cha doin' with that lawn mower blade Karl?ãNorco, CA WX: 85.6øF, 37.0% humidity, 3 mph NNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: DaiTengu to MRO on Thu Sep 23 2021 08:42 amãã > Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã > By: MRO to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:37 amã >ã >ã > MR> philippe did say he wouldnt give it out because of copyright issues.ã > MR> clawson's estate could sue over it being distributed. according to hisã > MR> obituary he has heirs. https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/nameã > MR> /patrick-clawson-obituary? pid=176308972 ---ã >ã > I tried to find out what happened to Telegrafix and Clawson yesterday, Iã > came across that Obituary but didn't think it was his, as there was noã > mention of running a company, or living in CA or VA (Where Telegrafix cameã > from/moved to)ããI remember when I talked to Pat on the phone once or twice he liked to brag about his experience at CNN and his accumulated awards. It sounds like the right guy to me.ã-- ã digital manããBreaking Bad quote #43:ãCongratulations! You're now officially the cute one of the group.ãNorco, CA WX: 85.6øF, 37.0% humidity, 3 mph NNW wind, 0.00 inches rain/24hrsã---ã þ Synchronet þ Vertrauen þ Home of Synchronet þ [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.netã

Arelor wrote to Tracker1 <=-ãã > There's definitely some hard press to try to get something running thatã > low on resources with a modern desktop. There was some options inã > Windows XP that let you use a fast USB or other drive as extensionã > memory. Not sure if you can still do that in Windows or Linux.ããYes, it's called ReadyBoost, it acts as a disk cache if memory serves.ãã Ar> I was testing some setup for deployment yesterday. I used a workstationã Ar> of 2 GB of RAM and a processor so cingeworthy I am not going to ashameã Ar> myself by giving its specs here.ããI used a Thinkpad T42 for years with Lubuntu. 1.7Ghz single-core CPU, 2 GB ãof DDR RAM, 5400 RPM PATA drive, later updated to a PATA SSD. It did ãeverything I could throw at it except for full-screen video. It was a little ãchoppy.ããBest damn keyboard on a laptop, ever. Best industrial design on a laptop, ãIMO. The T4x series were a high-water mark for 4:3 laptops.ããããããã... Move towards the unimportantã--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: Digital Man to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 11:20 amãã > ProBoard was the first BBS software I ever seriously ran, becauseã > all the BBSes in this area used it. (Mr. Homie's Neighborhood, whichã > moved down to Milwaukee was one of them).ãã DM> I don't think I've ever actually seen a ProBoard system. <shrug>ããI seem to remember there being a few ProBoard BBSes in my area in the 90s.ããI'd heard ProBoard started as a clone of QuickBBS. Similarly, RemoteAccess (which I had ran in the 90s) also was a clone of QuickBBS..ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

On 9/22/2021 8:42 AM, Nightfox wrote:

Really wanting to switch back to Linux (PopOS), but also wanting to
try some AI up-scaling for video, that's limited to Windows. May have
to stick a second drive in again so I can dual-boot cleaner.

Is it Topaz Video Enhance AI by chance? I've been using that on and
off since about April last year to do some video upscaling. I've
considered switching to Linux for a long time but haven't due to
software, and now Topaz Video Enhance AI is one reason why.

That would be the one... been meaning to play with it, I have some DVDs
that don't have HD versions that I'd been wanting to upscale, though
dual boot should work for the future... also, not sure how much I'm
willing to deal with the secure boot in windows, and if it will/won't
work in Linux for me.

How has it been working for you... now that I have a 3080, hoping it
will chew through it relatively quickly.
--
Michael J. Ryan - tracker1@roughneckbbs.com
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ï¿­ Synchronet ï¿­ Roughneck BBS - roughneckbbs.com

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Tracker1 to Nightfox on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:40 pmãã >> Is it Topaz Video Enhance AI by chance? I've been using that on andãã Tr> That would be the one... been meaning to play with it, I have some DVDs ã Tr> that don't have HD versions that I'd been wanting to upscale, though ã Tr> dual boot should work for the future... also, not sure how much I'm ã Tr> willing to deal with the secure boot in windows, and if it will/won't ã Tr> work in Linux for me.ãã Tr> How has it been working for you... now that I have a 3080, hoping it ã Tr> will chew through it relatively quickly.ããI have an RTX 3070 Super, and have been wanting to upgrade to a 3080.. I just don't want to pay more than necessary to a scalper for one..ããI've upscaled some DVD movies & TV shows to 4K (and occasionally to 1080). The source video resolution and aspect ratio seems to affect the upscaling time significantly. I was upscaling some TV shows from DVD (in 4:3 format) to 4K, and if I remember, about a 45-minute episode would take my PC about 8-12 hours to upscale to 4K with my 2070. Video with a widescreen resolution seems to take a bit longer.ããOne thing I noticed is that no matter what output resolution you're upscaling to, it takes longer if the source image resolution is higher. Upscaling a DVD to 4K takes significantly less time than upscaling 1080p video to 4K.ããAlso, the output format you choose and the AI model you use affect the upscaling time as well (the software includes several AI models you can use, and they also have different options you can tweak). For the output format, you can output to a MP4 video or output to PNG images which you'd then have to make into a video afterward (you could use ffmpeg for that). If you use PNG images, it will take longer and use more drive space, but theoretically it would offer better video quality. Also, if you have it output to MP4, I've found its MP4 files can be quite large, and you may want to compress them afterward (I'd sometimes use Handbrake for that).ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: Digital Man to MRO on Thu Sep 23 2021 11:25 amãã > > according to hisã > > obituary he has heirs.ã > > https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/flint/name/patrick-clawsonã > > -obituary?pid=176308972ã >ã > I didn't know he passed away. Thanks.ããhe had the same middle name as this obit and his obituary was also posted in winchester,va so think this is the guy.ããsomeone posted it on facebook years ago.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: Digital Man to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 11:26 amãã > > mention of running a company, or living in CA or VA (Where Telegrafixã > > came from/moved to)ã >ã > I remember when I talked to Pat on the phone once or twice he liked to bragã > about his experience at CNN and his accumulated awards. It sounds like theã > right guy to me.ããapparently he was loved by a lot of people which is in contrast to how he was to his customers. he was a real vicious person when dealing with the bbs community. people were very demanding back then, though.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

knightbbs wrote:ã> MR> nobody uses instant msging anymore.ã> ã> Shame actually. I got on the net in 1996 and ICQ and IRC were my main means of communication. I loved getting the oh-ow sounds when logging in, having people reach out to me and exchanging messages.ããI used ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger...I still remember my ICQãnumber, and it's only 7 digits :)ããI'm pretty bummed YIM shut down, that was a decent messenger. In the end Iãused some multi-messenger program, I forgot which, but then people startedãmoving away and using FB and snapchat and stuff. I don't have a snap, or aãtictok...well, I do because I had to post something for a contest, but otherãthan that I never use them.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.comã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Nelgin to knightbbs on Thu Sep 30 2021 02:14 amãã > knightbbs wrote:ã > > MR> nobody uses instant msging anymore.ã >ã > > Shame actually. I got on the net in 1996 and ICQ and IRC were my mainã > > means of communication. I loved getting the oh-ow sounds when logging in,ã > > having people reach out to me and exchanging messages.ã >ã > I used ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger...I still remember my ICQããdid you purposely not quote the date so i couldnt call you a necroposterã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Nelgin wrote to knightbbs <=-ãã Ne> I'm pretty bummed YIM shut down, that was a decent messenger. In theã Ne> end I used some multi-messenger program, I forgot which, but thenã Ne> people started moving away and using FB and snapchat and stuff.ããThere was a golden age where GAIM (and it's later incarnation, Pidgin) were ãa part of work and play. I had a security chat on SILC, some friends on ãYahoo, work used AIM (with a proxy so we could connect when the net was ãdown), I had a Jabber server running, and other friends elsewhere. Skype ãeven worked, if only for chat. I'd even had it plugged into Synchro.net's ãIRC network.ãããã... Observe the procedures of a general alert. ã--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.ã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Nelgin to knightbbs on Thu Sep 30 2021 02:14 amãã Ne> I used ICQ, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger...I still remember my ICQã Ne> number, and it's only 7 digits :)ããI used to use ICQ too, and I remember mine as well.ãã Ne> I'm pretty bummed YIM shut down, that was a decent messenger. In the end Iã Ne> used some multi-messenger program, I forgot which, but then people startedã Ne> moving away and using FB and snapchat and stuff. I don't have a snap, or aã Ne> tictok...well, I do because I had to post something for a contest, butã Ne> other than that I never use them.ããI'm bummed that pretty much all the major messenger services have shut down (I think ICQ still works, but it's not the same as it used to be). And I don't think Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, etc. are quite the same.ããYears ago, Microsoft merged MSN Messenger into Skype, and then all my MSN Messenger contacts disappeared (they didn't get migrated to my Skype contact list). I was bummed about that.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nelgin on Thu Sep 30 2021 07:20 amãã PF> There was a golden age where GAIM (and it's later incarnation, Pidgin)ã PF> were a part of work and play. I had a security chat on SILC, some friendsã PF> on Yahoo, work used AIM (with a proxy so we could connect when the net wasã PF> down), I had a Jabber server running, and other friends elsewhere. Skype ã PF> even worked, if only for chat. I'd even had it plugged into Synchro.net's ã PF> IRC network.ããI liked those multi-chat clients, but I noticed sometimes they didn't seem to work well all the time with all the different chat protocols. I knew a couple people who used Pidgin & similar, and sometimes it seemed their chat app would report me online when I wasn't or vice-versa. Or sometimes I'd try to send them a file from my chat client and they couldn't receive it, etc..ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: MRO to DaiTengu on Thu Sep 23 2021 03:37 amãã MR> i think someone just posted it on the internet. he has paid people for itã MR> in the past, or so he says so he thinks he owns it. he said he paidã MR> clawson money for it and he got an asm dump. pcmike looked at theã MR> paperwork and the signatures were all computer generated. he would talkã MR> about it on irc and i'd go back in the logs and catch him lying so whoã MR> knows what the truth is. ããã Philippe got back to me. ãhttps://twitter.com/phley/status/1443039232700739589ãã"Yes, it's legit, he "bought" the rights from Jeff Reeder, former employee of Telegrafix. Although I have my doubts about who actually had the rights to ProBoard after Pat died."ããSo there we go. It's probably not worth persuing, although I do wonder how much that nutjob paid for it.ããI mean, he looks like he lives in a trailer park, so it can't be much...ããDaiTenguãã... Don't drink and park; accidents cause people.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ War Ensemble BBS - The sport is war, total war - warensemble.comã

Re: Re: Telegram chat(s)ã By: DaiTengu to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 02:39 pmãã > "Yes, it's legit, he "bought" the rights from Jeff Reeder, former employeeã > of Telegrafix. Although I have my doubts about who actually had the rightsã > to ProBoard after Pat died."ã >ããoh i remember that twist. who knows if it was really him though.ãi dont believe anything slasher says. he's so full of it it's incredible.ããhe cant buy the rights from someone that doesnt own the rights, anyways.ãã > I mean, he looks like he lives in a trailer park, so it can't be much...ããthat's giving trailer parks a bad name.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

On 9/30/2021 2:39 PM, DAITENGU wrote to :ãã-ã-> ã-> I mean, he looks like he lives in a trailer park, so it can't be much...ã-> ã-> DaiTenguã-> ãHe did invest a good amount of money in proportion to his likely net worth. If it makes him ãhappy, its better than buying heroin or oxycontin. ã---ã þ wcQWK 8.0 ÷ Inland Utopia * iutopia.duckdns.org:2323ã

Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-ãã Ni> seem to work well all the time with all the different chat protocols.ã Ni> I knew a couple people who used Pidgin & similar, and sometimes itã Ni> seemed their chat app would report me online when I wasn't orã Ni> vice-versa. Or sometimes I'd try to send them a file from my chatã Ni> client and they couldn't receive it, etc..ãããIt was nice to be able to use end-to-end encryption with pidgin-OTR - and ãthis was 2007 or so!ããã... ONE OUT OF FIVE DENTISTS RECOMMEND GUM.ã--- MultiMail/DOS v0.52ã þ Synchronet þ .: realitycheckbbs.org :: scientia potentia est :.ã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: MRO to Nelgin on Thu Sep 30 2021 08:38:02ãã > did you purposely not quote the date so i couldnt call you a necroposterããIt only just showed up here so either something got something stuck and finally send it out, or someone dumped a lot of dupes that were so old I didn't have them any more so no idea.ãã---ã þ Synchronet þ End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.comã

Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã By: Nelgin to MRO on Sun Oct 03 2021 04:55 pmãã > Re: Re: KICQ as an "Old New Iã > By: MRO to Nelgin on Thu Sep 30 2021 08:38:02ã >ã > > did you purposely not quote the date so i couldnt call you a necroposterã >ã > It only just showed up here so either something got something stuck andã > finally send it out, or someone dumped a lot of dupes that were so old Iã > didn't have them any more so no idea.ããwhat kind of setup do you have there? synchronet isnt that hard and you shouldn't have that problem.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã

Hello Arelor!ãã** On Monday 06.09.21 - 06:23, Arelor wrote to Ogg:ãã A> There is no hard rule for defining what is necro and what is not. I thinkã A> something is necro when it happens long after interest on the thread hasã A> waned.ããFor me, I mark messages that I consider worthy of a reply, but ãsomething to do later. Most of that time (ie, recently) that ã"later" turns out to me a few months. By then, the main topic ãcould surely have wained or diminished in messaging activity, ãbut it doesn't mean that a new resurfaced reply couldn't be of ãinterested to watching eyes. Most people are just lurkers it ãseems, anyway.ããã A> [...] I bet Tracker1 lives in a dark tower of power and spends hisã A> time reading black tomes while listening to The Spell and raising deadã A> threads from the grave.ããLOL <g>ãã--- OpenXP 5.0.50ã * Origin: Ogg's Dovenet Point (723:320/1.9)ã þ Synchronet þ CAPCITY2 * capcity2.synchro.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/Rlogin/HTTPã

Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã By: Arelor to Ogg on Mon Sep 06 2021 06:23 amãã Ar> There is no hard rule for defining what is necro and what is not. I thinkã Ar> something is necro when it happens long after interest on the thread hasã Ar> waned. ããWhat I think is funny/odd is, if someone starts a new thread about the same topic, that's fine. But some people seem to get annoyed when someone responds to another thread about the same topic if it's a somewhat old thread. I guess we shouldn't assume the original poster is still interested (but maybe they are). But if people can start new threads, I don't see why it should be such a big deal to respond to other threads regarding the same topic.ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã

Re: Heh, you are necroing an old threadã By: Nightfox to Arelor on Fri Oct 15 2021 09:48 amãã > What I think is funny/odd is, if someone starts a new thread about the sameã > topic, that's fine. But some people seem to get annoyed when someoneã > responds to another thread about the same topic if it's a somewhat oldã > thread. I guess we shouldn't assume the original poster is still interestedã > (but maybe they are). But if people can start new threads, I don't see whyã > it should be such a big deal to respond to other threads regarding the sameã > topic.ã >ããi'm the guy that decides if reply is necroposting; that's all you need to know.ã---ã þ Synchronet þ ::: BBSES.info - free BBS services :::ã