'War Stories'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I was all over everything in the late 90s. Compuserve, AOL, Delphi, and various FIDONet boards. Just in case, you know.
I remember BBS's in the early 90s. I would sometimes dial up and connect with my 1200 baud modem and Atari ST. Actually, my psycho girlfriend was more into it than I was.
I think I am getting the dred cold. Today it's like my allergies are acting up, only I don't have allergies.
I bought a 2400 bps internal modem for my Leading Edge XT computer back in '91. I tried out several local BBS's and also The Well in '91 and '92.
I have fond memories of being forcibly logged off one BBS in Minneapolis right in the middle of posting some pro-gay rights stuff....
Octo's New Option -- Porn or Diapers?!
There is a serious effort underway to block OctoMom from taking a million dollar offer to do porn -- except the opposition is coming from a rival XXX company!
Fearing that Nadya Suleman "will become the subject of endless ridicule and scorn," the president of Pink Visual has offered Octo a "full year's worth of diapers" if she keeps her baby maker where it belongs ... fully covered and far away from any type of recording device.
In a letter sent to Octo, morally righteous Pink Visual warns, "There's a great deal of stigma attached to being a porn star" and that Octo needs to think "in the best interest of your children." For once.
So what's it gonna be? Do porn ... and get a million bucks, health insurance and benefits -- or keep it covered ... so you can keep your kids clean? Decisions, decisions.
I want someone to offer me stuff for not doing porn. But it'd have to be something more useful than diapers.
I still think of the bronze when I see "BBS". And "dead."
I still think of the bronze when I see "BBS". And "dead."
"Memories ... light the corners of my mind ..."
Fearing that Nadya Suleman "will become the subject of endless ridicule and scorn,"
I think that ship has already sailed.
Overheard on the bus today - a high-school girl:
I'm not a slut; I just do what I do.
I kind of love this kid.
I don't know where they get that there was nothing to do online in 1996. In 1995, I had to cut a roommate off from using my computer because he racked up such a high phone bill via AOL that he couldn't make rent.
The robot trains are coming!
Robots Now Driving Some New York City Trains
In a $300 million emotional purchase for the subway, the MTA's CBTC (communication-based train control) system will drive the L train starting today.
This means that you'll have a robot conductor in charge of the movement instead of a disgruntled human. When it screws up they can blame technology and not the human beings in control our idiotic train system.