the image, even when the photo is saved, and people are posting selfie photos online that way. I'm a little surprised the software developers would make the camera app save photos mirrored like that, but at least there's usually an option to toggle that. It seems people aren't
What makes your BBS distinct?After 33 years does it matter, it not like I am marketing a business with a motto.
Congrats with the milestone and also with the fact that you were running MSDOS-6 3 years before the rest of the world got their copy ;)
What makes your BBS distinct?After 33 years does it matter, it not like I am marketing a business with a motto.
Does it serve a particular set of
interests?
Back in the early day, the only BBS'ers were Geeks ... After 33 years,
I am going to bet the farm that is the same.
In todays climate, what were once called Geeks and Nerds and now called "social media influencer" Really ?
To the question is serving an interest us unchanged. BBS content serves what it draws to serve... they your mind wonder from there.
Back in the early day, the only BBS'ers were Geeks ... After 33
years, I am going to bet the farm that is the same.
In todays climate, what were once called Geeks and Nerds and now
called "social media influencer" Really ?
I think the "Geeks and Nerds" back then are completely different to the vapid "Social media influencers" today.
Hmm, maybe. I've thought about starting a BBS but without a target audience, there isn't much point I think. BBS's were once local things, but that is no longer the case now.
Nightfox wrote to boraxman <=-
Back in the early day, the only BBS'ers were Geeks ... After 33
years, I am going to bet the farm that is the same.
In todays climate, what were once called Geeks and Nerds and now
called "social media influencer" Really ?
I think the "Geeks and Nerds" back then are completely different to the vapid "Social media influencers" today.
In the early 90s, it seemed that many people who were using
computers were people who were actually interested in computers
and learning about them. It seemed that a bigger percentage of
computer users back then understood the technical standpoint of
computer things. Later, especially when the internet became
popular, it seemed almost everyone had a computer and there were
a lot more people who didn't really know much about computers but
would use them for work, etc..
Hmm, maybe. I've thought about starting a BBS but without a target audience, there isn't much point I think. BBS's were once local things, but that is no longer the case now.
I've been running my BBS without a specific target audience. I
know there are BBSes that are more busy than mine, though there
are people using my BBS.
Back in the early day, the only BBS'ers were Geeks ... After 33
years, I am going to bet the farm that is the same.
In todays climate, what were once called Geeks and Nerds and now
called "social media influencer" Really ?
I think the "Geeks and Nerds" back then are completely different to t vapid "Social media influencers" today.
In the early 90s, it seemed that many people who were using
computers were people who were actually interested in computers
and learning about them. It seemed that a bigger percentage of computer users back then understood the technical standpoint of computer things. Later, especially when the internet became
popular, it seemed almost everyone had a computer and there were
a lot more people who didn't really know much about computers but would use them for work, etc..
Absolutely agree. Seriously, I'd put the percentage of "back then" at 80% + , and nowadays... 5% max.
I'm amazed how silly many peoples workflows are, such as taking a photo of a web page on a screen, then sending that photo in order to transmit a
The push to make computers a mass commodity has crippled us.
I'm amazed how silly many peoples workflows are, such as taking a pho a web page on a screen, then sending that photo in order to transmit
That's one thing that surprises me a little - It seems many people don't know how to propertly take a screenshot. I've also seen people posting photos from their smartphone where it's just a screenshot of their smartphone to show a photo they were looking at in their web browser - Complete with their phone's top statusbar and black bars in the web browser, etc.. It seems many people also don't know that you can save
the actual photo to your device and you can post that rather than taking
a screenshot. And if you're taking a screenshot, at least edit it to
crop out only the thing you want to share.
The push to make computers a mass commodity has crippled us.
I'm not sure I'd say it has crippled us, but there are certainly a lot of people who still don't seem to be very computer savvy. That's something
I find surprising, as computers have been around for quite a while now.
Nightfox
My favourite, and my wife has done this, is taking a screenshot of a note, then sending that note over the phone. Instead of just typing the note.
I do mean what I said. The way which data is used at my workplace, and any workplace I've been at, is horrifically inefficient. The reason for this is because everyone is now a "computer user", but they don't know about Information Technology or computing, or basics such as how to store data in a way which can be queried from other programs.
Once people learned their way to fumble around a GUI, or paw at a screen with their phone, we've considered them to be fully learned on computing, and therefore competent to work with them.
Part of this is the way the system is designed, it becomes easier to do things the very inefficient way, than the efficient way. People don't learn how to take screenshots on their computer, or how to copy and paste.
Part of this is the way the system is designed, it becomes easier to things the very inefficient way, than the efficient way. People don' learn how to take screenshots on their computer, or how to copy and p
I have to disagree with this, but it's going to depend on what you're doing I s'pose. I find these days where documents and sometimes images are embedded that its easiest to take a screenshot, paste it straight
into an editor and take it from there...
Spec
[...] In other words, you had to learn something new, so it
was a no go. we do things the hard way still, error prone
and time consuming.
[...] In other words, you had to learn something new, so it
was a no go. we do things the hard way still, error prone
and time consuming.
YOU were forced to do things the hard way (transcribing) only
because THEY did it the easy way (screenshots)! :D
Can't you refuse screenshot deliveries?
Nightfox wrote to boraxman <=-
Hmm, maybe. I've thought about starting a BBS but without a target audience, there isn't much point I think. BBS's were once local things, but that is no longer the case now.
I've been running my BBS without a specific target audience. I know
there are BBSes that are more busy than mine, though there are people using my BBS.
I've been running my BBS without a specific target audience. I know
there are BBSes that are more busy than mine, though there are
people using my BBS.
I was never good at theming my BBS, was focused mostly on making an "internet in a box" before there was an internet.
I was never good at theming my BBS, was focused mostly on making an "internet in a box" before there was an internet.
That's cool though. I wasn't aware of the internet yet when I started
my BBS (in 1994) - though I remember seeing some BBSes around that time that allowed accessing FTP sites, so you could download something from
an FTP site to the BBS and then download it from the BBS.
esc wrote to Nightfox <=-
I remember a local BBS having actual internet email addresses /for
free/ for its users, and it was impossibly long and complex.
Argos wrote to All <=-
It has crossed my mind of late, maybe it is time to finally retire ..
this BBS only gets maybe two connections in any one month. And, besides love being a sysop and enjoying reading some really colorful posts
every now and then, and of course still plant a few IBBS games which
are totally addicting. I dunno ...Just maybe it is time to retire
after 33 years and turn it down.
It has crossed my mind of late, maybe it is time to finally retire .. this BBS only gets maybe two connections in any one month. And, besides love being a sysop and enjoying reading some really colorful posts every now
and then, and of course still plant a few IBBS games which are totally addicting. I dunno ...Just maybe it is time to retire after 33 years and turn it down.
I am open to any and all comments ?
In January 2023 it will be 33 years I have had a continuous BBS. I
started out in 1990 with 4 lines dial up 9600 using Zoom Modems and a Rocket Port Serial Card on a Gateway 486DX2 66 and MS-DOS6. I used WWIV BBS Software and the BBS name was called RADS Y-town BBS. It was one of the most busiest BBS in NE Ohio.
It has crossed my mind of late, maybe it is time to finally retire .. this BBS only gets maybe two connections in any one month. And, besides love being a sysop and enjoying reading some really colorful posts every now and then, and of course still plant a few IBBS games which are
totally addicting. I dunno ...Just maybe it is time to retire after 33 years and turn it down.
I am open to any and all comments ?
In January 2023 it will be 33 years I have had a continuous BBS. I
started out in 1990 with 4 lines dial up 9600 using Zoom Modems and a Rocket Port Serial Card on a Gateway 486DX2 66 and MS-DOS6. I used WWIV BBS Software and the BBS name was called RADS Y-town BBS. It was one of the most busiest BBS in NE Ohio.
It has crossed my mind of late, maybe it is time to finally retire .. this BBS only gets maybe two connections in any one month. And, besides love being a sysop and enjoying reading some really colorful posts every now and then, and of course still plant a few IBBS games which are
totally addicting. I dunno ...Just maybe it is time to retire after 33 years and turn it down.
In January 2023 it will be 33 years I have had a continuous BBS. I started out in 1990 with 4 lines dial up 9600 using Zoom Modems and a Rocket Port Serial Card on a Gateway 486DX2 66 and MS-DOS6. I used WWIV BBS Software and the BBS name was called RADS Y-town BBS. It was one of the most busiest BBS in NE Ohio.
It has crossed my mind of late, maybe it is time to finally retire .. this BBS only gets maybe two connections in any one month. And, besides love being a sysop and enjoying reading some really colorful posts every now and then, and of course still plant a few IBBS games which are
totally addicting. I dunno ...Just maybe it is time to retire after 33 years and turn it down.
I am open to any and all comments ?
In January 2023 it will be 33 years I have had a continuous BBS. I
started out in 1990 with 4 lines dial up 9600 using Zoom Modems and a Rocket Port Serial Card on a Gateway 486DX2 66 and MS-DOS6. I used WWIV BBS Software and the BBS name was called RADS Y-town BBS. It was one of
Sysop: | Chris Crash |
---|---|
Location: | Huntington Beach, CA. |
Users: | 577 |
Nodes: | 8 (0 / 8) |
Uptime: | 62:11:03 |
Calls: | 10,734 |
Calls today: | 1 |
Files: | 5 |
Messages: | 442,639 |