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vga256
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as a teenager in the 90s, i spent half of those years on irc. the server network i spent almost all of my time on was EFnet, short for "Eris FreeNet"... or so I've thought for the past 30 years as it turns out, EFnet in fact stands for "Eris-Free Net" which has an entirely different meaning: "Initially, most IRC servers formed a single IRC network, to which new servers could join without restriction, but this was soon abused by people who set up servers to sabotage other users, channels, or servers. Restriction grew and, in August 1990, eris.Berkeley.EDU was the last server indiscriminately allowing other servers to join it, Eris being the Greek goddess of strife and discord. A group of operators, with the support of Jarkko Oikarinen, introduced a new "Q-line" into their server configurations, to "quarantine" themselves away from eris by disconnecting from any subset of the IRC network as soon as they saw eris there. For a few days, the entire IRC network suffered frequent netsplits, but eventually the majority of servers added the Q-line and effectively created a new separate IRC net called EFnet (Eris-Free Network); the remaining servers which stayed connected to eris (and thus were no longer able to connect to EFnet servers) were called A-net (Anarchy Network). A-net soon vanished, leaving EFnet as the only IRC network." 🤣 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EFnet
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1 tripod in 3 trenchcoats
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My old #introduction got lost somewhere German, he/him, 40s, living in Poland (#lodz). I work in IT and do some geeky computer stuff on the side (#usenet, #uucp, #irc) My main hobby are #ttrpgs (#osr #dnd, #traveller, #shadowrun) and similar (#minipainting, #boardgames) but I also do writing and reading (#fantasy, #sf) and #cooking I will be complaining about #kids, #cats, lack of #coffee, and the general state of the world I do get weirdly obsessed with topics sometimes. But don't we all?
Tags: #introduction #lodz #usenet #uucp #irc #ttrpgs #osr #dnd #traveller #shadowrun #minipainting #boardgames #fantasy #sf #cooking #kids #cats #coffee Likes: 0 Replies: 0 Boosts: 0 |
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🏴SolusSpider🇺🇸
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Born in #Scotland 1999 moved to #Kentucky, USA to marry Arianna. We met on #IRC 1997. 2008 I discovered #Linux, running #LinuxMint Online social: Born again #Christian since 31st January 1988. Looking forward to chatting and discussing with you.
Tags: #efca #missionassist #scotland #oricatmos #dragon32 #amstradpcw #amiga #Marvel #dc #SciFi #kentucky #irc #foodbank #linux #linuxmint #solus #pclinuxos #TechAndCoffee #TheBugcast #tuxjam #podcrawl #christian #bible #introduction Mentions: @thebugcast@podcasts.social @tuxjam@podcasts.social Likes: 0 Replies: 0 Boosts: 0 |
