BBS Software for Our Corporate Borg Hive Future
Thursday October 19th 2006, 4:33 am

In the mid-80s, I was a BBS junkie. BBS is short for Bulletin Board
System. It was a terminal program hosted on computers over analog
phone lines. It was primitive, slow, and often frustrating, with
plenty of dropped connections and busy signals. It was non-graphical, text-based. By the late 1980s, I had an internet email account, surfed gopherspace, participated in message boards, and read newsgroups,
thanks to an ISP in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In the early 1990s, all of
this changed when CERN introduced the World Wide Web and the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications released the first browser,
Mosaic. I soon left the text-based BBS universe behind.

If telecoms and massive cable corporations have their way, it may not
be long before I am dusting off the old BBS software and once again
surfing over ancient copper telephone lines. "There's a battle going
on for control of the Internet, and if consumers don't watch out
they're going to be playing second modem to the captains of industry,"
writes Bloomberg. "The black hats are worn by a handful of media
conglomerates who hope to build a two-tiered Internet, with the
fastest tier going at premium prices. Everyone else will surf at
reduced speeds, which can be the fast track to Net oblivion."

[... ...]

I am seriously thinking about downloading the Synchronet Bulletin
Board System, an open source software that supports vector graphics.
Call it Back to the Future, using old technology to access a new
communication paradigm. Naturally, simply switching technologies will
not stop the piggies from making it illegal to send and receive
digital transmissions over an old fashioned, copper-based telephone
line. In fascist and authoritarian societies, the state ultimately
controls all means of communication and those who deviate are
punished, as the hive mind demands a collective obedience to a single consciousness, serving and driving the goals of the corporatized
fascist state.

[...]

Full article at "Kurt Nimmo" - http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=615


Cheers, Steve..

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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:25:16 +0000, "Steve Asher"
<steve.asher@3:800/432> wrote:

If telecoms and massive cable corporations have their way, it may not
be long before I am dusting off the old BBS software and once again
surfing over ancient copper telephone lines. "There's a battle going
on for control of the Internet, and if consumers don't watch out
they're going to be playing second modem to the captains of industry,"
writes Bloomberg. "The black hats are worn by a handful of media >conglomerates who hope to build a two-tiered Internet, with the
fastest tier going at premium prices. Everyone else will surf at
reduced speeds, which can be the fast track to Net oblivion."

I couldn't agree with you more. I looked around at the way things are
headed and got a warm feeling. The internet will die as we know it,
which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading the words
of truth now being spread on the net.

I can't wait!

I couldn't agree with you more. I looked around at the way things are
headed and got a warm feeling. The internet will die as we know it,
which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading the words
of truth now being spread on the net.

I can't wait!

Gefilte fish!


Regards,

Roger

--- D'Bridge 2.55
* Origin: NCS BBS (1:3828/7)

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:19:05 +0000, "Roger Nelson"
<roger.nelson@1:3828/7> wrote:

Gefilte fish!

Are you making up the Bible again?

Mulling over Joe Bruchis to Steve Asher 20 Oct 2006

If telecoms and massive cable corporations have their way, it may not
be long before I am dusting off the old BBS software and once again
surfing over ancient copper telephone lines. "There's a battle going
on for control of the Internet, and if consumers don't watch out
they're going to be playing second modem to the captains of industry,"
writes Bloomberg. "The black hats are worn by a handful of media >conglomerates who hope to build a two-tiered Internet, with the
fastest tier going at premium prices. Everyone else will surf at
reduced speeds, which can be the fast track to Net oblivion."

I couldn't agree with you more. I looked around at the way things
are headed and got a warm feeling. The internet will die as we
know it, which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading
the words of truth now being spread on the net.

That was Kurt Nimmo, but the thrust of the article is interesting for
die-hard sysops. I don't know which is the worse threat to users of
the Internet; governments that seek to ban access to sites and information
- China, Vietnam, Iran etc, or those that introduce restrictive access and licence arrangements for commercial gain. Germany is to charge a monthly licence fee for any computer or mobile phone that is capable of receiving radio and TV broadcasts; the UN would like to tax broadband connections
to bridge the so-called "digital divide" etc - the thin end of the wedge
for global taxation of all sorts of goods & services.

I can't wait!

Have modem, will handshake!

___ SBBSecho 2.11-Win32
- Origin: Vertrauen - vert.synchro.net (1:103/705)

Appropriate for a piece on Synchronet. :)

Cheers, Steve..

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On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:45:50 +0000, "Steve Asher"
<steve.asher@3:800/432> wrote:

I couldn't agree with you more. I looked around at the way things
are headed and got a warm feeling. The internet will die as we
know it, which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading
the words of truth now being spread on the net.

That was Kurt Nimmo, but the thrust of the article is interesting for >die-hard sysops. I don't know which is the worse threat to users of
the Internet; governments that seek to ban access to sites and information
- China, Vietnam, Iran etc, or those that introduce restrictive access and >licence arrangements for commercial gain. Germany is to charge a monthly >licence fee for any computer or mobile phone that is capable of receiving >radio and TV broadcasts; the UN would like to tax broadband connections
to bridge the so-called "digital divide" etc - the thin end of the wedge
for global taxation of all sorts of goods & servicES

The way I understand it, it will cost $$ to register a website with
the consent of the Gov't, and the content will have to be approved. A
bot will scour the net for un-registered/or unauthorized sites and
deal with them accordingly. For instance, just the fact that I am
discussing this issue could allow me to be classified as a "terrorist"
uder the Patriot Act or worse yet an "enemy combatant" under the new
HR 6166. In the case of the latter, I can be shipped to a Government
Camp and be tried without an attorney before a military tribunal. I
would also be allowed to be tortured.

The new laws we are seeing these years, bring us closer and closer to communism. Under communism, the Government owns everything and the
population must jump through hoops to secure Government permissions.

Since the top 1% of the rich control, it is they and the Government
that control what happens in the U.S., and it is we, mainly the middle
class, that will be closely watched and controlled.

Have a great weekend!!

Mulling over Joe Bruchis to Steve Asher 27 Oct 2006

Hi Joe;

I couldn't agree with you more. I looked around at the way things
are headed and got a warm feeling. The internet will die as we
know it, which means the dial-up neighborhood BBS will be spreading
the words of truth now being spread on the net.

That was Kurt Nimmo, but the thrust of the article is interesting for >die-hard sysops. I don't know which is the worse threat to users of
the Internet; governments that seek to ban access to sites and information
- China, Vietnam, Iran etc, or those that introduce restrictive access and >licence arrangements for commercial gain. Germany is to charge a monthly >licence fee for any computer or mobile phone that is capable of receiving >radio and TV broadcasts; the UN would like to tax broadband connections
to bridge the so-called "digital divide" etc - the thin end of the wedge
for global taxation of all sorts of goods & servicES

The way I understand it, it will cost $$ to register a website with
the consent of the Gov't, and the content will have to be approved.

There are a number of issues with Governments and Industry controlling
the internet & websites. If individuals are required to register their
sites, or have them approved etc, it is a bit like having a telephone
that only receives calls, and won't let you place a telephone capable
of calling out on your allotted number (analagous to IP address).
Long before my time, broadcast radio in Australia had a system of
"sealed sets", where you bought a radio receiver that could only
tune into the station you subscribed to - if you wanted to "change
channel", you needed another radio. Nazi Germany, if I recall correctly, prevented reception of "foreign" channels - BBC etc; the Soviet Union
jammed outside TV & radio signals, etc.

A bot will scour the net for un-registered/or unauthorized sites
and deal with them accordingly. For instance, just the fact that I
am discussing this issue could allow me to be classified as a
"terrorist" uder the Patriot Act or worse yet an "enemy combatant"
under the new HR 6166. In the case of the latter, I can be shipped
to a Government Camp and be tried without an attorney before a
military tribunal. I would also be allowed to be tortured.

No, it isn't torture - it is some euphemism, like "waterboarding" where
they strap you to a board with a bag over your head & nearly drown you.
The RSPCA would be on your case if you did it to your dog, but apparently
it is OK to do to humans.

The new laws we are seeing these years, bring us closer and closer
to communism. Under communism, the Government owns everything and
the population must jump through hoops to secure Government
permissions.

I don't see much difference at all between Western "cold war" propaganda,
and what the West is becoming since the fall of the Soviet Union. The
State monitored all the phone calls; children were taken from mothers
and indoctrinated; people couldn't have motor cars, fax machines, photo
copiers and all the stuff we took for granted - now we have printers
that hide identifiers in our prints, surveillance cameras everywhere,
but no increase in safety.

Since the top 1% of the rich control, it is they and the Government
that control what happens in the U.S., and it is we, mainly the
middle class, that will be closely watched and controlled.

Have a great weekend!!

Thanks, I did. I am watching an old road bridge being demolished over the rail lines, to be replaced by an underpass, & getting a heap of demolition pics.

Cheers, Steve..

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