From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess?
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:49:17 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jhubkd$smv$2@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20120220161256.GB1375@ns1.bonedaddy.net
On 2012-02-20, Todd Goodman <tsg@bonedaddy.net> wrote:
> * walt <w41ter@gmail.com> [120219 15:37]:
>> On 02/18/2012 05:18 AM, Dale wrote:
>>
>> > Sounds like the internet could be switched off. So, next question, how
>> > easy would it be to get it going again? Hours? Days? Weeks?
>>
>> My guess is that the old farts that read this list could have their
>> old dialup bulletin boards back on line in a day. Probably on the
>> original hardware gathering dust in the attic :p
>
> Naw, uucp on dialup on a Telebit Trailblazer 9600. :-)
It's been a while since I set up a uucp node, but I think I could
manage it in a couple hours if required. To paraphrase Damon Wayans,
"Homey don't play BBS." I think I've got a USR sportster sitting
around somewhere. What I don't have is a POTS line.
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-18 10:26 [gentoo-user] Somewhat OT: Any truth to this mess? Dale
2012-02-18 10:44 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 12:00 ` Dale
2012-02-18 12:24 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 12:39 ` Dale
2012-02-18 14:40 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 15:34 ` Dale
2012-02-18 16:18 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 17:48 ` Dale
2012-02-18 18:01 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:02 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:21 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-02-18 16:31 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 12:56 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 13:18 ` Dale
2012-02-18 13:49 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 14:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-19 21:08 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 21:23 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-19 22:16 ` Dale
2012-02-20 16:12 ` Todd Goodman
2012-02-20 20:49 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2012-02-20 21:04 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:16 ` Mark Knecht
2012-02-20 21:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-20 21:52 ` Grant Edwards
2012-02-21 5:30 ` Paul Hartman
2012-02-18 14:30 ` [gentoo-user] " pk
2012-02-21 3:58 ` Walter Dnes
2012-02-18 14:36 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-02-18 18:11 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 18:24 ` Michael Mol
2012-02-18 19:10 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-02-18 16:35 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-02-19 21:14 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-02-19 23:29 ` wdk@moriah
2012-02-20 16:37 ` Todd Goodman
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