I have a really cool moment in memory
with the equally extremely cool
Crosspoint software.
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Just for direct friends and family, you'll have to get them to install it and use it. Thats hard enough. They'll have other friends who
want to use Signal, others that use Snapchat, others that use
Messenger or WhatsApp or whatever. Its a PITA. Best compromise is to use services where there can at least be a common client, ie, one client that supports mulitiple protocols. Weechat does IRC and
Matrix, so despite the fact I use IRC, if I went on Matrix, at least I can still use the same client. Same with Pidgin, where I (briefly) used it, or its predecessor to use both a MSN messenger and I think Yahoo! Chat account.
I was going to mention Pidgin/GAIM - back in the AOL/MSN/Gtalk days, people were on all platforms - then, we used XMPP at work on a
dedicated server, I ran my own XMPP server - and could read/write messages on all the networks with Pidgin.
Signal has actually become my defacto "messenger" program. Not by choice, but simply by virtue of chance and others I know using it. However, it is not a replacement. Signal requires a
phone, and it advertises to all that you use it.
Iliked MSN because I didn't feel to concerned about giving people by MSN handle,
strangers I could talk to that I wouldn't necessarily want to add in my phone book.
I was hoping with IPv6 that each person could somehow obtain a static IP or IP range that was static within a country/region. That way it acted like a psuedo internet phone number, and
chat
clients could work without a central controller.
Hey;
just an FYI, neither Signal, FB messenger, nor Telegram make people use phone numbers to share contacts. Instead you share contacts via username because phone numbers are outdated for that kinda thing.
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: MRO to Boraxman on Thu May 15 2025 01:27 am
Re: Re: Most memorable modern
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 08:24 am
now i'm not a criminal nor do i think any of us are criminals, but still, if you think you're secure on a
world wide network of computers,
you're fooling yourself. ---
I previously had to deal with IT securty. What you are missing is where threats
the
NSA or what-have-you could potentially at some
point get information, there is no point.
i'm just saying the world govts and some private individuals probably have much more advanced methods than you
might
think.
I'm sure a pirate of some sort could make good money breaking into a bank, hospital, govt agency and get whatever
info they can people and sell it.
it's probably happening all the time.
Yes, I know that argument, and I know all to well the kind of person who makes that argument.
You made your point. I get it.
The fact that the government could find where I live, but you would NOT, that point is lost on you.
By not plastering your info everywhere, you make it difficult for miscreants. I've been able to protect myself many
times by being prudent, and I know that for a *FACT*.
I'm not arguing this anymore
So tell me, where do I live?
By: Boraxman to MRO on Thu May 15 2025 07:05 pm
* I Had to lookup the ELECTRONIC Communications ACT, and I have a File about this matter. But, The Electronic Frontier Foundation website (EFF) has lawyers !
MrSteve@TheAlienZoneBBS.org
My goodness, now there is a name from the past. My father used to spend many hours fighting with Crosspoint for work, although I do not remember many specifics it didn't help that our crappy phone lines barely got in the mid 30-kbps nevermind 56k.
Re: Facebook & online stuff
By: MRO to Boraxman on Mon May 19 2025 11:16 pm
Re: Facebook & online stuff
By: Boraxman to Arelor on Tue May 20 2025 08:29 am
When I was on Social Media (during Covid), it just led to disagreement arguments. Yes, I did message some people I had found that I hadn't g into
contact with since school, but that never really got anywhere.
It seems to me, that the younger generation do go out less. Socialise Have less real world interaction. I think this is evidence that Socia Media probably doesn't bring people together.
... BoraxMan
one thing i've noticed about myself is i no longer enjoy going out to restaurants or just to places. if it's a restaurant, i do take out. i a longer in a relationship nor looking. i prefer to be alone. Since covid i been in this type of pattern and it hasn't changed. not sure if i'm abno or if i've just decided that i dont have time for the other shit in life. have had 2 common law wives that add up to over 20 years, so there's that maybe i'm done with people.
I both feel like I am over people, AND want to be around people more. My is is more that I don't enjoy the people I find myself around, moreso than just wanting to be alone. I'm alone enough...
Joy is being around good company, good food, good surrounds, but having all three at the same time is nigh on impossible now. I was at a housewarming a while ago, and the people there, who I didn't know well, turned out to be annoying Liberals. No, I don't want your politics! Can you not just be... normal?
I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that one mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.
Re: Facebook & online stuff
By: Jerry Woody to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:04 am
I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that on mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.
People on both sides like to stir the pot.. It's not just liberals.
Nightfox
Re: Facebook & online stuffI am not sure I ever like drama. I like calm and peaceful myself. telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
By: Nightfox to Jerry Woody on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:22 am
Re: Facebook & online stuff
By: Jerry Woody to Boraxman on Mon Jul 21 2025 09:04 am
I have friends on both sides and we all seem to get along until that mouthy Liberal mind wants to stir the stink pot.
People on both sides like to stir the pot.. It's not just liberals.
Nightfox
Everyone these days loves a little drama. :)
Jerry
telnet://ricksbbs.synchro.net:23
http://ricksbbs.synchro.net:8080
Re: Re: Most memorable modern BBS experience
By: BoraxMan to All on Sun Apr 27 2025 02:11:30
I would say simply finding out they are still active, and that there is a active community...
Awww, that was gonna be my reply. Oh well, ditto that!
I didn't get too involved back when I first uses BBS's in the 90s, as I w young, still in school...
I had been in to it since about '86-'87, in my 20s and on my own for the fir time. The boards were a good source of info of what was going on around me. And as cool as it is to have BBSes still around, that local aspect doesn't exist anymore since every BBS is worldwoide these days. That's what I miss.
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Re: Facebook & online stuff
By: Boraxman to Arelor on
Thu May 22 2025 08:08 am
not going out, staying at home was known in the 90s. I recall someone
talking of "cocooning" in the early 90s, where people were choosing to stay at home,
eat in, etc, instead of going out. So it was talked about back then, a
that was before the Internet became popular in households.
Kids in the 90s I grew up with would play soccer all afternoon long after homework. Usually they would play soccer all afternoon long skipping homework altogether.
I think people in Spain still go out with outstanding frequency, but the nature of social interaction is specially shallow. People goes out specifically for getting drunk with others and that is what friends are good for. I don't think you can have friends who get interested in your life projects or who you get to help with their life projects anymore.
Is this trend towards unsatisfactory romantic relationships relatively
recent, or a longer term trend? I can see how it is true but I'm interested in when it started.
It depends on how you define "recent". I think the first ones I read were 5 to 10 years old at the most. I remember thinking a lot of the secondary issues pointed out in those studies seemed linked to Tinder and Tinder-like dating applications.
I've heard first had from people who had been in the dating scene a long, l time that these apps have indeed completely changed peoples expectations. T report exactly which this study said, that people aren't really looking for relationships. Its treated more like an online store where you can arrange meal for the night or a one off visit.
... BoraxManWe were 'cocooning' here before it was ever a thing. LOL
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