Hello, I am new. I set up a small BBS on my old RPi as a small project. I actually haven't used BBSes so much before, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with the culture.
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The culture is .... varied.
First, there's a bunch of grumpy, angry old men that scream "GET OFF MY LAWN"! Of course, first they need to document the process of screaming, how the scream should be done, who should be able to hear it, etc. They are all part of FidoNet. You can ignore them for the most part.
Hello, I am new. I set up a small BBS on my old RPi as a small project. I actually haven't used BBSes so much before, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with the culture.
Second, like most places on the internet, there's a few trolls. Some are
Hello, I am new. I set up a small BBS on my old RPi as a small project. I actually haven't used BBSes so much before, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with the culture.
Second, like most places on the internet, there's a few trolls. Some are
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
Hello, I am new. I set up a small BBS on my old RPi as a small project. I actually haven't used BBSes so much before, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with the culture.
I don't know if he was trying to tick people off.
I've wondered if he may have passed away. A while ago, I saw a couple posts from him on FSX-Net that he was having some health issues.
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
I don't know if he was trying to tick people off.
I've wondered if he may have passed away. A while ago, I saw a couple posts from him on FSX-Net that he was having some health issues.
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they say. Third, there's a bunch of really great helpful people of
varying ages that love it when new people show up! They're happy to answer questions, even if they've been asked 100 times before.
(Oftentimes questions often have answers in documentation, so look
there first!) Most have been part of this world for decades, and have
lots of knowlege to share.
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lots of people with experience in the weirdest fields, and all the
perks of any gathering of people that spend their time on niche boards.
I don't know if he was trying to tick people off.
I've wondered if he may have passed away. A while ago, I saw a couple posts from him on FSX-Net that he was having some health issues.
Yeah, certainly didn't seem intentional -- it was just oddly amusing how it happened. Rather liked the guy.
Him passing is, of course, what I wonder about. Certainly would hope nothing has happened but sadly you never know... :(
you might need to have your head examined.
i killed him.
Wait, which group are you? :)
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
I don't know if he was trying to tick people off.
I've wondered if he may have passed away. A while ago, I saw a couple posts f
m him on FSX-Net that he was having some health issues.
Dumas Walker wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-f
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
I don't know if he was trying to tick people off.
I've wondered if he may have passed away. A while ago, I saw a couple posts
m him on FSX-Net that he was having some health issues.
I think someone had is supposedly real name and tried to find out
if anything happened to him, without success. I got the
impression that he was very mobility restricted. :(
He also ran into some issues when his favorite system to call switched from Synchronet to something else. That was his reason given for ceasing to moderate the MOBILE echo.
I think someone had is supposedly real name and tried to find out if anything happened to him, without success. I got the impression that he
was very mobility restricted. :(
I do think he has passed away, as he often talked about his health
problems (not specifics, but just that he had issues), and I believe he
was last known to be living in a nursing home. Somewhere in Canada as I recall.
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
That reminds me, what ever happend to The Millionaire? I enjoyed seeing his... special way of ticking people off.
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no longer with be us. He was having failing health and we have heard from him since June of 2022, so ... RIP TM?
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no longer with be us. He was having failing health and we have heard from him since June of 2022, so ... RIP TM?
The other day I took a shot with trying to get in contact with a former co sysop of his to see what info they may be able to share, but I've not pushed further. Just waiting for a possible reply that may never come.
Don't know why this kind of bothers me a bit, but it does. Guess it's just in my nature. :\
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no longer with be us. He was having failing health and we have heard from him since June of 2022, so ... RIP TM?
Wait, was he for real or an actual troll? Because if the latter, genius
Sad if it's RIP either way...
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no longer with be us.
He was having failing health and we have heard from him since June of 2022,
so ... RIP TM?
It's sadly the most reasonable conclusion.
The other day I took a shot with trying to get in contact with a former co sysop of his to see what info they may be able to share, but I've not pushed further. Just waiting for a possible reply that may never come.
Don't know why this kind of bothers me a bit, but it does. Guess it's just in my nature. :\
People have done stuff like that before.
remember we have a guy who claims to be god who pops in and out. he's god yet
e can't pay his electricity bill.
Dumas Walker wrote to MRO <=-yet
People have done stuff like that before.
remember we have a guy who claims to be god who pops in and out. he's god
he can't pay his electricity bill.
Why would he need a bill? He should be able to make his own
electricity, right?
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no longer with be us. He was having failing health and we have heard from him since June of 2022, so ... RIP TM?
Wait, was he for real or an actual troll? Because if the latter, genius
Honestly it bugs me a bit too. TM seemed to like conversing with people on BBSes (when people were being friendly), and he often talked about running a BBS. I don't think he was running one of his own though, as he only mentioned having an iPad. He had talked about possibly getting a Microsoft Surface tablet to run a BBS on, but I don't think he ever did. Also, he said he was living in a (elderly?) care facility, and I wondered if it would be difficult to run a BBS in a place like that, as you probably wouldn't be able to get ports forwarded to your computer. I think at one point he had mentioned possibly running a BBS in the cloud somewhere so that it would be accessible online.
People have done stuff like that before.
remember we have a guy who claims to be god who pops in and out. he's god yet
e can't pay his electricity bill.
Why would he need a bill? He should be able to make his own electricity, right?
June of 2022, so ... RIP TM?
Wait, was he for real or an actual troll? Because if the latter, genius
Oh, he is/was for real all right.
I think he could have got a bbs to run through marisag but I'm not sure if he followed through or even tried.
Like I said, there's no death notice and that's extremely rare.
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no
longer with be us.
Wait, was he for real or an actual troll? Because if the latter, genius
Oh, he is/was for real all right.
Hello DM!
** On Tuesday 09.01.24 - 01:26, Digital Man wrote to j0HNNY a1PHA:
I suspect that he (Erich Bublitz of Surrey, B.C.) may no
longer with be us.
Wait, was he for real or an actual troll? Because if the latter, genius
Oh, he is/was for real all right.
The last message I still have in my system from him is Jun 4
2022.
Oh, he is/was for real all right.
well that's the part of being an epic troll. people won't believe it was fake.
seem to recall he did run a (Synchronet) BBS at some time or other and was a
The last message I still have in my system from him is Jun 4
2022.
since you are canandian, do you know any good way of looking up death notices? -+-
There ought to be a general/publicly accessible list of obits.
My understanding is that most of the funeral homes tap into it
and submit info. But I am not aware of any overall obit
registry.
so as a freaking canadian, what would you use without being so general
so as a freaking canadian, what would you use without being so general
I'm saying I don't know of a tried and true reporting system.
My guess would be to check each funeral home in the area and
see if there is a listing.
I seems that once one funeral home posts a listing, the general
internet scrubbing tools pick them up and re-list them into
their own obit sites - filled with ads ofcourse - so that you
I have a friend doing some research looking for Erich. If he
has died, and there is a probated will, then that should also
be publicly available.
I'm saying I don't know of a tried and true reporting system.
My guess would be to check each funeral home in the area and
see if there is a listing.
I seems that once one funeral home posts a listing, the general
internet scrubbing tools pick them up and re-list them into
their own obit sites - filled with ads ofcourse - so that you
okay captain hypothetical!
It sounds like he's not giving you a straight answer because he does not have one. If the role was reversed and he was asking me for an American
have one. If the role was reversed and he was asking me for an American reporting system, I would say "check google?" because I really don't know
of a good reporting system here, either.
I have a user who posted nearly every day from here that disappeared a
while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
It sounds like he's not giving you a straight answer because he does not
have one. If the role was reversed and he was asking me for an American
he should just say it.
Re: Hello
By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Tue Jan 16 2024 06:59 pm
It sounds like he's not giving you a straight answer because he does not
have one. If the role was reversed and he was asking me for an American
he should just say it.
I think he basically did, didn't he? In an earlier message, he mentioned something about possibly being a publicly accessible list of obits but he isn't aware of an overall obit registry.
while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up obituaries in your own country.
I have a user who posted nearly every day from here that disappeared a while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
he probably used a fake name.
while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
This is how I want to go out.
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up >bituaries in your own country.
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look
up bituaries in your own country.
Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I am close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find out about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS network post.
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up obituaries in your own country.
Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Jan 16 2024 08:59 pm
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up obituaries in your own country.
Honestly I'm not sure where I'd look up obituaries here.. I'd probably have to Google it.
I have a user who posted nearly every day from here that disappeared a while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
he probably used a fake name.
That is what I suspect now.
don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up >bituaries in your own country.
Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I
am
close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find out about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS network post.
I do run into the rare occassion, like with the missing BBS user, that I don't really know about. Otherwise, I usually find out about deaths
through the above mentioned places.
Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I am close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find out about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS network post.
That's my case too. For someone I'm close to, I've always found out through family or friends, via a phone call, text, or social media.
Honestly I'm not sure where I'd look up obituaries here.. I'd probably
have to Google it.
that's pretty bad dude. didn't you ever have a family member die?
That's my case too. For someone I'm close to, I've always found out
through family or friends, via a phone call, text, or social media.
no no no. i don't think ANYBODY found out about the death of a close person, family or friend via obituary. that's just backwards thinking.
i'm thinking former teacher, former coworker, people you knew in highschool, etc.
Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Thu Jan 18 2024 04:54 am
Honestly I'm not sure where I'd look up obituaries here.. I'd probably
have to Google it.
that's pretty bad dude. didn't you ever have a family member die?
If a family member dies, I'm going to hear about it personally from family. Same with a friend, I'm going to hear about it through other friends.
That's my case too. For someone I'm close to, I've always found out
through family or friends, via a phone call, text, or social media.
no no no. i don't think ANYBODY found out about the death of a
close
person, family or friend via obituary. that's just backwards thinking.
Regarding this, you just wrote to me in another message "haven't you had
a
family member die?"
i assumed people looked at the obit to make sure the info was correct. apparently i have unearthed something.
Again, I could do a Google search to find obituaries. I don't know of a central repository of obituaries.. And even then, sometimes I've heard of people like that passing away through other friends.
I just look on my local newspaper's website for obits.
I have a user who posted nearly every day from here that disappeared a
while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
he probably used a fake name.
That is what I suspect now.
i miss my one user lenny of repan, real name charles knaper. I think he passed
way. he was crazy about usurper and provided jakob with many ideas.
he was pretty much the life of usurper.
havent you had other jobs? havent you wondered what happened to people in highschool? obits are a good way to see if they are dead.
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries. you know you are old and people are dying.
Nightfox wrote to MRO <=-
Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Thu Jan 18 2024 12:00 pm
havent you had other jobs? havent you wondered what happened to people in highschool? obits are a good way to see if they are dead.
Normally I search their name online and on social media first.
But "maybe they're dead" isn't a thought I've often had..
I just look on my local newspaper's website for obits.
That would help for local persons, but few of my users are local enough
to find them there, and none of my family is (unless I were to list it there). My local paper does list some surrounding areas that are even more rural, but I don't think they usually list ones from too far away unless it is someone noteworthy.
Normally I search their name online and on social media first. But "maybe they're dead" isn't a thought I've often had..
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries. you know you are old and people are dying.
I'm 43, and I didn't think that was very old yet.. I just haven't been in
the habit of looking up obituaries, or even wondering if my friends or people I've known are dead. And if an acquaintenance of mine is someone I haven't even been in contact with for 20+ years, it's probably not going to make much difference to me anyway. It has been a rare case like this where
And I wouldn't say I don't know how to look up obituaries. As I've stated already, I could Google it and find out.
while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never could find anything about him.
This is how I want to go out.
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries.
you know you are old and people are dying.
Normally I search their name online and on social media first.
But "maybe they're dead" isn't a thought I've often had..
Nor has any other normal person.
Don't forget who you're having this conversation with. That should
explain most of it...
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries.
you know you are old and people are dying.
Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-
Normally I search their name online and on social media first.
But "maybe they're dead" isn't a thought I've often had..
Nor has any other normal person.
Don't forget who you're having this conversation with. That should
explain most of it...
While that is not the immediate reaction to a lot of people
disappearing, I can understand it being one when the person in
question complained about their health as The Millionaire did.
While not true of all sysops, many are older and/or not very
physically active, so that might make it a more-likely conclusion
to jump to in our case. ;)
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries.
you know you are old and people are dying.
I think we know how... google them... but don't really know what to do if
we don't find any results.
Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Thu Jan 18 2024 12:01 pm
i'm just suprised you grown men don't know how to look up obituaries.
you know you are old and people are dying.
This reminded me of a point that I'm surprised needs to regularly be made about information hunting on the internet:
I know most of us here understand that concept, but it is worth a refresher that not everything is put online, let alone in a searchable format that's
Re: Hello
What I'm getting at is the fact that a blanket thought of just searching obits = absolute knowledge on the living or dead status of a person isn't the best methodology...
everything is fucking put online.
Nopants will be a tough obit search.
just searching obits absolute knowledge on the living or dead status of a person isn't the best methodology...
While not true of all sysops, many are older and/or not very
physically active, so that might make it a more-likely conclusion
to jump to in our case. ;)
Probably very correct.
just searching obits absolute knowledge on the living or dead status of a
person isn't the best methodology...
That's why I recommended a chant that goes "Hands vermillion, start of five. Bright cotillion, raven's dive. Nightshade's promise, spirits strive. To the living let now the dead come alive."
Nopants wrote to Gamgee <=-
Oh man. I always assumed Sysops to be sexy MF smart-throbs, no? Image ruined.
Nightfox wrote to Nopants <=-
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
Re: Re: Hello
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sun Jan 21 2024 10:07 am
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
#beetlejuice
ruined.
I have my BBS mounted above my weight bench, assumed others did as
well?
Re: Re: Hello
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nopants on Sun Jan 21 2024 10:07 am
ruined.
I have my BBS mounted above my weight bench, assumed others did as
well?
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
I have my BBS mounted above my weight bench, assumed others did as well?
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
I have my BBS mounted above my weight bench, assumed others did as well?
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
not surprised considering the source.
Re: Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 29 2024 07:34 am
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
not surprised considering the source.
Why are you responding to me? I didn't write what you quoted.
I have my BBS mounted above my weight bench, assumed others did as well?
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
That doesn't look like a valid URL to me..?
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
not surprised considering the source.
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
You know I used the copy url link in imgur and didn't even look at it lol.
I asked again and the results were not as great -
https://imgur.com/g0CJHgH
Re: Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Mon Jan 29 2024 07:34 am
I asked AI to generate your rig. Is this accurate?
https://imgur.com/undefined
not surprised considering the source.
It's all the vaccines I've taken eating my brain.
| Sysop: | Gary Ailes |
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