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 Jan 20 2007, 03:31 AM
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Creating a god with his own hands  Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364  |
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Jan 20 2007, 03:41 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
Looks interesting so far, but I bet it'll be taken over by at least one US political philosophy within 3 years (more cynical guess: 5 weeks) and any useful leaks will be squelched and/or adjusted until it sounds like a campaign ad.
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Jan 20 2007, 03:44 AM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
Agreed. my bet is two months.
the major problem will be if it is run as a true wiki, will be the horrendous edit wars, and submission of false materials. |
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Jan 20 2007, 08:05 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Shadowland-style BBSes (which is, after all, what it originally was) have been around for decades.
This... This is cute, but otherwise meaningless in the grand scheme of things. |
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Jan 20 2007, 10:17 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Shadowland-style BBS have been around for decades, but they are a dying breed. It used to be if you knew the right phone number you could grab everything from recipes for crystal meth to instructions on how to get make free long distance calls (which was very useful since the BBS was probably in another state). These days, practically no one hosts dial-up BBSes anymore and even fewer people frequent them. The WWW is simply far more convenient. Some of the big hacker BBSes were hit be the FBI and the Secret Service and a few 14-year-old white boys were treated like the world's worst terrorists (due partially to the fact the government believed that cyberpunk books were nonfiction), and this has made those who would host similar sites rather wary. The old exploits are gone and the old holes have been plugged. Even the crystal meth formulas may not work due to changing ingredients in many over-the-counter products.
All in all, the Internet is a much tamer and much more corporate place than it was back then, and it has more porn. |
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Jan 20 2007, 07:22 PM
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Horror Group: Members Posts: 5,322 Joined: 15-June 05 From: BumFuck, New Jersey Member No.: 7,445 |
All hail the porn, the bringer of complacancy. |
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Jan 21 2007, 07:13 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 43 Joined: 18-October 06 From: Shaft C, -893meters Member No.: 9,647 |
Pornography, the new opiate for the masses.
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Jan 21 2007, 11:33 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Well, it does tend to cut your post time in half....
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Jan 21 2007, 11:41 PM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Well, they're not all BBSes anymore, but a significant number seem to be in Arabic.
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Jan 23 2007, 03:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 27-October 02 From: Chicago Containment Zone Member No.: 3,504 |
I can't say I keep track of the respective numbers, but in Western media, the Arabic ones are overly reported due to high-profile terrorist activities. |
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