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Public Msg #749253 *Internet* 21:04 17-MAY-96 *EXEMPT*
From: Honey (Awarded 3000 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
Subj: Some Simple Commands
I thought that I would try leaving some simple commands here to help
people who are new to the IRC side of the internet
(Private)
/Join #channelname will allow you to join a channel
/mode #channelname +o (Nick) Will give that nick operator status
/mode #channelname -o (Nick) will de-op operator status
/mode #channelname +k (Nick) will kick the nick out of a channel (note
you must have operator status to do this.
/mode #channelname +b (Nick) will ban that nick from the channel (again
only if you have operator status)
If you use -b it will unban the person
/list List all the channel but a better way to get a channel listing is
to use /list -min 5 -max 20 - This will list only those channel with a
minimum of 5 people and a maximum of 20 people in them
/list #love will show only those channels with "Love" in them
/me is the same as doing a ga on here
/whois (nick) Will give you information about a person
/Nick (newnick) Will change your nickname
/Quit (message) Will Quit you from the server with a departing message
EG /Quit Seeya Later Folks
/invite (Nick) Will invite the person with that nick to your channel
I know alot of people will know these command but maybe it will help
some of you surf the IRC internet a little easier.
Seeya
HONEY!!!
Public Msg #999192 *Internet* 11:28 03-JAN-98 *EXEMPT*
From: Jedd (Awarded 2000 Credits)
To: Mover
Subj: This foxtel internet thingi.
Reply to #999003
] Does anyone know how it works?
Yes.
Note that I speak for me - what I know is gleaned from a combination
of reviews, publicly-available specs, and a SLUG (sydney linux users
group) meeting I attended. I do not speak for anyone other than me.
That out of the way . . . .
You buy a cable modem. This has two connectors - one that talks to
the foxtel cabling, and the other side talks ethernet. You therefore
need an ethernet card in your PC. The latter costs anything from $50
upwards. It's just 10Mb (no fast-ethernet), but most 100Mb cards do
10Mb anyways. You effectively get (in an ideal world) the full
bandwidth of a 10Mb link. Note that that, like most networking stuff,
is in bits. Note also that ethernet peaks at about 30-40%. So you're
looking at a max xfer rate of 3 million bits per second. That's,
as I say, the max you can get. It will be further reduced as other
people on your particular length of cable (the one out on the telegraph
poles) use the same service. The degradation (visible) in your service
is likely to be trivial, though. (Due to the way most people use the
net.)
The cable modem costs about $700.
You pay about (from memory) $60 a month for access. This will get you
100Mb - both ways. That's total, not 100Mb each way. At this kind
of speed, I can vouch for the fact that you'll use your 100Mb quota
up within about ... oooh ... 25 minutes. I downloaded Communicator
(the full version) t'other day - I was getting about 131kb/s, which
gave me the jollies no end. And that wasn't even through foxtel.
Point being - every Mb after your first 100 cost about $2.50 (I
think).
When you connect - and I believe they support Win95, WinNT or Mac
now - you get a single IP address provided by a DHCP (consider it
to be the same as BootP) server. This means that your IP address
is not guaranteed to be the same from one login to the next. It
also makes it a smidge tricky to do the kind of thing that I do
right now at home, through a 28k dial-up link - which is share
access through a gateway (in this case running linux). I know of
some people who have done this, but it's a fair bit of twinkling
around.
Note that Telstra is [so it would seem] in the market, or about to be
in the market] of information provision. Therefore it would be
against their business drivers to provide a means for you to compete
with them. (They were legally obliged to do that for Optus - but
not for small people like you and me. :)
Hence - you can see the network, but only via proxies, and there's
no way people can see you. Even on the same stream (street-cable,
if you prefer) as you. The network outside of your home does not work
the same way an ethernet network would.
I believe (like every other observation and figure here - these are
from memory, from what I've been told, or what I've assumed - they
may be inaccurate) . . . I believe that http and ftp are proxied,
but telnet is not - so it would be conceivable to telnet to a
remote host, run something like term, and exceed the 100Mb limit
in that fashion. You did not hear that from me.
In comparison - the optusvision offering sounds quite superb, though
it's not yet available. I believe it's *still* in trial in some parts
of smelbourne (which is odd, since optus' hq is sydney). Rumours I
heard some time ago indicate there'd be no xfer limit, and it'd
have transparent proxies, but still allow access back into your
part of the net. (Presumably they'd sell options on domains, etc.)
I have no idea when they'll be commercially offering that, though,
or indeed how good it will be by the time it gets to market. Ideally
<c>
Public Msg #1041623 *Internet* 15:29 28-JAN-98 *EXEMPT*
From: Akuma (2 Replies) (Awarded 3000 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
Subj: My board snapped :(
Okay .. I think it's time to put up some handy net sites for all sorts
of purposes. The following are simply sites that I like to look at,
that you [gesture] folks might find some value you in, also.
www.windows95.com
If you use Windows 95 and want information, or mostly - any software,
updates or anything this is *the* place to go. Brilliantly set out,
easy to find what you want, good ratings and completely up to date.
www.theonion.com
Easily the funniest site on the net. It amazes me that this site hasn't
been shutdown due to people shitting themselves from laughter. If you
don't find it amusing, you don't deserve to be using my oxygen.
www.tomshardware.com
Great site with heaps of info on anything PC-hardware related.
Pre-release, independant reviews of all the latest processors -
including the P2-333 released this week. Benchmarks, graphs, info and
oodles of great info for those trying to squeeze as much out of their
systems as possible.
www.apcmag.com
Australian Personal Computer's web page. This is -the- site for Aussie
tech news, downloads, or pretty much anything Australian technology
related. Particularly handy is the www.apcmag.com/start section - great
jumpoff.
www.cnet.com
C|Net's site has been around for ages - and is a great source of
information. You could sit down for hours upon hours and still find
things to do here. You really won't get much better than this in one
site. Covers everything from gaming, to tech news, to reviews of
software and hardware, software downloads, web design, bug reports. The
lot.
www.telstra.com.au
Telstra's site holds White Pages, Yellow Pages, the Australian AltaVista
site as well as their own corporate information. You need this.
www.ozemail.com.au/~gtdraven/active
Ooh .. what do we have here?!? :) My Active web page. Yes, I know it
needs updating. It's going to happen [eventually] :)
www.zdnet.com
Ziff Davis' technology related web site. Similar to C|Net yet not quite
as easy to digest, I find.
www.whatis.com
Computer dictionary. Superb.
www.yahoo.com.au
Everyone knows this one. Aussie mirror and slant. Very comprehensive.
www.britannica.com
Encyc Britannica online. If Britannica don't know about it, chances are
it never happened.
www.tucows.com
Main homepage for The Ultimate Collection Of Winsocks Software. Similar
to win95.com in style, but with a definite internet slant, and not
specifically for any one OS.
www.mirabilis.com
ICQ's homepage. Must have.
www.hyperreal.com
Electronic music and everything related, including rave info, drug info,
and cool software.
www.amazon.com
Biggest book store in the world - bar none. If you can't find it in
Dymocks City, this place is guarenteed to have it.
www.cdnow.com
Biggest record store in the world.
www.hotmail.com
Free web-based email.
www.geocities.com
Free web pages.
--
Right, that should keep you netters going for a while. :) If you're
looking for a web page on a particular topic, ask me and I'll see what I
can find for you :)
ùAkumaù
Public Msg #1048232 *Internet* 16:55 18-FEB-98 *EXEMPT*
From: Mabster (Awarded 3000 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
Subj: ICQ Servers.
As requested by a certain godly person [worship] here are all the
ICQ servers which I have been able to get my hands on. These are the
ones another person posted in here a few months ago, plus a few
others a friend of mine sent me. They are all on port 4000.
icq.mirabilis.com
icq1.mirabilis.com
icq2.mirabilis.com
icq3.mirabilis.com
icq4.mirabilis.com
208.215.43.50
208.202.84.21
207.95.232.2
105.99.113.49
38.161.231.49
38.161.231.45
38.161.231.44
38.161.231.40
Anyway, this should help you all. :)
Bastard sheep. 668
Public Msg #1137497 *Internet* 15:17 09-JAN-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Lefty (2 Replies) (Awarded 500 Credits)
To: Raxelbrof
Subj: ISP's.
Reply to #1123499, Reply to #112342*
> Bullshit it is. I work there.
>
> Do you honestly think any ISP is going to devote the time, resources and
> server processor runtime to DELIBERATELY constraining your bandwidth the
> longer you have been connected?
>
> Considering the number of users OzEmail has and the number of dialins
> aust wide the cost of implimenting this sort of thing would make the
> idea laughable.
>
> And of course you DO have some conclusive proof that these bandwidth
> restricting lists exist don't you - or is it just some sad little
> conspiracy theory you made up?
I know this is a tad late, but I am quite able to restrain someones
bandwidth by modifying an option on our terminal server which the modems
connect to. Since OzEmail would use terminal servers too (they'd be dumb
to use anything else), it's quite plausible they could be doing it.
Phil
Public Msg #1142773 *Internet* 01:24 24-JAN-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Armand (Awarded 2500 Credits)
To: Noone
Subj: Internet stuff. :)
Reply to #1142667
> So why don't we all just write up a list of our favourite entertainment
> sites. :)
I've been spending far too much time on Shadowrun, at the moment.
Subsequently I've been using a large-number of SR related websites.
Deep Resonance - The central site for many shadowrun pages (NERPS,
Plastic People, the mailing lists, the Shadowrun Supplement) -
http://shadowrun.html.com/
The Shadowrun Military Site - A site trying to create a 'shadowrun
military sourcebook', useful for adversaries, backgrounds, etc -
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/6866/index.html
Shadowland v6 - Technically impressive. The guy who programmed this
is actually a programmer for Netscape. The java is amazing. It is like a
multiuser operating system for roleplaying. It also supports Storyteller
games (Mage; Vampire; Werewolf; Wraith; Changeling), StarWars, In
Nomine, BattleTech [?] and probably others. Has a e-zine for shadowrun
(Screamsheet), and an online book store. Huge. -
http://www.shadowland.org
Shadowrun Webring - well, this has like 400 or so Shadowrun sites... and
I'm working may way through them, slowly. Lots of them are crap, with
the usual 'This is my Bad Arse Corrupt as the IOC Corp who make Bad Arse
Guns' sites, but there are some gems. Either way, sites are useful,
cause you get ideas on what *not* to do in terms of supplementary
material (I plan to write for Screamsheet, Shadowrun Supplement, and
maybe NERPS). -
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=shadowrun&list
As for other sites:
http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/drwho.html - One of the best Dr Who
websites I've ever seen. Wow.
telnet://joshua.dnaco.net:5555 - Not a website, but its a Transformers
2005 MUSH/MUD.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/6563/index.html - Transformers
Online Encylopaedia, which is mostly unfinished.
http://www.dangermedia.com/ - DangerMedia Guild, 'nuff said.
http://music.dartmouth.edu/~icma/ - International Computer Music
Association.
http://www.united-trackers.org/ - United Trackers Organisation [duh].
Tracking, what a sport.
Sample Pages:
~~~
Phatso's Place - http://www.2xtreme.net/mhat/drums.html
The Bass Emporium - The Bass- http://www.jara.demon.co.uk/bass/bass.html
The Hornet Sample Archive- http://www.hornet.org/music/samples/
United Trackers Sampling webring-
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?home&ring=utsample
Soundwave - http://www.volftp.vol.it/soundwave/samples.html
Anqodia- http://www.shopalberta.com/qode/home.htm
Hyperreal- http://www.hyperreal.org/music/machines/samples.htm
Samplenet- http://www.futurenet.com/samplenet/
Subvert's Breakbeats Page-
http://www.loknet.demon.co.uk/leech/breakbeats.html
Sound Editors/Generators
~~~~~~~~~~
MAZ Sound Page - http://www.maz-sound.com
Harmony Central - http://www.harmony-central.com/Software/
Cool Edit - http://www.syntrillium.com
GoldWave - http://www.goldwave.com
CD2Wav - http://sunny.aha.ru/~gw/
Modules
~~~
Aminet Archive- http://ftp.wustl.edu/~aminet/dirs/aminet/mods/
Mod Archive- http://www.modarchive.com
Other Useful Sites
~~~~~~~
International Computer Music Association -
http://music.dartmouth.edu/~icma/
United Trackers (Nice tutorials, articles etc.)-
http://www.united-trackers.org/
Mod Resources- http://www.armory.com/~greebo/mod.html
Zen and the Art of Tracking -
http://falcon.invincible.com/~jerm/newcomers.html
Whoops, shouldn't'ev ripped it from an e-mail. Repetition. Oh well.
More:
http://lemur.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Library/Principia/ - Principa Discordia
[Choas, Anarchy, Messiness]
http://www.cwu.edu/~millerj/nietzsche/ - Pirate Nietzsche Page. Contains
online works by said philosopher.
Armand. ú 665
Public Msg #1142777 *Internet* 01:29 24-JAN-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Armand (2 Replies) (Awarded 1000 Credits)
To: Noone
Subj: Internet stuff. :)
Reply to #1142667
> So why don't we all just write up a list of our favourite entertainment
> sites. :)
MOre! :)
Sure, they're not entertainment in the normal sense. But I'm sick.
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jgotts/underground/hack-faq.html -
The Alt.2600 FAQ on Hacking.
http://www.tchort.com/magnetic/memes/peace/peace1.html - Warning Signs
of Inner Peace.
http://www.cyberperk.com/angst/angst.htm - Angsty and Bad Poetry [like
the stuff in /poetry]
http://www.wormhole.org/HKNW/ - Hello Kitty Ninja Warriors. Cuteness is
a weapon, you have been warned.
http://www.process.org/zero/ - Zone Zero.
http://www.aia.net.au/freedom/hanson.html - Freedom for Australia
website. They're associated with Hanson, but are far more to the right
of Genghis Khan. In other words, they could pass for American's.
http://www.gwb.com.au/onenation/
http://www.zip.com.au/~rocket/index.html - Rocket Magazine.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/8905/ - [Burn Me]. My site,
still hasn't be updated in a year... though soon. Bloody hilarious all
the mail I get left from angsty 15 year old goth-wannabe chicks. The
poetry is even funnier.
Want more?
:-)
Armand. ú 665
Public Msg #1151646 *Internet* 23:20 22-FEB-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Raxelbrof (Awarded 200 Credits)
To: Memnoch
Subj: .
Reply to #1151439, Reply to #115093*
Hollywood asserts an incorrect definition of "hacker". I can't see how
the fact that they do it makes their misinformation any more correct.
***************
Rather amusingly there has been a new pornographic film released that is
set amidst the hacker/cracker community which has believe it or not a
semi reasonable plotline based around a new chip based encryption
technology and has as non sex extras most of the top privacy and public
access encryption experts / advocates, one of whom plays a geek who is
engaged in surfing with a laptop in a strip club, and is too busy to
accept a lap dance.
RAX.
Public Msg #1154815 *Internet* 15:45 05-MAR-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Memnoch (Awarded 500 Credits)
To: Laitha
Subj: Ok.
Reply to #1154721
> I need to know how to get access to the internet.
"Excellent! How about I grab your details, and send you out one of our
OzEmail Starter Kits?"
<work.mode:OFF>
> I obviously get someone to give me something [giggle] but I dont know
> what, how, how much, which server to get etc...
This depends on a couple of things.
1) Your budget (usually per month, unless you want to pre-pay)
2) Requirements (time per month, speed, reliability)
3) Other (support, other non-connection services)
If you're that new to this, going for an ISP that has a lot of info for
new users (whether it be documentation mailed out, on a web page, or
over the phone) might come in handy. Of course, you could always check
here and ask questions.
If you're one of those people who doesn't mind download speeds that
don't utilise your modem's potential, either have a lot of spare time or
you want to chat (stuff that requires time rather than speed) go for a
provider that has a lot of hours per month on the cheap.
If you're mainly doing this for course work, where you're looking up
certain things and then planning on logging off and going to it, try
something with more speed. You don't want to sit around waiting for
pages to load, and you don't want to pay hours you probably won't use.
The other stuff is basically "online services". A lot of Ithe big ISP's
have "members only" areas. You might find them useful, you might not.
With technical support, most ISPs have it for free these days, but I'm
not sure about the hours their techs work. Some places still charge for
tech support, though, so make sure you check.
What sort of computer are you using? Things like modem type, processor,
RAM, and operating system. If you've got an older computer, hard drive
space might be important too.
Anyway, a lot of ISP's have customer service numbers (which would be
free since they're for general/product/service enquiries). Since you
don't have 'net access to check prices, you could always call them up.
Public Msg #1191977 *Internet* 11:31 18-AUG-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Crusader (2 Replies) (Awarded 1000 Credits)
To: Valiant
Subj: ICQ (moving thread to here from /active)
Reply to #1191827, Reply to #1184075
> I don't understand why you'd bother using such a buggy inferior
> application. It went from a small communications device to just another
> cancerous tendril of the AOL tumour infecting the Internet.
If "tumours" infecting the Internet (the world, more like it) were able
to be weeded out, we wouldn't have to sit here and listen to your inane
bullshit all day long.
Cope.
Public Msg #1195478 *Internet* 00:51 07-SEP-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Thor (1 Reply) (Awarded 4000 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
FILE: icqserve.txt
A Bloody long list of ICQ servers. And if you still can't connect to ICQ
with all these, you really are stuffed :)
All are port 4000, as well as 53 now (at least the alphanumeric ones.
There is also a short list on servers who are no linger part of ICQ
Thor
(yes I was bored to compile this list)
Public Msg #1198863 *Internet* 11:05 29-SEP-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Thor (Awarded 2500 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
Subj: Best free stuff on the Web
Here is a list of some good net freebies and the URLs for them.
Aladdin Expander: handles all compression formats and some uncommon
ones, it has many options and is easy to configure, files can be
expanded by dragging them on the Expander desktop icon.
www.aladinsys.com/expander/expander_win_login.html
Diskdata: this proggie illustrates home much room each folder and
subfolder is taking up on your drive/partition. You can display
statistics in report, bar, or pie chart format. good help files inc.
www.digallery.com/diskdata
PrintKey: uses the old Print Screen button to do just that, and more.
You can print the whole screen, an active window, or just about ny piece
of the desktop. Also included are image editing tools so you can make
adjustments before printing.
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/3053/index.html
BCWipe: This little proggie, really does delete files from the hard
drive, it adds another option to the popup menu "Delete with Wiping", it
dumps the file, then wipes that area of the hard drive to make sure no
data remains.
www.jetico.sci.fi
Keep It Alive: This proggie is great for users who get kicked off by
their ISP due to their time-out setting. This program will ping your
connection every few minutes, fooling your ISP into thinking your
working online. Very good for AOL users :)
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/7334/Kpalive.html
NetSonic: This program fetches webpages while your modem is idle, eg if
you are reading an already loaded web pag, it keeps track of the sites
you visit most frequently, then grabs the new elements of the page.
there are pleanty of options, so you can adjust NetSonic to your needs.
www.web3000.com
Just like to add none of these have been tested by me, though i found
them in a magazine, so they should be worth a look.
Thor
Public Msg #1199601 *Internet* 20:22 05-OCT-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Pigdog (1 Reply) (Awarded -1000 Credits)
To: Kezza
Subj: errr.. :)
This sig sucks the sweat of a dead mans balls.
The content is shit,
The topics are shit,
The colours are even pretty ugly.
But not, by 1/2, as ugly as you, you are a disgusting excuse for a
sigop, and your pissy little dinky sig can bloeww mee!
<unwraps cigar>
SO please, remove me and my access from this stupidy once AND for all,
as I am embarrassed by it.
--Pgd¢g--
Public Msg #1211081 *Internet* 09:22 21-DEC-99 *EXEMPT*
From: Folken (1 Reply) (Awarded 750 Credits)
To: Odo
Subj: 56k Modems
Reply to #1210960
> Are there any models that stand out from the rest in terms of
> reliability and speed?
>
> Any modems/brands to avoid?
OK. Let's set me off. :)
First and foremost, stay away from ABC modems. In their external modems,
they use 3 different chipsets. Since the casing and packaging is exactly
the same, you can't tell which one you've got until you run through the
ATI commands. Also, their slogan is "simple as ABC", which can quite
adequately describe the people who make them.
Any Win/Soft modem. There's already been a big spiel in here about
software modems. Suffice to say that, if you plan on running any OS
aside from Windows 95/98 (I'm not even sure if they've got NT drivers,
people who use NT usually have the brains not to buy these modems) then
it won't work.
Motorolla SM56. Internal modem. It's init commands are different to the
"standard" (I know there is no ratified standard, but these guys use
*MMxx, where xx is a number, to set things). We've had connection issues
with them too, but that may be the Bay terminal servers.
Aside from that, there aren't any that stand out for badness. I've had
issues with Dynalinks and other "cheaper" modems, but generally that's a
double edged sword. Now that OzEmail's replaced the Bay modems with
UUNet's hardware, we don't get issues with the cheap modems. Actually,
Winmodems tend to connect OK as well. (Still, I play games online and my
CPU is busy enough without having to do modulation/demodulation.)
I use a Netcomm Roadster II. It's V.90 and K56Flex compatible (and is
supposed to be auto sensing). I don't get connection issues with
anywhere I dial into. I've used it to connect to OzEmail, iHug, Primus,
and here. I don't need a fancy init string to get anywhere (I have one
anyway because I'm a t3ch d00d) and I have no issues with it.
They have one in USB now, so you don't even have to worry about a power
supply anymore either. Or, if you have APM, having to switch your modem
off seperately. I would recommend my modem to anyone.
I have noticed that Mab has had some issues with his, with modem init
strings. Some commands don't work as they don't have the room in the
board to allow certain settings (like dialling speed).
Hang on, don't you use a Mac? I guess most of this isn't useful for you
if you're after a Mac modem. Anyway, I'll leave this here in case there
are Windows people who are in the market.
Public Msg #1215252 *Internet* 05:37 15-JAN-00 *EXEMPT*
From: Mabster (Awarded 1500 Credits)
To: ** ALL **
FILE: zcommand.txt
Here's a funky little text file I got from www.oz.org which lists most
of the commands for controlling Z in a channel. It's a worthwhile
download if you have Z access in any channels at all. Great quick easy
reference.
Woolly dolphin. 608
Public Msg #1215441 *Internet* 14:04 16-JAN-00 *EXEMPT*
From: Kezza (1 Reply)
To: Lilith
Subj: Free internet access
Reply to #1215231
þ For those of us without a current ISP, could someone leave contact
þ numbers? :)
Hmph. If I have too..
Freenet: (free.net.au) PH: 02 9635 0505
Freeonline: (www.freeonline.com.au) PH:
1300 656 503
Yeah.. :)
Kezza
Public Msg #1218427 *Internet* 23:57 03-FEB-00 *EXEMPT*
From: Nickz (Awarded 5000 Credits)
To: Nickz
FILE: Activator 7 Details and Invitation !!!!!
Copy by Nickz
Apologies for the delay, but here are the Official Activator 7
Details and Invitation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You'll all be glad to hear that I mass emailed over 100 Activites
today, and the response from the oldies was "OH MY GOD!! WOW!!! I'll
come and try to bring so and so with me!!!!!!!" Needless to say, YES, a
shitload of the older Active Legends are coming!!!! However, its just
as important that the NEW Activites are there to put them in their place :)
Ascii download the details with option 1.
...NickZ <it's going to be fucking HUGE!!!>