From 315f27f9c4b34e7e90b6901c1fc1d5c3ae09bf32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miloslav Ciz Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 20:54:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update --- acronym.md | 2 ++ dodleston.md | 6 ++++-- fun.md | 1 + holy_war.md | 8 +++++--- main.md | 5 ++++- nokia.md | 9 +++++++++ unix.md | 3 ++- usenet.md | 4 +++- 8 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) create mode 100644 nokia.md diff --git a/acronym.md b/acronym.md index 91b981b..86248a9 100644 --- a/acronym.md +++ b/acronym.md @@ -291,8 +291,10 @@ Here is a list of some acronyms: - **[SSD](ssd.md)** (solid state drive) - **[SSH](ssh.md)** (secure shell) - **[SSL](ssl.md)** (secure socket layer) +- **[STFU](stfu.md)** (shut the fuck up) - **[SVG](svg.md)** (scalable vector graphics) - **[SW](software.md)** (software) +- **[TAS](tas.md)** (tool assisted speedrun) - **[TB](tb.md)** (terabyte, terabit) - **[TCC](tcc.md)** (tiny [C](c.md) compiler) - **[TCP](tcp.md)** (transmission control protocol) diff --git a/dodleston.md b/dodleston.md index cbd9610..16557b1 100644 --- a/dodleston.md +++ b/dodleston.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Dodleston Mystery -The Dodleston mystery regards a teacher Ken Webster who in 1984 supposedly started exchanging messages with people from the past and future, most notably people from the 16th and 22nd century, via files on a [BBC micro](bbc_micro.md) computer. While probably [hoax](hoax.md) and [creepypasta](creepypasta.md), there are some interesting unexplained details... and it's a fun story. +The Dodleston mystery regards a teacher Ken Webster who in 1984 supposedly started exchanging messages with people from the past and future, most notably people from the 16th and 22nd century, via files on a [BBC micro](bbc_micro.md) computer. While probably a [hoax](hoax.md) and [creepypasta](creepypasta.md), there are some interesting unexplained details... and it's a fun story. -The guy has written a [proprietary](proprietary.md) book about it, called *The Vertical Plane*. \ No newline at end of file +The guy has written a [proprietary](proprietary.md) book about it, called *The Vertical Plane*. + +{ If the story is made up and maybe even if it isn't it may be a copyright violation to reproduce the story with all the details here so I don't know if I should, but reporting on a few facts probably can't hurt. Yes, this is how bad the copyrestriction laws have gotten. ~drummyfish } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/fun.md b/fun.md index 60fb598..85e008c 100644 --- a/fun.md +++ b/fun.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Fun is a rewarding lighthearted satisfying feeling you get as a result of doing - hanging around with friends on the [Island](island.md) - laughing at normies dealing with [bloat](bloat.md) - randomly stumbling upon sites on [wiby](https://www.wiby.me/) +- old [Nokia](nokia.md) phones were fun diff --git a/holy_war.md b/holy_war.md index ef89ba8..4bcf31a 100644 --- a/holy_war.md +++ b/holy_war.md @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Holy war is a perpetual passionate argument over usually two possible choices. T - **[free software](free_software.md) vs [open source](open_source.md)** (free software) - **[Chrome](chrome.md) vs [Firefox](firefox.md)**, and other browsers - **[Java](java.md) vs [C++](cpp.md)**, and other [programming languages](programming_language.md) ([C](c.md)) -- **[curly brackets on separate lines or not](programming_style.md)**, and other style choices -- **[KDE](kde.md) vs [GNOME](gnome.md)** +- **[curly brackets on separate lines or not](programming_style.md)**, and other [style](programming_style.md) choices +- **[KDE](kde.md) vs [GNOME](gnome.md)** (neither, both are [bloat](bloat.md)) - **pronunciation of [gif](gif.md) as "gif" vs "jif"** - **[Windows](windows.md) vs [Mac](mac.md)** (neither, this is a normie holy war) - **[GNU](gnu.md)/Linux vs [Linux](linux.md)** @@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ Holy war is a perpetual passionate argument over usually two possible choices. T - **[Metric](metric_system.md) vs [Imperial](imperial_units.md) units** (metric) - **Star Trek vs Star Wars**, and other franchise wars - **Pepsi vs Cola**, and other brand wars -- **[Quake](quake.md) vs Unreal Tournament**, and similar gaming shit \ No newline at end of file +- **[Quake](quake.md) vs Unreal Tournament**, and similar gaming shit + +Things like cats vs dogs or sci-fi vs fantasy may or may not be a holy war, there is a bit of doubt in the fact that one can easily like both and/or not be such a diehard fan of or the other. A subject of holy war probably has to be something that doesn't allow too much of this. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/main.md b/main.md index 5172d06..398cbaf 100644 --- a/main.md +++ b/main.md @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ We have a **[C tutorial](c_tutorial.md)**! Pay us a visit on the [Island](island.md)! And come mourn with us in the [cathedral](cathedral.md), because **technology is dying**. The future is dark but we do our best to bring the light, even knowing it is futile. -If you're new here, you may want to read answers to [frequently asked questions](faq.md) (**FAQ**), including "Are you a fascist?" and "Do you love Hitler?". +LRS Wiki is [collapse](collapse.md) ready! Feel free to print it out, take it to your prep shelter. You may also print copies of this wiki and throw it from a plane into the streets. Thanks. + +If you're new here, you may want to read answers to [frequently asked questions](faq.md) (**FAQ**), including "Are you a fascist?" (spoiler: no) and "Do you love Hitler?". ## What Is Less Retarded Software @@ -48,4 +50,5 @@ And if you just want something more obscure and [fun](fun.md), check out these: - [bytebeat](bytebeat.md) - [netstalking](netstalking.md) - [steganography](steganography.md) +- [lmao](lmao.md) - [shit](shit.md) diff --git a/nokia.md b/nokia.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7ca27a --- /dev/null +++ b/nokia.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Nokia + +TODO + +Kids today will absolutely NOT remember what Nokia did with phones back then, the richness, amazing creativity, fun. [Apple](apple.md)? WTF, that's like absolute nothing, Nokia was absolutely dominating the shit and coming up with INSANE designs you wouldn't believe. The guys must have been smoking some shit all day, they were like what haven't we done yet? Let's put the buttons all over the shit, let's make it round, let's make it fat, let's make the phone a literal square, let's make it a handheld console. And it worked, it was freakin art, everyone loved it, each phone was unique like, even with different [GUI](gui.md) and everything. It was beautiful. + +{ IMHO the peak of Nokia was 6600. Just look it up, I've never seen such beautiful design, AND it was such a high tech device back them, unreachable for a kid like me. Just the idea of having a real computer with an operating system in a pocket, with games, even a freaking video camera to shoot videos with, that was absolutely unreal to me. I wanted it so badly, I wanted it more than anything else. I had dreams about it. I also extremely enjoyed comparing it to the biggest competition Siemens SX1, that was a great device too. It was like a clash of two bosses. ~drummyfish } + +{ Also I remember I was once kicked out of a cell phone shop because they had 6600 there for customers to try it out and I was spending hours playing some LOTR games on it xD I remember it like today, it kind of marked me. ~drummyfish } \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/unix.md b/unix.md index 8cbedd9..ab1212d 100644 --- a/unix.md +++ b/unix.md @@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ In the 1960s, Bell Labs along with other groups were developing [Multics](multic In the early 1970s the system got funding as well as its name Unix (a pun on Multix). By now Thompson and Richie were developing a new language for Unix which would eventually become the [C](c.md) language. In version 4 (1973) Unix was rewritten in C. -Unix then started being sold commercially. This lead to its fragmentation into different versions such as the [BSD](bsd.md) or [Solaris](solaris.md). In 1983 a version called System V was released which would become one of the most successful. The fragmentation and a lack of a unified standard led to so called [Unix Wars](unix_wars.md) in the late 1980s, which led to a few Unix standards such as [POSIX](posix.md) and Single Unix Specification. +Unix then started being sold commercially. This led to its fragmentation into different versions such as the [BSD](bsd.md) or [Solaris](solaris.md). In 1983 a version called System V was released which would become one of the most successful. The fragmentation and a lack of a unified standard led to so called [Unix Wars](unix_wars.md) in the late 1980s, which led to a few Unix standards such as [POSIX](posix.md) and Single Unix Specification. +For [zoomers](genz.md) and other noobs: Unix wasn't like [Windows](windows.md), it was more like [DOS](dos.md), things were done in [text interface](cli.md) -- if you use the command line in "[Linux](linux.md)" nowadays, you'll get an idea of what it was like, except it was all even more primitive. Things we take for granted such as a [mouse](mouse.md), [copy-pastes](copy_paste.md), interactive text editors, having multiple user accounts or [running multiple programs at once](multitasking.md) were either non-existent or advanced features in the early days. Anything these guys did you have to see as done with stone tools. diff --git a/usenet.md b/usenet.md index 43d5c1b..788301f 100644 --- a/usenet.md +++ b/usenet.md @@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ Usenet was originally [ASCII](ascii.md) only, but people started to post binary It worked like this: there were a number of Usenet servers that all collaborated on keeping a database of *articles* that users posted (very roughly this is similar to how [blockchain](blockchain.md) works nowadays); the servers would more or less mirror each other's content. These servers were called *providers* as they also allowed access to Usenet but this was usually for a fee. The system uses a [NNTP](nntp.md) (Network News Transfer Protocol) protocol. The articles users posted were also called *posts* or *news*, they were in plain text and were similar to email messages. Other users could reply to posts, creating a discussion thread. Every post was also categorized under certain **newsgroup** that formed a hierarchy (e.g. *comp.lang.java*). After so called *Big Renaming* in 1987 the system eventually settled on 8 top level hierarchies (called the *Big 8*): comp.* (computers), news.* (news), sci.* (science), rec.* (recreation), soc.* (social), talk.* (talk), misc.* (other) and humanities.* (humanities). There was also another one called alt.* for controversial topics. -Usenet was the pre-[web](www.md) web, kind of like an 80s [reddit](reddit.md) which contained huge amounts of historical information and countless discussions of true computer [nerds](nerd.md) which are however not easily accessible anymore as there aren't so many archives, they aren't well indexed and Usenet access is normally paid. It's a shame. It is possible to find e.g. initial reactions to the [AIDS](aids.md) disease, people asking what the [Internet](internet.md) was, people discussing future technologies, the German cannibal (Meiwes) looking for someone to eat (which he eventually did), [Bezos](bezos.md) looking for [Amazon](amazon.md) programmers, a heated debate between [Linus Torvalds](torvalds.md) and [Andrew Tanenbaum](tanenbaum.md) about the best OS architecture (the "Linux is obsolete" discussion) or [Douglas Adams](douglas_adams.md) talking to his fans. There are also some politically incorrect groups like *alt.niggers* [lol](lol.md). \ No newline at end of file +Usenet was the pre-[web](www.md) web, kind of like an 80s [reddit](reddit.md) which contained huge amounts of historical information and countless discussions of true computer [nerds](nerd.md) which are however not easily accessible anymore as there aren't so many archives, they aren't well indexed and Usenet access is normally paid. It's a shame. It is possible to find e.g. initial reactions to the [AIDS](aids.md) disease, people asking what the [Internet](internet.md) was, people discussing future technologies, the German cannibal (Meiwes) looking for someone to eat (which he eventually did), [Bezos](bezos.md) looking for [Amazon](amazon.md) programmers, a heated debate between [Linus Torvalds](torvalds.md) and [Andrew Tanenbaum](tanenbaum.md) about the best OS architecture (the "Linux is obsolete" discussion) or [Douglas Adams](douglas_adams.md) talking to his fans. There are also some politically incorrect groups like *alt.niggers* [lol](lol.md). + +{ I mean I don't remember it either, I'm not that old, I've just been digging on the Internet and in the archives, and I find it all fascinating. ~drummfish } \ No newline at end of file