Nice client. I like how fine-toothed the color scheme is.
any plans to add handler support, ie. defined apps for various file
types?
Also it might be good to use something other than F1 for help
conflicts w/ many Linux/BSD desktop enviroments which usually have F1
pre-set for their own Help menu scheme.
Also it might be good to use something other than F1 for help
conflicts w/ many Linux/BSD desktop enviroments which usually have F1
pre-set for their own Help menu scheme.
That's a problem I never had, my Linux distro does not seem to catch
F1 - but if that's a problem that does exist on some OSes, then it's definitely worth looking into. I will probably add alternative key
bindings, so for example help would pop up when one presses either "F1"
or "h". That should not be complex to add, and it will solve also the
problem of users who do not have function keys at all on their
keyboards.
Hello, yesterday Gopherus v1.2 got published.
...and here is a short "promotional" video I have put together about
Gopherus and the gopherspace in general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFDrfOcWYQ
...and here is a short "promotional" video I have put together about
Gopherus and the gopherspace in general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFDrfOcWYQ
That girl1.txt was very unnecessary. Kinda ruined the whole video,
which was very good otherwise ... RFC1436 ain't about pr0n or whatnot
http is plagued with.
Hello Bud, thank you for your feedback. I must say I am genuinely
surprised that girl1's ASCII titties could bother anyone. I would never consider this "pr0n" material myself, but maybe it's because I'm some
kind of pervert. I will definitely consider investing some extra time
into editing, should I hear more voices of concern.
On Fri, 24 Jan 2020, Mateusz Viste wrote:
Hello Bud, thank you for your feedback. I must say I am genuinely
surprised that girl1's ASCII titties could bother anyone. I would never
consider this "pr0n" material myself, but maybe it's because I'm some
kind of pervert. I will definitely consider investing some extra time
into editing, should I hear more voices of concern.
Well. It's just Gopher is abnout content and not about tits and bling.
Like http protocol abusing whatnots we have nowadays. Mid 90's there was still content first attitude in interwebs, but that is now changed as we
all know.
internet but I fail to get upset by a pair of oversized ASCII breasts
over port 70. There was plenty of serious content presented in the
video and I think it shows that gopher sites can be about anything,
not just serious RFC stuff and personal rants.
2020-01-24 at 00:06 +0200, Bud Spencer wrote:
That girl1.txt was very unnecessary. Kinda ruined the whole video,
which was very good otherwise ... RFC1436 ain't about pr0n or whatnot
http is plagued with.
Hello Bud, thank you for your feedback. I must say I am genuinely
surprised that girl1's ASCII titties could bother anyone. I would never consider this "pr0n" material myself, but maybe it's because I'm some
kind of pervert. I will definitely consider investing some extra time
into editing, should I hear more voices of concern.
best,
Mateusz
The tits and bling were always available for those seeking it out,
only now so much of the web is traffic-driven in the name of profits
that sites feel the need to use them to attract people who were
actually looking for other content.
That isn't all that effective with Gopher in the first place thanks
to text-only navigation with very limited formatting. We just end up
with girl1 text files burried down a few levels of directories and
easily avoided unless you happen to be looking over the shoulder of
someone who _is_ looking for that content.
I don't know how to determine what a majority of Gopher users would
be offended by - we're a pretty specific minority to begin with. So
I think a video like that showing an individual's idea of acceptable
content is as much as can be hoped for.
There is certainly a problem with the portrayal of women on the internet
but I fail to get upset by a pair of oversized ASCII breasts over port 70. There was plenty of serious content presented in the video and I think
it shows that gopher sites can be about anything, not just serious RFC stuff and personal rants.
The "Horny Giant Girl" is an ASCII art hit from the early 90's, for
those who can remember it.
Including it in the video was meant as a geeky wink, while at the same
time showing the broad-ish coverage of content available on the
gopherspace today.
I believe the outcome is very positive, though: this group hasn't been
so active since quite some time! :-)
I wonder who is the author of the Giant Girl ASCII art. Surely he would
be surprised to learn that his creation is still triggering emotions,
even 30 years later.
In fact it's from mid 80's and was very popular stuff in the BBS'
back in the days before Gopher or interwebs.
I'd rather not put tits of anykind in anyt kind of promotional video
one wants to be taken seriously.
And back in the days nobody knew who made what. Except for very small
group of people very close to someone who did something.
Anyway keep up going hard on Internet Gopher!
(picture of nude girl CENSORED)
Now I understand! That's where the misunderstanding came from - I
rarely mean to be taken seriously.
2020-01-24 at 00:06 +0200, Bud Spencer wrote:
That girl1.txt was very unnecessary. Kinda ruined the whole video,
which was very good otherwise ... RFC1436 ain't about pr0n or whatnot
http is plagued with.
Hello Bud, thank you for your feedback. I must say I am genuinely
surprised that girl1's ASCII titties could bother anyone. I would never consider this "pr0n" material myself, but maybe it's because I'm some
kind of pervert. I will definitely consider investing some extra time
into editing, should I hear more voices of concern.
best,
Mateusz
I wonder who is the author of the Giant Girl ASCII art. Surely he would
be surprised to learn that his creation is still triggering emotions,
even 30 years later.
...and here is a short "promotional" video I have put together about
Gopherus and the gopherspace in general:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFDrfOcWYQ
in the version i have, there's a title and signature after the
ascii-art saying:
"Meriday in the Morning"
Copyright 1992 by Mike Jittlov
(& Meriday Beth Komor too!)
i can provide a link to the phile if needed
"Meriday in the Morning"
Copyright 1992 by Mike Jittlov
(& Meriday Beth Komor too!)
i can provide a link to the phile if needed (i won't put it here without being asked before since i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings).
No need I think - a web search based on the phrase you provided returns plenty of nice results. Thank you!
This is wonderful thing that there is some info for almost lost history of the computing! Kudos!
I also don't want to hurt anyones feelings ... but you guys are stuck in
the fucking stupid everything ruining PC culture that libratrds around the world have been vomiting all over past 5 years.
How this kind of madness even is possible for people who have apparently survived meow wars and all that Good Stuff(tm)?
Fluffy little glitter mylittlepony!
Rock on! On the rock!
indeed, we did; and as proud sons of Maleagant, we followed his dark lights:
we had withdrawn from the Great Information Highways, and dug our hole in
teh ancient protocol. there, without a drop of water, or a ray of sunshine, we dried ourselves up, from head to toe, in small corpses under pile of leaves. yes, in the wobbly glow of our phospor screens, we survived,
waiting for our moment, while the blessed by the Eternal September rejoiced at our disappearance without suspecting our inevitable return.
and then, one day, the crow says that she heard in the distance someone who started crying again. so we opened an eye, we crawled, ate snow, licked stale water... and our erstwhile ennemies shudder, because as they see us drinking, they understand that we are back.
Fluffy little glitter mylittlepony!
_ _ _ _
((___)) .wE.aR3.l0V3RS.oF.4LL.pHILES. ((___))
[ x x ] wE hAVE n0T f0RG0TEN, [ x x ]
\ / cDc sTiLL liVES iN oUR h3ARTS \ /
(` ') B O V I N O M I C O N (` ')
(U) (U)
Rock on! On the rock!
: let the COW be reborn,
: and emerge from the firey midsts of dawn.
: let bellows rush across the horizon,
: and endless let the Cult processions follow...
aS iT wAS wRiTTEN iN
tEH gL0Ri0US B00K.0F.C0W, CH.1 bY
F. Gibe 3/29/87-08
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