Gopher: A Present for Redis

#1

Post by itamarhaber » Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 5:38 PM UTC

Re: Gopher: A Present for Redis

#2

Post by kevan » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 12:41 AM UTC

This is great. As a University of Minnesota graduate I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for gopher. Even in 2010 I remember we had some old gopher documentation floating around the IT department. Here's a summary[1] of its history.

[1] https://www.minnpost.com/business/2016/08/rise-and-fall-goph...

Re: Gopher: A Present for Redis

#3

Post by panarky » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:03 AM UTC

Perfect protocol for low-bandwidth, text-only networks like Ubiquitilink.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means...

Re: Gopher: A Present for Redis

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Post by lazyjones » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:25 AM UTC

panarky wrote: post #3

Perfect protocol for low-bandwidth, text-only networks like Ubiquitilink. https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means...

This might be a problem though for some people/projects: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:7mk...

I wonder how/why this happened...

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Post by save_ferris » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 1:39 AM UTC

lazyjones wrote: post #4

panarky wrote: post #3

Perfect protocol for low-bandwidth, text-only networks like Ubiquitilink. https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/25/ubiquitilink-advance-means...

This might be a problem though for some people/projects: http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4807:7mk... I wonder how/why this happened...

looks like that search is tied to a session, what did you search for?

Re: Gopher: A Present for Redis

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Post by piinbinary » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/554/

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Post by bch » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:10 AM UTC

piinbinary wrote: post #6

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/554/

Relevant webcomic: https://xkcd.com/554/

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Post by wayneftw » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:44 AM UTC

Very cool! Someone should update Wikipedia and add this as a Gopher server implementation.

Perhaps soon there will also be a Revival section to add, if enough interest is generated. My curiosity has certainly been piqued!

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Post by michaelangerman » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 2:57 AM UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=494649

Here is the link from Feb 25, 2009

Note this number = 494649

Today = 19 247493

Nineteen (19) Million Posts etc later (mas o menos)

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#10

Post by kgwxd » Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 3:24 AM UTC

Because of this post, I've spent the last few hours re-exploring gopher spaces on sdf.org. Half that time was spent reading xmanmonk's "What The...?" phlog from the start. I have no clue if they're real or just stories, but either way, they're great reads.