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Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

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Post by johnklos »

redcobra762 wrote: post #159
johnklos wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Even if it's just static text, you need to patch your OS, update your text editor and migrate the whole document to newer versions." Nah. That's bull. A static site can be put on a web server and the site never needs to be updated again. I have web sites people started hosting on my servers in the '90s that are still there, still serving, and haven't been touched in twenty years. Sure, I update the servers and softw…

Which ones? …for research purposes only, of course.

I have several dozen that go back at least two decades, but I don't think I should post them without asking the owners. OTOH, here's a rather public one:

http://www.baloneypotd.com/

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#162

Post by TylerE »

johnklos wrote: post #130
bayindirh wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even if it's a static HTML, you need to patch your webserver, OS, and migrate the whole stack to newer versions. This is why I'm scaling down my home infrastructure to SBCs and run everything on Debian with stock package repositories. It reduces tons of burden to something very manageable.

"Even if it's just static text, you need to patch your OS, update your text editor and migrate the whole document to newer versions." Nah. That's bull. A static site can be put on a web server and the site never needs to be updated again. I have web sites people started hosting on my servers in the '90s that are still there, still serving, and haven't been touched in twenty years. Sure, I update the servers and softw…

Someone has to run the server. That's the point.

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#163

Post by opan »

Demiurge wrote: post #91

One of my all time favorite sites on the interenet, I am glad there is an archive version. IRC and being ASCII only had their benefits. These days, Discord displacing IRC, for most people who even have PCs, there is a much different vibe of re-posting meme pics and gifs, or even youtube videos. Yet, I don't know if this is because of the higher production requirements, or not, but there isn't a database of spontaneou…

>IRC and being ASCII only had their benefits.

I still use IRC every day and you can send unicode emoji, Japanese, etc. just fine (via external tools or copy/paste typically). It's up to the client/terminal emulator/font on the other end to make it look right. Plus posting links to images/videos, either at random public spots or ones you just uploaded to a filesharing site, is pretty common.

I have only been to bash.org a handful of times, but multiple channels I'm in have their own bots that can store quotes and spit them back out later, so it's a bit more small and local than bash.org. It's only for single-line messages, though, so not the same as capturing a whole conversation. I do also occasionally grab some lines to dump in a text file for personal enjoyment.

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#165

Post by davchana »

cbsks wrote: post #121
bayindirh wrote: post #4

It was down for a couple of months already. However, the IP and server seems to be there. Maybe the person who keeps that up will restart the daemons when they remember they operate one of the nostalgia cornerstones of better part of the internet. Maybe the server's password is hunter2. Let's see whether can I access it. Edit: Nope. Seems firewalled.

That was a few years ago now… it’s probably up to hunter19 at least.

My work password changes every 90 days. It is at 52nd iteration now.

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#166

Post by another-dave »

thunderbong wrote: post #164
munro wrote: post #28

I just had an argument over IRC with a stranger on the internet last week. We're still out there. I thought the humor on this site hadn't aged well, but this one got me: :( Turn that frown upside down! ):

Sorry, I don't get it!

People say "turn that frown upside down" as a phrase to mean "don't frown, smile!"

But the poster flipped the emoji so it was a frowning face pointing right, then a frowning face pointing left

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#167

Post by grozmovoi »

thunderbong wrote: post #164
munro wrote: post #28

I just had an argument over IRC with a stranger on the internet last week. We're still out there. I thought the humor on this site hadn't aged well, but this one got me: :( Turn that frown upside down! ):

Sorry, I don't get it!

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Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#168

Post by mgdlbp »

poisonborz wrote: post #36

There were also national versions, e.g. http://bash.hu is still online. Would love to have a collection, there is far too little sociological/folklore research about the net.

ccTLDs, inexhaustive

https://web.archive.org/web/20100222/http://bash.org.az

https://web.archive.org/web/20070217/http://bash.org.by

https://web.archive.org/web/20060424/http://bash.org.il

https://web.archive.org/web/20071022/http://bash.org.kg

https://web.archive.org/web/20061203/http://bash.org.lv

https://web.archive.org/web/20090830/http://bash.org.md

https://web.archive.org/web/20060101/http://bash.org.pl

https://web.archive.org/web/20090421/http://bash.org.ro

https://web.archive.org/web/20040611/http://bash.org.ru

https://web.archive.org/web/20110523/http://bash.org.tj

https://web.archive.org/web/20080105/http://bash.org.ua

https://web.archive.org/web/20101117/http://ibash.org.pl

https://web.archive.org/web/20070609/http://ibash.org.ru

https://web.archive.org/web/20091004/http://bash.cc

https://web.archive.org/web/20030805/http://bash.cx

https://web.archive.org/web/20080315/http://bash.ee

https://web.archive.org/web/20040608/http://bash.hu

https://web.archive.org/web/20090322/http://bash.im

https://web.archive.org/web/20060205/http://bash.lv

https://web.archive.org/web/20180314/http://bash.no

https://web.archive.org/web/20060112/http://bash.ro

https://web.archive.org/web/20080219/http://bash.tj

https://web.archive.org/web/20120114/http://bash.tk

https://web.archive.org/web/20061115/http://ibash.de

https://web.archive.org/web/20160109/http://ibash.im

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#169

Post by bombcar »

thunderbong wrote: post #164
munro wrote: post #28

I just had an argument over IRC with a stranger on the internet last week. We're still out there. I thought the humor on this site hadn't aged well, but this one got me: :( Turn that frown upside down! ):

Sorry, I don't get it!

"Turn that frown upside down" means to smile, instead, :( to :)

But the chatter just flipped the whole face, so it's still sad: :( ):

Re: Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

#170

Post by crindy »

thunderbong wrote: post #164
munro wrote: post #28

I just had an argument over IRC with a stranger on the internet last week. We're still out there. I thought the humor on this site hadn't aged well, but this one got me: :( Turn that frown upside down! ):

Sorry, I don't get it!

"Turn that frown upside down" is a way of saying - don't be sad, be happy. Instead of having the corners of your mouth point down (frown), have them point up (smile). The joke is that if you move the eyes to the other side of the mouth, it remains a frown.

Expectation

:( becomes :)

Subversion

:( becomes ):

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