It's a shame browser makers removed FTP:// browsing support.
FTP was a lot more fun than the homogeneous blob of HTTP we have today. I only discovered FTP transparently via web browsing and clicking around as a kid.
Turned out to be an interesting historical snapshot in light of the current metal prices. A pre-9/11 discussion about the then-growing, now-defunct eGold. The thing that was trying to be Bitcoin before Bitcoin.
Kind of sad that we're stuck with the one that heats the Earth because Bush/Cheney decided we couldn't have the energy efficient one.
The general premise of cryptocurrency is that the architecture makes it so you can't prevent it from being used for crimes and thereby creates the incentive for the government to gracefully take the L and peel back all of the now-useless AML bureaucracy that screws over innocent people rather than criminals.
What they didn't account for is that the government is run by an amalgamation of spiteful authoritarian twits, dogmatic process bureaucrats and corrupt industry shills who don't want competition when they're quietly extracting 3% from the whole economy. So they apply the bad rules to the new thing even though it means paying all the costs for none of the benefits, which makes it arduous for law-abiding people to use it (have fun filling out government paperwork every time you want to buy a piece of chewing gum) meanwhile the criminals just ignore the repressive reporting requirements because they're already committing more serious crimes.
Remember when we were going to repeal the entire Patriot Act? Maybe we should still do that.
Why are almost every one of your comments since you signed up angry criticism, except for the ones where you demonstrate deep knowledge of the Russian language?
http://128.237.157.9/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/...
It's a shame browser makers removed FTP:// browsing support.
FTP was a lot more fun than the homogeneous blob of HTTP we have today. I only discovered FTP transparently via web browsing and clicking around as a kid.
Could we build a web-based service that acts like an FTP browser for the internet?
Yes you could, but ftp:// links still won't be clickable, which kills the discovery aspect. :: sadblob ::
When I was 12-13, I attempted to download the entirety of a linux install CD this way because I was unaware of FTP clients.
http://128.237.157.9/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/...
Deepest level
Feels a bit badger-badger-badger-badger...
Thaz my name, don't wear it out.
Hey, a scene.org mirror! Does anyone know if this Opiate is Thomas Knak? This one sounds a lot like him:
http://128.237.157.9/pub/scene.org/music/artists/opiate/opia...
https://www.discogs.com/artist/401-Opiate
Edit: fun, they have my old hippocamp album too :) http://128.237.157.9/pub/scene.org/music/groups/hippocamp/hc...
Anybody from CMU, tell your ITSO people to calm down, it's just a few nerds rediscovering something.
Nice games music library, thanks! http://128.237.157.9/pub/HVSC/C64Music/GAMES/A-F/
The canonical source for that is https://www.hvsc.c64.org/ and it's awesome.
Some of the http://128.237.157.9/pub/core-mp3s/ files are an interesting record of the past.
Oh my goodness I completely forgot about Knoppix.
How come? This is golden standard for secure computing: read only os image. Immutable by laws of physics heheh
Big Amiga fans (and still are) from what I see. =)
I opened the first of these at random:
http://128.237.157.9/pub/core-mp3s/
http://128.237.157.9/pub/core-mp3s/core-2000-02-25.mp3
Turned out to be an interesting historical snapshot in light of the current metal prices. A pre-9/11 discussion about the then-growing, now-defunct eGold. The thing that was trying to be Bitcoin before Bitcoin.
Kind of sad that we're stuck with the one that heats the Earth because Bush/Cheney decided we couldn't have the energy efficient one.
Ethereum is extremely energy efficient after the switch to proof of stake and ready to be used any time.
https://digiconomist.net/ethereum-energy-consumption
The general premise of cryptocurrency is that the architecture makes it so you can't prevent it from being used for crimes and thereby creates the incentive for the government to gracefully take the L and peel back all of the now-useless AML bureaucracy that screws over innocent people rather than criminals.
What they didn't account for is that the government is run by an amalgamation of spiteful authoritarian twits, dogmatic process bureaucrats and corrupt industry shills who don't want competition when they're quietly extracting 3% from the whole economy. So they apply the bad rules to the new thing even though it means paying all the costs for none of the benefits, which makes it arduous for law-abiding people to use it (have fun filling out government paperwork every time you want to buy a piece of chewing gum) meanwhile the criminals just ignore the repressive reporting requirements because they're already committing more serious crimes.
Remember when we were going to repeal the entire Patriot Act? Maybe we should still do that.
ftp://128.237.157.9/pub
Why is this noteworthy in 2026?
Yeah I’m also not sure what I’m supposed to be looking at. Maybe just the fact that it’s still running in 2026 is what’s interesting?
Tons of these sorts of sites are still online.
Why is this noteworthy in 2026?
Why are almost every one of your comments since you signed up angry criticism, except for the ones where you demonstrate deep knowledge of the Russian language?
Do they not allow fun things in Russia?
It is fun!
nice!