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Maureen Saringer (ladybug@metronet.com) wrote:
: The Austin Chronicle (Austin's music and entertainment rag) has a spiffy 
: cover article about the Net in the Feb 3 issue.

: Author David Fricke proclaims the Net to be the "acid of the 90's", and 
: that instead of "turn on, tune in, drop out", our motto shall be:

:       *	Boot up, log in, nerd out *

Actually, I agree and I'm a self-proclaimed net.addict 
The internet is a drug and probably the most pervasive of all. Do you 
have the author's address or maybe you could tell us where we can get 
copies outsie of austin :)

TNL

: Very entertaining, if you can get your hands on a copy.  



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Net-Runner (tristan@news.dorsai.org) wrote:
: Do you have the author's address or maybe you could tell us where we can
: get copies outsie of austin :)

I don't see an email address listed for the author.  However, here are 
some email addresses for the Chronicle itself.  I'm sure you could 
contact one of 'em for more info.

Publisher      Nick Barbaro       barbaro@auschron.com
Editor         Louis Black        louis@auschron.com
Public Notice  S. Emerson Moffat  pnotice@auschron.com
Computer Guru  Chris Burton       xephyr@auschron.com

Also, a general address for comments on specific stories:  mail@auschron.com

Maureen

Daron Myrick (daronm@onramp.net) wrote:
: >      * Boot up, log in, nerd out *
: Hmmm, I was under the impression that the concept of "the nerd" was dead since 
: all of use on here would be considered nerds just a little over 5 years ago.
I figured that nerd had too much of a pejorative connotation and 
personally prefer the term geek (what can I say: geek has that "in" 
feeling to it)
Thus the extra line on my sig.

TNL

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Peter Steiger (pbs@metronet.com) wrote:
: Daron Myrick (daronm@onramp.net) wrote:
: > >      * Boot up, log in, nerd out *

: > Hmmm, I was under the impression that the concept of "the nerd" was dead
: > since all of use on here would be considered nerds just a little over 5
: > years ago. 

: You've got an interesting point, though: Activities which were once the 
: exclusive domain of programmers and engineers are now becoming 
: commonplace among the non-nerds, so the definition has to adjust.  
: Perhaps the distinction between civilized use of the net and nerd use 
: depends on whether you use it briefly as a reference tool or as your 
: entire social life, like I do <g>.
I personally hold nerds in very hight esteem because to me they represent 
the scientific community: people who can get excited about such thing as 
low level programming for example or spend their entire life tracking a 
single star and discovering how the whole system works. 

I, unfortunately, am no nerd. I don't have the level of knowledge 
required to enter that select club :) 

But that's besides the point....

My question is about the use of "nerd" as a verb. I have never heard of 
nerding before but I know a lot of people talking of geeking out. Is 
there an alternative verb? If not, does geeking (as a verb) mean doing 
disgusting things in carnival. Please someone enlighten me.

As a final note, I'd like to say that this conversation is no longer 
relevant to alt.internet.media-coverage
Any suggestions as to where we should move it ?

TNL


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In article <D3yBp8.87E@metronet.com>
ladybug@metronet.com (Maureen Saringer) writes:
 
>
>The Austin Chronicle (Austin's music and entertainment rag) has a spiffy
>cover article about the Net in the Feb 3 issue.
>
>Author David Fricke proclaims the Net to be the "acid of the 90's", and
>that instead of "turn on, tune in, drop out", our motto shall be:
 
If the internet is the acid of the 90's, the latest thing on the
net is total ecstasy!  Be forewarned.  It's the most addicting
"net drug" yet..... forget (Bitnet) Relay.  Forget MUDding.
Forget IRC.  It's.......the Internet Video Chat!  Video Relay!
Videophone on the Internet!  Videoconferencing.  And one full-time
TV channel: NASA TV.
 
I probably shouldn't be spreading this though....it can create quite a
load on the net and use lots of bandwidth. (*shshhhh* dont' tell.)
 
Last night I was typing to, talking, hearing, and seeing, internet
relayers (chatters, users, video junkies, whatever you want to call them)
from Texas, Australia, Italy, and Hong Kong.  Totally awesome.
And earlier in the week, Adam Curry, formerly of MTV, set up
an experimental feed showing backstage at the Grammy Awards.
You probably heard about that.
 
Only problem is, you need a Mac to run it.  There is a Windows
version, too, but I think it does not have sound capability.
Also, there is a Sun workstation version (naturally).  The
Mac (and sort-of-Windows) version is called C U See Me, and
the Sun version is called NV.  You can download it straight
off the net.   You need a microphone if you want to be heard
(optional, though), and you need a video camera if you want
to be seen (also optional).  Then you need addresses to the
video servers, called "reflectors".  You can get lists of
them off the web.   Since the video "reflectors" have a
limit of 8 people, I will not tell you what they are here.
(Sorry)  You'll have to discover them for yourself.  But if
you're a true net junkie, that should be no problem at all.
And of course, you'll need a direct internet feed.  SLIP
or PPP will work somewhat, but 14.4 is a bit too slow.
(Good luck if you wish to try it out.)
 
-Tim

TFSTAM01@ukcc.uky.edu wrote:
: If the internet is the acid of the 90's, the latest thing on the
: net is total ecstasy!  Be forewarned.  It's the most addicting
: "net drug" yet..... forget (Bitnet) Relay.  Forget MUDding.
: Forget IRC.  It's.......the Internet Video Chat!  Video Relay!
: Videophone on the Internet!  Videoconferencing.  And one full-time
: TV channel: NASA TV.

Allright ti, you've gotten me interested in this thing. Where can I get a 
copy of it ? On what platform does it run? Windows and 14.4 ? Mac and 
ISDN ? Tell us more :)

TNL

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In article <D4wnCE.DKn@dorsai.org>, tristan@news.dorsai.org (Net-Runner) wrote:

> TFSTAM01@ukcc.uky.edu wrote:
> : If the internet is the acid of the 90's, the latest thing on the
> : net is total ecstasy!  Be forewarned.  It's the most addicting
> : "net drug" yet..... forget (Bitnet) Relay.  Forget MUDding.
> : Forget IRC.  It's.......the Internet Video Chat!  Video Relay!
> : Videophone on the Internet!  Videoconferencing.  And one full-time
> : TV channel: NASA TV.
> 
> Allright ti, you've gotten me interested in this thing. Where can I get a 
> copy of it ? On what platform does it run? Windows and 14.4 ? Mac and 
> ISDN ? Tell us more :)

My name ain't ti, but I'll jump in anyway :) CUSeeMe runs on Windows and
Mac, although the Windows version doesn't support audio and the Mac
version does. Both versions are available via anon ftp from
gated.cornell.edu/pub/video/.

You'll need the fastest connection available; at 14.4k bps the program
looks pretty pathetic, clicking through maybe a frame every few seconds.
And audio comes through only in discombobulated snippets. I don't have
ISDN at home :( so I don't know what it looks like at those speeds.

Cheers,

Rob

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