Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse
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Polish sex manual it is then.
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@polygeekery said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
You're higher than a hundred hippies.
Probably.
But it was stable, it let you transfer files (punching holes through NAT flawlessly), let you make voice calls, let you actually change the font and style of the text you sent, had a decent UI which actually used the windowed part of a windowing OS, had text-to-speech support, etc.
Google Hangouts does almost none of those things. I guess it lets you do voice calls, if they work.
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@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
But it was stable
Sort of. I had issues with it on occasion.
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
it let you transfer files (punching holes through NAT flawlessly)
That is not really a function of IM. That is a nice to have.
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
let you make voice calls
In 1999? Are you sure about that? I do not recall that being a function of AIM. ISTR having to switch to Yahoo Messenger if you wanted to do voice or video.
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
let you actually change the font and style of the text you sent
Fair enough. Most people (read: girls I chatted with) changed it to super annoying fonts and some to colors that my colorblind ass had trouble seeing.
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
had a decent UI which actually used the windowed part of a windowing OS
Fair enough.
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
had text-to-speech support
I don't recall that.
One thing I hated about AIM circa 1999 was that you had to be online to receive IMs. Points against it. Big points against it.
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@lucas1 said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
Yes. What a stupid question.
No Question mark ... not a question. Try to actually read what I said. It is a rhetorical question you dumb fuck.
I am not going to read the rest of the reply as you cannot discern a question from a statement.
You can't even figure out whether your own question is a question or not. But you criticize somebody else for not being able to decipher your drunken ramblings.
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@polygeekery said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
my colorblind ass had trouble seeing.
Your ass needs a friend. Like horses, asses are red-green colorblind, but a companion with good vision will often act as a guide for a visually impared ass.
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@hardwaregeek said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@polygeekery said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
my colorblind ass had trouble seeing.
Your ass needs a friend. Like horses, asses are red-green colorblind, but a companion with good vision will often act as a guide for a visually impared ass.
I probably wouldn't mind an ass for a companion. Maybe. Wonder how long it will be before I seriously start considering it?
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@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
I probably wouldn't mind an ass for a companion. Maybe. Wonder how long it will be before I seriously start considering it?
Serious warning: they shit all over the place.
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@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
punching holes through NAT flawlessly
Really? How did it do that? The usual kind of "exchange
address:port
pairs via introducer server, then try toconnect()
simultaneously" or something else on top?
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@polygeekery said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
One thing I hated about AIM circa 1999 was that you had to be online to receive IMs. Points against it. Big points against it.
Um. What?
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@boomzilla yeah, that was ogrased poorly.
Initially they did not have caching of IMs if you were offline. Your computer had to be online for someone to send you an IM.
I believe they added offline IM capability later but before that there were lots that people ran that hacked in the functionality.
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@aitap said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
Really? How did it do that? The usual kind of "exchange address:port pairs via introducer server, then try to connect() simultaneously" or something else on top?
I dunno, I just know it fucking worked, reliably in a way nothing currently on the market does. Research it yourself.
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@remi said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
I probably wouldn't mind an ass for a companion. Maybe. Wonder how long it will be before I seriously start considering it?
Serious warning: they shit all over the place.
Some people are (apparently) into that.
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@aitap said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
punching holes through NAT flawlessly
Really? How did it do that? The usual kind of "exchange
address:port
pairs via introducer server, then try toconnect()
simultaneously" or something else on top?No, there was no introducer, it was just a server itself. All connections are therefore outbound and NAT isn't a (big) issue.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
No, there was no introducer, it was just a server itself. All connections are therefore outbound and NAT isn't a (big) issue.
Nah, whatever AIM did was peer-to-peer after the connection was initialized, or maybe smart enough to detect computers on the same LAN. A roommate and I shared a 56k modem connection in college-- sending files to each other was super-fast, even though the internet connection was slow as snot.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@remi said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
I probably wouldn't mind an ass for a companion. Maybe. Wonder how long it will be before I seriously start considering it?
Serious warning: they shit all over the place.
Some people are (apparently) into that.
is not . Though I'm sure there must be people who are into that, too.
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@hardwaregeek said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@remi said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
I probably wouldn't mind an ass for a companion. Maybe. Wonder how long it will be before I seriously start considering it?
Serious warning: they shit all over the place.
Some people are (apparently) into that.
is not . Though I'm sure there must be people who are into that, too.
'twas more in reference to what happens afterward, but yes.
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@tsaukpaetra ok I'm muting this, fuck all y'all
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@blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra ok I'm muting this, fuck all y'all
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blakeyrat said in Re: Is Computer Software Art or Science.... Lucas1 is worse is better is worse:
@tsaukpaetra ok I'm muting this, fuck all y'all
Alright! Now the fun can begin!
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@hardwaregeek I know what I said.
It is a well know topic of worse is better. There is also a well known statement saying "There is an art to a particular task".
@blakeyrat likes to pretend a statement makes no sense so he can just divert the conversation when he is blatantly wrong. That is an observation from his past behaviour.
It isn't even that funny. I suppose it is good trolling.