| Time |
Nickname |
Message |
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01:23
🔗
|
godane |
i have past 26k videos in g4video-web collection |
|
02:27
🔗
|
Famicoman |
I really wish those guys finished 8 Bit Generation |
|
03:52
🔗
|
godane |
i'm uploading the tekzilla 80 in hd |
|
03:53
🔗
|
godane |
only cause i think the encode for episode 80 and 81 one is very bad when on full screen |
|
03:53
🔗
|
godane |
i check episode 79 and it was not that bad has those 2 |
|
03:54
🔗
|
godane |
so i may just go hd for episode from 82 on |
|
04:08
🔗
|
omf_ |
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/meet-the-nice-guy-lawyers-who-want-1000-per-worker-for-using-scanners/ |
|
04:12
🔗
|
omf_ |
99% of people are using it. You know it and I know it. |
|
04:12
🔗
|
omf_ |
Talk about brazen patent trolling horseshit |
|
05:04
🔗
|
godane |
more tekzilla is coming your way |
|
05:04
🔗
|
godane |
in hd |
|
07:13
🔗
|
godane |
i'm going to get you guys the happypenguin xml data |
|
07:17
🔗
|
godane |
looks like my kat.ph/blog dump is #1 download this week in archiveteam collection |
|
07:17
🔗
|
godane |
:-D |
|
10:02
🔗
|
godane |
SketchCow: I'm up to episode 92 of tezkilla now |
|
10:02
🔗
|
godane |
*tekzilla |
|
10:05
🔗
|
Smiley |
Nice. |
|
10:06
🔗
|
Smiley |
do you know how many there is total? |
|
10:07
🔗
|
godane |
about 400 |
|
10:08
🔗
|
godane |
there still making them but i don't trust the new interface |
|
10:08
🔗
|
godane |
very hard to find all episodes now |
|
10:08
🔗
|
godane |
since all episodes page doesn't go beyond the last 20 to 25 i think |
|
10:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
D: |
|
10:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
I wonder, maybe we can get you onto glados's server |
|
10:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
can you upload via commandline? |
|
10:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
It'll fix your wifi issues... |
|
10:09
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
SSH, perhaps? |
|
10:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
Yah. |
|
10:09
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
SSH, SFTP/SCP (your choice!) |
|
10:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
I keep abusing your box GLaDOS just tlel me when I go too far :P |
|
10:10
🔗
|
* |
GLaDOS currently has 2 blind eyes pointed at it |
|
10:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
wowvault.ign.com_02042013.warc 28% 3495MB 2.5MB/s 2.5MB/s 57:48 ETA |
|
10:10
🔗
|
godane |
i would be abusing |
|
10:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
No, you woulnd't |
|
10:11
🔗
|
godane |
but my wifi only drops out now and then |
|
10:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
this box has been subphona'd by archiveteam |
|
10:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
godane: well it wouldn't matter |
|
10:11
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
Besides, the only thing it |
|
10:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
and can you get 3MB/s upload from home? |
|
10:11
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
's used for is archive projects. |
|
10:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
atm I'm just filling it with warc's :D |
|
10:11
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
I have a VPS in romania for the rest of my stuff. |
|
10:11
🔗
|
godane |
ok |
|
10:12
🔗
|
godane |
the only problem is my tekzilla stuff needs my desc text file |
|
10:12
🔗
|
godane |
i'm also backing them up to bluray |
|
10:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
godane: you'll have full access to the box |
|
10:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
so yoiu can do anything on there you like. |
|
10:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
add text files, etc |
|
10:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
install extra tools |
|
10:13
🔗
|
godane |
cool |
|
10:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
As long as you don't rf -rf / :P |
|
10:14
🔗
|
godane |
i wouldn't do that |
|
10:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
Ok cool |
|
10:15
🔗
|
Smiley |
Either GLaDOS can set you up now, or I will once these warcs have finished uploading, which is an hour or so. |
|
10:15
🔗
|
godane |
ok |
|
10:17
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
Done. |
|
10:17
🔗
|
godane |
thanks |
|
10:21
🔗
|
godane |
password is not working |
|
10:23
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
Try now |
|
10:23
🔗
|
godane |
it works now |
|
10:26
🔗
|
Smiley |
GLaDOS: added a user, right? |
|
10:26
🔗
|
GLaDOS |
Yeah |
|
10:26
🔗
|
Smiley |
\o/ |
|
12:17
🔗
|
godane |
so i found something interesting |
|
12:17
🔗
|
godane |
i have a demo of bioshock infinite |
|
12:17
🔗
|
godane |
from 2010 |
|
12:18
🔗
|
godane |
https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video48839 |
|
12:24
🔗
|
godane |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/aug/20/bioshock-infinite-gamescom |
|
12:25
🔗
|
godane |
so looks like there was demos that far back |
|
12:45
🔗
|
godane |
found a interview with martin copper |
|
13:40
🔗
|
omf_ |
The best quantum leap gif I have ever seen. https://images.4chan.org/vr/src/1365369231960.gif |
|
13:51
🔗
|
Smiley |
lol |
|
13:51
🔗
|
godane |
Child of Eden TGS 2010 Creative Director Interview: https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video48880 |
|
13:52
🔗
|
godane |
DMC: Devil May Cry Producer Interview: https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video48862 |
|
14:00
🔗
|
omf_ |
The linux game tome guy wants nothing to do with a future version of the site |
|
14:00
🔗
|
omf_ |
I would have empathy but fucker never really updated the site for the last 3+ years. He should have killed it before |
|
14:01
🔗
|
godane |
i got the xml database |
|
14:01
🔗
|
omf_ |
godane, I ripped it weeks ago |
|
14:01
🔗
|
omf_ |
and someone had ripped it at the end of last year too. We talked about it quite a bit in archiveteam |
|
14:02
🔗
|
godane |
this is the XML Database |
|
14:02
🔗
|
omf_ |
and I have the real database for it |
|
14:02
🔗
|
godane |
happypenguin_dump.tar.bz2 |
|
14:02
🔗
|
godane |
that file? |
|
14:03
🔗
|
omf_ |
nope. I contacted the guy directly within hours of the announcement |
|
14:03
🔗
|
omf_ |
same way I got the 4chandata |
|
14:04
🔗
|
godane |
this maybe different then |
|
14:04
🔗
|
omf_ |
It is just the sql as xml records instead |
|
14:04
🔗
|
Smiley |
AHHHHHHHHHH |
|
14:04
🔗
|
Smiley |
interview |
|
14:05
🔗
|
Smiley |
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
|
14:05
🔗
|
omf_ |
I have no idea why people think that is a good format for db dumps |
|
14:05
🔗
|
omf_ |
if you are just plain inserting then it is simple but digging through that |
|
14:06
🔗
|
omf_ |
You have to read some of it to learn the schema and then xpath it |
|
14:06
🔗
|
omf_ |
and god forbid the xml records change as you go |
|
14:07
🔗
|
omf_ |
and if you do not need binary data you can be hip and dump it to json |
|
14:07
🔗
|
godane |
i'm uploading it anyways |
|
14:08
🔗
|
omf_ |
Smiley, are you giving the interview |
|
14:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
hmmm i'm being interviewed |
|
14:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
for a job I'd really really like to get. |
|
14:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
tbh I have..... 90+% record so far at getting jobs from interviews ;) |
|
14:09
🔗
|
omf_ |
in the same company or a different one? |
|
14:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
The only one I didn't get, I basically knew I wouldn't |
|
14:09
🔗
|
Smiley |
different one. |
|
14:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
This place is closer, pay more, I can do shift work, I can learn more, I can grow more. |
|
14:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
Currently I love my job but theres no where to go, theres no progression. |
|
14:10
🔗
|
omf_ |
Smiley, that is the #1 reason to leave a job |
|
14:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
It's the *best* reason imo |
|
14:10
🔗
|
omf_ |
People need to recognize a dead end when they see it |
|
14:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
Leaving jobs because you hate them sucks. |
|
14:11
🔗
|
omf_ |
I always feel better after leaving a job I hate |
|
14:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
yeah, but it's a sucky reason to leave |
|
14:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
especially when your new employeer asks you why you want to leave |
|
14:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
"because they suck". |
|
14:12
🔗
|
Smiley |
If I can say it's honestly because I've learnt all I can in my current position and am unable to gain any more knowledge in the field. -0--- Awesome. |
|
14:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
It's a weird switch tho |
|
14:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
Completely different field - very simular work |
|
14:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
I hope they can see that fact. But the fact my wife got me the interview must count for something ;) |
|
14:13
🔗
|
Smiley |
(She works there, in the training department, and used to work in the department associated with this job |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
But not this job itself. |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
Funniest bit - first week's training will b given by her ¬_¬ |
|
14:14
🔗
|
omf_ |
Most jobs are never posted anywhere and just word of mouth |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
Indeed |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
This was posted, but the angecy they use |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
when asked about the shitty cv's they supplied |
|
14:14
🔗
|
omf_ |
That secret job market is the biggest part of the job market |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
"Oh, we just pass over the first 20 to apply". |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
They don't _any_ check's on the CV's |
|
14:14
🔗
|
omf_ |
fuck dat |
|
14:14
🔗
|
Smiley |
So everyone there is trying to get good staff, but they have to go via this agency. who suck. |
|
14:15
🔗
|
Smiley |
So my wife was like ".,... did you get my husbands CV?" |
|
14:15
🔗
|
Smiley |
Nope... |
|
14:15
🔗
|
omf_ |
lol |
|
14:15
🔗
|
Smiley |
She hands it over, they give me an interview (So they must at least be interested, they could of handed the job to four people internally quite easily.) |
|
14:16
🔗
|
Smiley |
I'm perfectly happy to not get the job if I'm not the right person, or someone else is better |
|
14:16
🔗
|
Smiley |
but fuck the idea that I am not getting a job because the fucking agency suck ass. |
|
14:16
🔗
|
Smiley |
I work my ass off. |
|
14:17
🔗
|
Smiley |
It's taken 5ish years for me to realise I work damn hard, and I give it my all, and most people don't. |
|
14:18
🔗
|
Smiley |
but damn this job |
|
14:18
🔗
|
Smiley |
basically watching for alarms all day, and making sure the relevent people know |
|
14:18
🔗
|
Smiley |
Once I know the systems well, I can move upto other departments, but even that is a huge payrise, simply because they do shifts. |
|
14:18
🔗
|
Smiley |
including nights. |
|
14:20
🔗
|
omf_ |
more money, less problems |
|
14:20
🔗
|
Smiley |
nod |
|
14:20
🔗
|
Smiley |
work a early, a late, or a night shift? Have a free parking space! |
|
14:20
🔗
|
Smiley |
You've got a bike? Lock it up in our secured car park! |
|
14:21
🔗
|
Smiley |
currently: You won't get a car parking space for about 5 years, the one down the road is there if you need it... at £8/day |
|
14:21
🔗
|
Smiley |
the two trains you get to work each day are likely late too |
|
14:22
🔗
|
Smiley |
So if I get this job, I finish getting my lincence and I can drive infor most shifts, walk, ride, get a lift with hte wife... |
|
14:22
🔗
|
Smiley |
Stuff like when there was 2 inches of snow here, most people who live near to the office didn't make it in |
|
14:22
🔗
|
Smiley |
yet me and my two trains did. |
|
14:24
🔗
|
mistym |
Hey undersco2/underscor, did you get a chance to finish those tenfourfox downloads? |
|
14:43
🔗
|
godane |
uploaded: https://archive.org/details/happypenguin_xml_dump_2013 |
|
14:53
🔗
|
omf_ |
Smiley, I got 2 bicycles to handle the weather. One is a road bike with rain tires and the other is a hardtail mountain bike with offroad tires with a high sticky number so I can ride in some snow |
|
14:54
🔗
|
omf_ |
Companies notice when you show up and not your coworkers |
|
14:54
🔗
|
Smiley |
omf_: I walk. Anywhere. Anytime. |
|
14:54
🔗
|
Smiley |
omf_: yeah except it hasn't resulted in anything yet :< |
|
14:54
🔗
|
omf_ |
They notice though |
|
14:55
🔗
|
Smiley |
yah well :< |
|
14:55
🔗
|
Smiley |
The only thing I've ever really asked for is the allowance to work from home (I hate those 4 trains more than anything else). |
|
14:55
🔗
|
Smiley |
I have worked out my entire workstream so theres no issues with me working from home |
|
14:55
🔗
|
omf_ |
Yeah I am looking for a remote gig right now |
|
14:58
🔗
|
Smiley |
Oh god how I'd love to have a job when I *did* work from home |
|
14:58
🔗
|
Smiley |
Adminning lots of servers or something. I have the right setup etc. for it. |
|
14:58
🔗
|
omf_ |
I would also accept something I could cycle to safely each day |
|
15:00
🔗
|
Smiley |
:) |
|
15:01
🔗
|
godane |
The First 15: Dead Rising 2: https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video48901 |
|
15:01
🔗
|
Smiley |
omf_: I mean I could possibly be a consultant and do services for small companies but it's too uncertain, and I think most would want more than they can reasonibly afford. |
|
15:03
🔗
|
omf_ |
Yeah I am mainly focusing on companies that already have success with remote workers. |
|
15:04
🔗
|
Smiley |
nod |
|
15:05
🔗
|
Smiley |
So....... i need to look at interview techniques for changing job.... fields |
|
15:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
It's funny really |
|
15:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
my main thing in my current job is if an alarm goes off |
|
15:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
where a alarm MAY come in via the automated systems, but most likely is via someone going "ARRRRRRGH IT DOESN'T WORK!" |
|
15:10
🔗
|
Smiley |
tthat won't happen in this new job |
|
15:11
🔗
|
Smiley |
monitoring industrial alarms for res's, pump houses, pressure valves, etc |
|
15:12
🔗
|
Smiley |
so theres generally no people involved, other than when an engineer forgets to phone in and then opens a hatch out in the field setting off all sorts of alarms |
|
15:12
🔗
|
Smiley |
or is a terroists ;) |
|
15:20
🔗
|
nico_32 |
Smiley: fun job |
|
15:21
🔗
|
DrDeke |
res's? |
|
15:27
🔗
|
Smiley |
reservoir - couldn't be bothere to figure out how to spell it ;) |
|
15:34
🔗
|
godane |
SketchCow: did you see my scan? |
|
15:35
🔗
|
Smiley |
hmmm |
|
15:36
🔗
|
Smiley |
on serious note omf_ can you think of anything I need to get from work before I leave? |
|
15:36
🔗
|
Smiley |
i should get a copy of my ~ as I have written some really nice stuff and I'd be good to have it around just in case. |
|
15:37
🔗
|
godane |
Kevin & Alison's Dildo Defense Lesson: https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video48934 |
|
15:37
🔗
|
SketchCow |
What scan? |
|
15:37
🔗
|
godane |
http://archive.org/details/pse2-kbtoys |
|
15:40
🔗
|
omf_ |
Smiley, Get any goodies from the bash history of any account you used |
|
15:40
🔗
|
omf_ |
some of the config files that required a lot of work in /etc I would copy for later use |
|
15:41
🔗
|
omf_ |
check your crontab |
|
15:41
🔗
|
omf_ |
backup your email way ahead of time |
|
15:42
🔗
|
omf_ |
If they had any good manuals or books, fire up the copy machine |
|
15:42
🔗
|
Smiley |
email is the only one for me to do then |
|
15:42
🔗
|
Smiley |
:D |
|
15:42
🔗
|
omf_ |
actually use a camera slightly better than a point and shoot would be faster |
|
15:42
🔗
|
Smiley |
I have laptop at home, I'll fire it up to get upto date then export from firefox or whatever. |
|
15:42
🔗
|
Smiley |
No good books I can't get "other" ways |
|
15:43
🔗
|
Smiley |
I have a few more bits of equipment to request from my collegue |
|
15:43
🔗
|
omf_ |
Make sure to check network shares, external drives and backups |
|
15:43
🔗
|
Smiley |
he's in charge of what I can and can't have. |
|
16:52
🔗
|
underscor |
mistym: yupyup |
|
16:52
🔗
|
underscor |
Need to stick them on a.o though |
|
16:53
🔗
|
mistym |
underscor: Nice! Thanks! |
|
18:19
🔗
|
SketchCow |
godane: This is with the scanner? |
|
18:22
🔗
|
omf_ |
SketchCow, That was godane's test magazine after getting the drivers working |
|
18:22
🔗
|
Smiley |
Oooo |
|
18:23
🔗
|
Smiley |
ok thats a pretty sweet scan |
|
18:25
🔗
|
Smiley |
-rw-r--r-- 1 tim.bowers users 26G Apr 8 17:49 tim_bin.tar.gz |
|
18:25
🔗
|
Smiley |
my backup from work, lolol |
|
18:27
🔗
|
omf_ |
I am viewing the pdf in acroreader at 100% and it seems small |
|
18:28
🔗
|
SketchCow |
Excellent. |
|
18:28
🔗
|
Smiley |
i zoomed in a lot in the online one and it looked fine |
|
18:30
🔗
|
omf_ |
aah I get it |
|
18:30
🔗
|
omf_ |
The pdf is generated and the hi-res original is the cbz |
|
18:30
🔗
|
SketchCow |
Yes. |
|
18:32
🔗
|
omf_ |
Yeah passing around a 16mb pdf is way more reasonable than a 383mb cbz |
|
18:34
🔗
|
* |
Smiley does a happy clap |
|
18:34
🔗
|
Smiley |
tbh I wasn't much use other than poking random peoples. |
|
18:39
🔗
|
SketchCow |
Smiley: That counts. |
|
18:39
🔗
|
SketchCow |
What matters now is godane can move on to scanning. |
|
18:39
🔗
|
SketchCow |
Looking forward. |
|
18:40
🔗
|
Smiley |
lol thanks |
|
18:40
🔗
|
Smiley |
but more thanks to whoever got it working, I presume you omf_ ? |
|
18:40
🔗
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omf_ |
I just pointed out that a 2012 driver would probably be needed and godane stuck in the newest stuff and we got a scan |
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swebb |
yo |
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18:41
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Smiley |
\o/ |
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18:41
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Smiley |
swebb: so where _have_ you been? |
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18:42
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swebb |
I finished up the twitter url un-rolling thing a couple of weeks ago for the urlteam project. Other than that, I'm a sysadmin by trade, and my latest project is moving a fairly large site from the Amazon cloud into a physical datacenter. |
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Smiley |
de-butting! |
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18:46
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omf_ |
clownless |
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18:47
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omf_ |
Your soon to be buttless job |
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18:49
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Smiley |
Hornet Underground Volume 2 (Games) Beautiful multimedia works of art, produced by brilliant young minds, advertising nothing. |
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18:50
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Smiley |
so yeah omf_ are you gonna index the cdrom site? |
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18:51
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omf_ |
It is already indexed |
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18:51
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Smiley |
:O |
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18:51
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Smiley |
what can i grab :o |
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18:53
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omf_ |
that is how I am putting it together. |
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18:53
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omf_ |
It was a well mirrored site just usually not all in one place |
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18:53
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omf_ |
Some researchers got a bunch of indexed snapshot information online |
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18:53
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omf_ |
and a little searchfu and I am putting it back together in pretty large chunks for back then |
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18:53
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Smiley |
:o |
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18:54
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Smiley |
well if you need some spare bandwidth. |
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18:54
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omf_ |
I got one |
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18:54
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omf_ |
Everything from this dir and down http://ftp.gameaholic.com/pub/mirrors/ftp.cdrom.com/ |
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18:55
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omf_ |
and then pop up a dir and grab those other historic ftp gaming sites they have up |
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18:55
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godane |
just for you guys to know i did my magazine scan on windows |
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18:57
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omf_ |
wow that sucks |
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omf_ |
but at least you got a working method for the scanner. How many mags do you got already lined up? |
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godane |
i have like 20+ |
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19:02
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omf_ |
All gaming related? |
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godane |
most are computer related |
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19:02
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godane |
smart computing magazines |
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godane |
i didn't get all of the magazines the guy had |
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19:03
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godane |
but i got a good chuck |
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godane |
Playmate of the Year: Sara Jean Underwood: https://archive.org/details/g4tv.com-video16320 |
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DFJustin |
wow a cdrom.com mirror |
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19:34
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DFJustin |
only a few directories though :( |
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omf_ |
Yeah but there are plenty of partial mirrors |
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19:35
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omf_ |
Different communities grabbed different parts |
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19:35
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omf_ |
the whole thing is 500gb according to a 1999 CNN article |
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19:39
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DFJustin |
I made a big list of every download mirror in existence for commander keen back in 2001 or so, wonder if any random .edu ftps are still around |
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omf_ |
DFJustin, put it on http://paste.archivingyoursh.it/ if you still have it |
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19:42
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omf_ |
They had to use Ultra-Wide SCSI to pool drives together |
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19:42
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omf_ |
the controller had a 256mb cache |
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omf_ |
Here is the article http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9904/08/cdrom.idg/ |
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DFJustin |
http://paste.archivingyoursh.it/durolidoci.xml |
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19:44
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DFJustin |
commented out ones were already dead in 2004 |
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omf_ |
that is a long list |
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19:44
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omf_ |
how long did it take you to compile it? |
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19:45
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Schbirid |
cdrom.com mirrors are mixed up |
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19:45
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Schbirid |
some have put other files into theirs |
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19:45
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DFJustin |
don't remember, I had so much more free time then lol |
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Schbirid |
wow, what shitty paste thing is that. it requires javascript to even display |
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19:46
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DFJustin |
http://paste.archivingyoursh.it/raw/durolidoci |
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19:47
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Schbirid |
if someone is bored, ftp://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/blueyondergames/ would be nice to archive |
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omf_ |
Schbirid, any mirrors you know of let me know |
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omf_ |
I have indexes so I know what files and sizes go where |
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19:48
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Schbirid |
for idgames2 the berlin one is good |
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19:49
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Schbirid |
do NOT mirror from gamers.org, they are on a very low bandwidth limit and pay for over usage |
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omf_ |
Schbirid, They don't have a mirror anywhere? |
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19:50
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Schbirid |
who what? |
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19:50
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omf_ |
gamers.org |
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19:50
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Schbirid |
they are a mirror and what they have "uniquely" is not mirrored elsewhere afaik |
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omf_ |
Were you the one I was talking to about this early last year? |
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Schbirid |
maybe |
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Schbirid |
i dont remmber |
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19:52
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omf_ |
Do you know how large gamers.org is? |
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19:52
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Schbirid |
nope |
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19:52
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Schbirid |
but seriously, dont |
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19:52
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omf_ |
I did a partial a few years ago |
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omf_ |
got .like 1.5gb |
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19:52
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omf_ |
2.5gb |
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19:53
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Schbirid |
mail fpv @ the domain if you want to do anything big |
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omf_ |
I plan to |
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omf_ |
they used to have multiple other high speed mirrors |
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omf_ |
mirrors for making mirrors |
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Schbirid |
only of some of the directories and some of those are still alive |
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Schbirid |
eg ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/idgames2/ |
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19:54
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Schbirid |
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/games/ rather |
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19:56
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DFJustin |
hello ftp://ftp.bu.edu/mirrors/simtelnet/ |
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19:56
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omf_ |
and it has a mirror list too |
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omf_ |
possibly a way to find more sites |
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20:15
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Schbirid |
does someone remember that tumblr with images/art from old books on archive.org? |
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20:17
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Schbirid |
http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/ |
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20:20
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DFJustin |
http://beautifulfreebooks.tumblr.com/ |
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20:23
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omf_ |
I am teeing up cdrom.com as my followup to when the ispygames is done |
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20:23
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omf_ |
and I think the bulk of gamers.org is still mirror elsewhere I can have high speed downloads. I did email the owner already |
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20:24
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Schbirid |
i will have its idgames2/planetquake directory up soonish |
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20:24
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Schbirid |
a mirror of it i mean |
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dashcloud |
GLaDOS: can you tell me about archiveyoursh.it ? is it a regular pastebin-type site or something more/else? |
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22:15
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dashcloud |
so, here is some interesting stuff that folks might enjoy here: http://paste.archivingyoursh.it/mujadedado.1c |
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dashcloud |
I've previously uploaded a copy of Internet Games Directory, a book from 1996 talking about gaming sites. It included an electronic copy of the book on the companion CD, and a list of FTP sites you could check out. |
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omf_ |
Thanks dashcloud anything gaming related is my area of interest |
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22:23
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dashcloud |
the paste has the list reproduced- if you want your own copy, I'd be happy to point you the original on the CD |
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omf_ |
sure |
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dashcloud |
Have you downloaded a copy of the CD yet? |
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22:29
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dashcloud |
https://archive.org/details/cdrom-internetgamesdirectorycd |
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22:29
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BlueMax |
Damn I actually wanna see this for myself :P |
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22:30
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omf_ |
I am downloading the iso now |
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22:33
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BlueMax |
just quickly I went through the 25 ftp sites list |
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22:33
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BlueMax |
most of them are either dead or passworded, no real surprise there |
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22:33
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dashcloud |
there's definitely duplicates in that list- probably my fault (the one on the paste site) |
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22:34
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omf_ |
yeah but I can also use them as search terms to find mirrors of them |
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22:34
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omf_ |
speaking of which does any search engine provide an api now days |
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22:50
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dashcloud |
so, for anyone who's downloaded the CD: go to the folder HTML |
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22:50
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omf_ |
I am there |
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22:50
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dashcloud |
each chapter is a single .HTM file- 10.HTM is the chapter on FTP sites |
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23:15
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GLaDOS |
dashcloud: It's actually a nodejs application |
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23:15
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dashcloud |
thanks! |
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23:15
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GLaDOS |
Luckily, mod_proxy on lighttpd doesn't screw with it (unlike etherpad) |