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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeAug 30th 2005
it shutdown almost exactly two years and a month ago. The first time round atleast..
(I think, atleast, do you have a record of the date mark?) -
*sniff sniff* meeeeemmooorrriiiieeeeeessss.....
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CommentAuthorjesusphreak
- CommentTimeAug 30th 2005
You guys talk about o8 a lot. What was so great about it? -
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Don't ask me. I shut it down.
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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeAug 31st 2005
heh. well i was looking through my old old phone this weekend and i found a text from when it shut.
You must admit it was a great place if you didnt have all the hassle of running it and taking everyones shit, mark. -
Monday 15th September 2003, when it dieded for the last time -
Speaking as someone who never used forums much.
What was o8? and why is it regarded so fondly? -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeAug 31st 2005
It was a messageboard mark used to run after dreamless shutdown containing the 08 - meaningless and shallow topic from dreamless.
Some people hated it, some people fucked it up, the rest (myself included) enjoyed our time there. It was always a useful way to waste time and was generally full of nice (helpful) people.
Like this place but less focussed on support and more on random shit. And private. -
I'm too lazy to search too... :D
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it was a way of life. I still have my o8 beanie
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Me too :)
THX 2 HONEYG -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 23rd 2005
i never got one. someone make one! -
you missed out.
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- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 25th 2005
wow has it been that long? Seems like only yesterday.
*cue music* -
- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 25th 2005
i remember trying to get an o8 tshirt project running but noone could be bothered.
We should make one for old times sake.
Or a lussumo one...rape those threadless fuckers at their own game. -
here's a blast from the past. heh.
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wasn't o8 transferring something like 10 gigs of text a week at one point?
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jesus. that is a lot of text!
I wish I was there for o8. -
deel - yes, the busiest we ever got was appx 30 gigs of transfer in one day.... and the server barely slowed down at all. Gotta love streamlined software like that :)
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- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 25th 2005
I can believe it with the amount the threads used to jump around. That is a real heap of text tho. -
I still have this from a secret santa thing
*sniffles* -
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30gig transfer in one day? So you got a 10,000 monkeys typing novels and just moved them from place to place.
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you dont know the power o8 could generate.
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Obviously I don't, 30gigs would be several hundred million lines of text. In a day.
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- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 26th 2005
sounds about right -
No one would ever be able to read all those posts to keep up...
But that is amazing. -
- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 26th 2005
most people wouldn't read them
they'd just go to the bottom and add their comments regardless of whether it made sense -
there was more than just text that added to 30 gigs of traffic.
There was the winnie, mcgyver, airwolf, a-team, epileptic, j-krew is a dirty whore, and the constant gibboning -
Well, if there is files/pictures/animals and people sent in that bandwith then it doesn't seem that much.
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- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 26th 2005
animals take up a lot of bandwidth
Whatever you do, don't try and download a hippo unless you've got a lot of time to wait! -
I remember seeing those stats and being absolutely dumbfounded.
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wow, i think you should try and start up o8 again. Although maybe put more of a ban on the hacking.
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- CommentAuthorMinisweeper
- CommentTimeSep 26th 2005
as i remember it, hacking wasnt such an issue, more just asstard users and various relationship issues. -
- CommentAuthormartinpribble
- CommentTimeSep 26th 2005
in-fighting and silliness killed it -
in-fighting doesn't bother me. All you need is a good disclaimer and your all set. Silliness is cool.
(Mark wont bring it back. He has already said it on numerous occassions) -
we know
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All you need is a good disclaimer and your all set.
o8... disclaimer... *snickers*
detroit killed o8 -
It is a shame though. Anyone else game? I would host it if people really wanted it. What software would it run (Vanilla?). I have no idea what o8 wa like, so I would leve the management in the capable hands of a real o8-er.
I don't think it will happen though. -
When I finally release the next rev of Vanilla, there will be the mini-vanilli theme available so everyone and their dog can run their own o8-a-like.
Here's the screen grab of the mini-vanilli theme:
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that brings back the memories
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not for me. I never saw the first one. It does look good though.
How is the development going mark? Not asking for a timeframe, just curious as to what has been done. -
please don't title it "mini-vanilli" or I will laugh each time I see it. It does look very nice though, mark :D
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I haven't had more than half an hour per day to be on my computer since September 1st. I typically use that time to check/reply to my email and come by here to help out anyone in need (that I can get to).
Hopefully I'll have some time in the coming weeks. Shit. Duty calls. Gotta run. -
enjoy the sauce!
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What are you doing now days nav
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I'm a freelance contractor. I've been working for clients out of Toronto mostly.
I bought a house and took possession on September 1st. I've taken a break from programming of all kinds to do renovations on the house. Right now we're frantically trying to finish renovations because we leave for North Carolina on Thursday morning, and we need to have all of our stuff moved in before then.
I've been involved with every step of the renovations doing things like removing windows and putting in new ones to painting, tiling, replacing the master bathroom, and rewiring the entire house.
As I mentioned, this week I'm flying down to North Carolina for a tiny vacation. We're visiting friends in Charlotte NC, Wilmington SC, then going down through Charleston and Savannah on our way to another friend's wedding in Athens Georgia.
We fly back here (we're living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan now) on Sunday October 9th for another friend's wedding. Then on the 11th I fly out to Toronto for work. I return on the 18th of October and then I leave for Toledo Ohio on the 21st. I'm there for a couple of days to hook up with some friends who are starting a business with me and then I return here to Saskatoon on the 23rd.
After that I will probably have a couple of weeks where I can get back to work on Vanilla and hopefully get the next version out.
Oh, and thanks for asking :) -
Man your busy, sounds kinda hectic...
Have fun on that tiny vacation! -
Thanks. Yes. Very busy. I hate travelling that much, but I need to get things done so I'm just going as hard as I can.
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thats awesome dood. Last I heard from you it was the microsoft thingo. Congratulations on buying the house. you sealed the deal with your woman eg married?
I want to goto NC myself. They have a road there called the tail of the dragon. its out at deals gap. Thinking about either shipping my motorbike over for a couple of weeks or just finding something there to hire.