SexSwap
11.8.2001 no.218
News Tips Trix
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I am barely awake! Where
is that coffee. It is a fun filled week of thrills, spills and chills
here at SexSwap news. Last week I got so carried away that I forgot
the Trix Bag O Salt Table of Content and will fix that today on the
web archive. No huge tricks this week but some interesting stories just
the same. I am going to start off with another FTC VS WEBMASTERS case
that hit the news yesterday and the day before with a verdict. Next
we have the TOP TEN IQ MASTERS :) ...that IQ test was the most popular
article in all of last week. I found some more out there..I will try
and find some for a future issue. I next want to tell you about our
new site GAMMADRUGS.COM. I remember in the book I enjoyed so much from
Linux Torvalds, one of my favorite quotes from his was "don't discuss
abortion or gun ownership with an american in a bar" ...hee hee
hee. I think the same is becoming true on the WTC. Several webmasters
emailed me with some great diverse opinions on the subject...I thank
you for your input. I realize that I have the very unpopular opinion
of the pacifist...this week I include the interview with Phil Donahue
on this very minorty opinion that is interesting as well. I also have
a scary article on the KILLING MANUAL of the AL-QAIDA'S which incidentally
tells how to lace food etc with ANTHRAX (and you may remember they stated
"we don't even know what anthrax is")
Let's see what else is here...a
great email on a mainstream project but one of our readers called Coupon
Boulevard. There is also a long story from SexSwap's favorite attorney
"Mike" with regards to the little guy fightng the big guy
in a made up patent suit. Remember last week we talked about watching
and restarting linux processes...well the best trick of the week is
that IceDemon found an exact command to do it in UNIX already built
in! I had also planned to talk about th hardware upgrades this week
but I am not done and hit 745 snags. I will let you know that 50% of
my CPU upgrades worked and 50% failed. My AMD box will post but can't
see the HD...I may ask you about that in the trix section. At the very
end section this week, I am saving the best for last. If you want to
sit by the christmas fire and hear stories of the early years of porn,
join me as I reminisce. Sign Guy sent it the most awesome web link I
have seen in years...The WAY BACK machine which is an internet archiving
service that I had no idea even existed (but I had hoped one did). If
you are an old timer, or even a new timer, you will not want to miss
this. Have your old URLs ready...this is way too fun.
On with the show!
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ADULT SITES SETTLE FRAUD
CLAIM WITH FTC AND AGREE TO PAY $30M from Dan + Zig
From the last press release like this, I think we need to take it with
a grain of salt since it was probably written by the FTC. It looks to
be recurring billing once again under the gun. The FTC said the settlement
requires the defendants to get express permission from consumers before
billing them in the future, and requires them to keep records to ensure
compliance.
news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7786296.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-hed.0
www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/05/tech.porn.reut/index.html
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TOP 10 IQ BRAGGING RIGHTS
Here are some of the webmaster fun scores from last weeks IQ page. It
was a big hit :)
Kris 173
Chad 153
Mark 150
CJ 149
D. Trees 146
Richard 146
Emma 143
Craig 134
Stel 126
Johnny 123
IQ TEST SECRETS from Mark
Mark writes
Played w/ IQ thing some more, used same answers just filled in really
quickly and got a 159 outta 160 possible so don't think I really missed
any that first time... just went slow.
IQs FLUCTUATE from Michael
I.Q isn't a constant. A good mood will produce a higher I.Q than a bad
or anxious mood in the same person. Have you noticed the way crossword
puzzles are easier when you're happy? High I.Q's can also represent
an individual's inability to discriminate between what's worth knowing
and what's isn't! Also who's to say that a person who can fix an engine
is any more or less intelligent than someone who can write a beautiful
song? I got 142 in a MENSA test. Very flattering but complete crap.
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GAMMADRUGS.COM - CHECK IT
OUT
www.gammadrugs.com
At Gamma, we are making our first venture into mainstream with Gamma
Drugs. It actually is a nice cross over since one of the most popular
drugs online is Viagra. there are 14 drugs to start out with. Right
now we are paying $40 for all Viagra orders and $20 for all other drug
orders. VIAGRA MERIDIA PHENTERMINE XENICAL PROPECIA VANIQA ZYBAN CELEBREX
CLARITIN RENOVA RETIN-A VALTREX FAMVIR DOXYCYCLINE
I haven't tried promoting
viagra yet but a few people have written me who have been very successful
at it. I will probably give it a test in the next month or so with my
lips traffic and see how it converts. I asked Karl where are the doctors
working on the project. Karl writes:
"We work with a few doctors right now in Florida, they must have
a license to consult on the internet and issue prescriptions."
www.gammadrugs.com
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COMMENTS ON MS BLOCKING COMPETITIONS
BROWSERS from Brien
Brien writes:
just read the recent sexswap and I agree with the story about MSN blocking
competitors Browsers.. Lets just say I use their chat rooms for some
stuff
and IE was crashing like nuts on me so I thought I'd give Opera, Netscape
and another a try and NOPE!! MSN won't open chat rooms and some other
features through those browsers....give it a try.
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COMMENTS ON WTC from Charles
The article on putting hidden messages in graphics was
interesting. In America "experts" always try to find or identify
a high-tech scenario and forget that a low-tech solution can be
not only just as effective but also attract less attention. For
example, while the Bush Administration was arguing that the "only
way" to protect the US from attack was to have a space based
missile defense system while totally missing the possibility of
hijacking a jetliner loaded with fuel and turning it into a human
guided missile.
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INCREDIBLE PICTURE OF WTC
DEVISTATION from Mario
Mario writes
kill-9.com/wtc-photo.jpg
I came across a photo from the WTC that captures the scale of what has
happened, I live very near the area so I have seen it with my own eyes,
maybe
now everyone else will get a feel for what has happened in MY backyard.
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SECRETS OF THE AL-QAIDA'S
KILLING MANUAL REVEALED
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=1794212519
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JAMES COMMENTS ON NEW AIRPORT
SECURITY
James writes:
airport security....I work at o'hare in chicago putting that wonderful
stuff they call food on the airplanes...been doing it 14 years now.
During the gulf war, all we had to do was lock the back of the truck.
Now.........the truck is locked, sealed, each individual cart is sealed
& recorded, I get frisked by security at least twice a day out on
the "ramp", there are bomb sniffing dogs on about every 5th
plane I go near & i'd say there is an air marshall on every 3rd
plane I do. I have no problem with it because I look in the windows
& see these families & little kids & I know that people
are at least trying to make everyting safer.
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ONLINE SHOPPERS WANT CONVIENIENCE
NOT PRICE from Richard
this is something I have always believed. I shop online because it is
easy and efficient, not because it is cheap and I think online stores
taht compete on price are shooting themselves in the foot. Amazon could
double their prices tomorrow and you still would not see me getting
in my car and going down to Barnes and Nobles. If you value "time",
then you time is worth money and shopping online saves time.
www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/14499.html
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AWEOMS NON-PORN SITE IDEA
- COUPON BLVD. from Michael
Michael sent me an email to show me his mainstream efforts. Here is
a really sharp site that is professionally made and easy to navigate.
The costs are low to maintain and if it gets enough traffic, could be
a great income maker. Here is what Michael has to say
Michael writes:
Hi andy, I don’t know if you wanna put it into the newsletter,
I don’t mind if you do, but here’s what I’ve been working
on..Maybe uve seen stuff like this before J, hell, you buy everything
on the net, for sure you have, but here goes
www.couponblvd.com
a shopping –savings
portal of sorts ( I know there are other ones out there on the net,
everything on this one is custom developed for me) I’m still adding
and changing every day, and some stuff (pictures on top and freebies
on left) is randomized as I want to get a good idea of what people like
to click on and buy..I have a fairly coherent way to control the whole
thing via the web, adding stores, new coupons, pictures, etc, if you
want I can send you some screenshots..Its not nearly any kind of big
bucks or close to paying for itself, but I’m doing some careful
keyword purchasing, and giving it some light promotion out of my porn
sites as a “non porn major Christmas savings on net’s biggest
retailers” kind of link And I’m seeing some traffic and some
people buying stuff Best case scenario – this thing gets fairly
big, I can throw together a few more similar sites & interlink &
promote the whole thing up. Worst case scenario – 15-20 minutes
of updating a day & I can get ahold of some pretty safe recurring
traffic from se’s , and some side income from those bigger players
(commission junction, linkshare, etc) which aren’t bound to disappear
any minute J
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BAG O TRIX TABLE OF CONTENT
THE WORLD OF CPU COOLERS
from Guru-O-Gif
STENOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE from Dan
STENOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE from Delay
STENOGRAPHIC EXAMPLE from Charles
COMMENTS AND STORIES ON PATENT LAW from Mike
BUILT IN PRO-LEVEL LINUX PROCESS MONITOR from IceDemon
GREAT LINUX HOW TO TIPS from IceDemon
REFERER SPOOFING by Tim
GREAT TUTORIAL ON CAT45 CROSSOVER CABLE BUILDING from guru-O-gif
MORE NEWS
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RUSSIAN BIO WEAPONS from Delay
Delay writes:
Also I was reading sexswap and some comments on anthrax and small pox.
Anyone interested in knowing possible bioweapons capabilities of Russia
(and hence possibly rogue nations) needs to read Biohazard by Ken Alibek....
Very, very scary stuff. He was the head of the Russian Bioweapons program
until he defected to the US in the early 90's.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385334966/qid=1004551622/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_15_1/102-5138661-5129757
SHAMELESS PLUGS - CAVEAT
EMPTOR
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EVIDENCE-ELIMINATOR GOLD
$50 min per sale ($10 more than normal program) privacy software sales
www.evidence-eliminator.com/gold
mark@camz.com
PLR HOCKEY PICKS
PLR Radio has a great New Feature, Come Check it out.......
www.plrradio.com/puck
blondy@staff.plradult.com
RUSSIANCONTENT
2 Free sets on CD
www.russianmedia.com/models
roman@russianmedia.com
SOFTWARE HARDWARE
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WINACE COMPRESSION from Kal
Kal wrote me about this great new compression software called Winace.
It blends both compression speed and power in an intuitive interface
gives you quick and convenient access to your archives during your everyday
work.
Kal writes:
Andy, that pix file I sent is an ACE file. If you don't have a compression
software that handles it, get ACE here:
www.winace.com
www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,10615,47768,00.html
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15 MPS FROM TWISTED PAIR
I have an email in to Wes on this one to see if it is too good to be
true. Symmetricon has announce their new GoWide bandiwdth gear to get
speeds over T1. I think they group up to 6 DSL connections into one
massive pipe...very slick. that is like 9 T1s you could have in your
home if you had the telephone lines. Trick
www.symmetricom.com/Products/2186_GoWide_v5.pdf
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VIDEO FRAME RATE ADJUSTERS
www.virtualdub.org/features
TRIX
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THE WORLD OF CPU COOLERS from Guru-O-Gif
some of the latest 1U coolers for building a skinny rackmount
BASIC MODEL
www.gtweb.net/hw125.html
I have used this one before and it generally works well
SIDE SHOOTER
An interesting high end model
www.gtweb.net/hw129.html
LOW PROFILE ORB
now this looks cool as stink but I tend to think it does not do as well
since their is not as much metal as air
www.plycon.com/lpgorb.htm
HIGH PERFORMANCE
this is the fan I just bought and am going to try on the 1U AMD. I might
change my mind and go with the unit you are using. This unit is nice
and havy and has a copper circle on bottom.
www.sofistic.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=80&p_catid=16&sid=33w8Nt0HEEfi1Z9-02101140123.04
HIGH PERFORMANCE
this is like the top but even rated a little higher
www.sofistic.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=112&p_catid=16&sid=33w8Nt0HEEfi1Z9-02101140123.04
here is how thermaltake rates the last 3
www.thermaltake.com/RackmountMenu.htm
One thing I did consider but decided not to fiddle with is Peltier coolers.
Seemed like the instructions were not complete and you can get condensation
www.leufkentechnologies.com/page8.html
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STENOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE from
Dan
Last week I asked about the software references in a news article that
said terrorists are hiding comminications in pictures. Dan found a site
with such software.
Dan writes:
I found a list of Stenographic encoding/decoding software at:
www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~fapp2/steganography/stego_soft.html
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STENOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE from
Delay
Delay write:
here are some links to info on steganography.
www.simtel.net/pub/win95/security/ you can do a search for the
word steganography on this page and find a couple of programs.
Also there was a study done by a university on actually trying to see
if it was being used. Here is a link to a news article on it. No hidden
massages found in over two million images scanned.
www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2814840,00.html
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STENOGRAPHIC EXAMPLE from
Charles
Charles writes:
I have attached a GIF with this message.
trix.sexswap.com/getwellsoon.gif
When viewing the image
with virtually any viewer you would have little clue that there
is a hidden message, but there is such a message. If you happen
to have a viewer such as VuePrint
www.hamrick.com
you would be able to not only view the message but also insert a reply.
As the Guru-O-Gif, you surely
know that someone can insert a
comment in a GIF file that is up to 32K in size. A 32K message
is huge and would hardly ever be used because it would be more
likely to be suspect. However, a 1-3K message (still quite
lengthy) could be inserted without much risk of detection. When
you consider that there are literally hundreds of thousands of
new gif files posted to newsgroups and sent via email every day
you can quickly understand that the task of searching every GIF
file for hidden comments would be a daunting task. What do you think?
By the way, The GIF Construction
Kit also makes it quite
easy to insert and edit GIF comments. Of course, both The GIF
Construction Kit and VuePrint are both available as shareware.
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COMMENTS AND STORIES ON PATENT
LAW from Mike
In the following new item a small new jersey patent holder may have
to do battle with giants such as MS, Sun and IBM
news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7670947.html?tag=dd.ne.dtx.nl-sty.0
I asked SexSwap's favorite
patent attorney "Mike" what he thought about the story. He
wrote in with a long and fun story on how the little guy can win.
Mike writes:
Novell's explanation for citing earlier patents--essentially calling
them just
a footnote--fits a common strategy, according to legal experts. When
a company
realizes that it may be in danger of violating someone else's patent,
it will
try to get its own in a carefully worded claim that seeks to skirt the
existing patent.
They didn't do a good job in the story explaining this. Being able to
get your
own patent, distinguishing it from a previous one, has no bearing on
whether you
infringe the claims of a previous one. Here is an example turned fable
to
illustrate the point.
Little printing company A,
after a long R&D effort by its entire staff of three
engineers and one technician, has invented the photocopier. They have
scraped
together enough cash to hire good legal counsel by eating at Arby's
for three
months straight and have obtained a broad basic patent that covers all
photocopiers. They are now the only company that can make or sell photocopiers
and are making a nice return on their profit. But their resources are
limited,
especially marketing, and their product is slow to catch on. Still,
they
upgrade to class B office space in the City of Industry.
Behemoth company B, industry
leader in printing technology, has been trying to
put company A under for years and is jealous over A's success in this
new
market. It realizes that with its resources it can make a fortune. After
firing their head of business planning for missing the boat on this
new market,
they read the technical details in company A's patent and their brilliant
scientist, Dr. BLove, comes up with a particular method for making color
copies,
a method that was not described or even mentioned as a possibility in
company
A's patent (maybe A's counsel wasn't so good). Other less brilliant
members of
the company B engineering group work on other improvements to the photocopier.
Company B has legions of good in-house counsel willing to work 80 hour
weeks and
knows it can get a patent for this new color photocopier because it
was not
described by company A in their patent, or described by company A or
anyone else
at any trade show, or in any publication etc.. They ultimately get 14
different
patents with a total of 246 claims on photocopiers having color capability,
with
sorters, built in staplers, copiers on wheels, copiers that go "beep"
. . . you
get the picture. Of course, each of these patents mention in its background
section the original patent that A obtained because it is pretty darn
relevant.
Company B cannot sell any
photocopiers with these new features because company A
holds the basic patent for all photocopiers. They consider litigation,
but even
their great lawyers realize that A will fight to the end, and will definitely
win in court (maybe A's lawyers were okay after all). So they start
talking to
the customers of company A saying that B can build a better copier if
it weren't
for evil company A. Soon company A is fielding angry phone calls from
customers. Not able to afford a tortious interference with contract
action for
the muckraking done by B, and knowing that because of B's 14 new patents,
they
won't ever be able to sell more than the basic black and white copier
that they
originally invented, company A is forced to consider the idea of a cross-license
with company B. Negotiations at the 53rd floor conference center of
B.Behemoth
Tower begin. Unknown to A, the chairs provided for A's president and
his one
lawyer attending the meeting are three inches shorter than the chairs
occupied
by the 12 members of the B negotiating team.
The fatigued president and
founder of company A lays in bed, empty scotch bottle
at his side, the night before signing an agreement that will cross-license
his
company's crown jewel with the 14 company B patents. As he cocks the
hammer of
his 38, he knows in his heart that a decade down the line his company
will be a
bit player in this market at best, an historical footnote remembered
mostly by
patent lawyers. A sigh causes the scotch bottle to fall to the floor
with a
crash, and slowly a wicked smile crosses his face as an equally wicked
idea
crosses his mind.
The next day, company A announces
that they are leaving the photocopier business
and are instead willing to license their patent to companies wanting
to enter
the business. A reasonable fee of 8% of the net selling price of the
product
will be charged for the privilege of using this pioneering technology.
No
longer making photocopiers, company A is now immune from the oppression
of the
14 company B patents. Immediately four new companies, including leaders
in the
photography, and paper industries, come forward wanting to be a part
of this new
industry and all take licenses from company A. Many have their own
"improvement" patents on file at the patent office already,
including one method
for making color copies that is not only different from, but blows away
the
method invented by Dr. BLove. Company A, as is its right, declines to
license
its technology to company B. With price competition among the four new
manufacturers in the industry, photocopiers are sold by the millions
and company
A makes so much money that its president later purchases a controlling
share in
company B. And they lived happily ever after. I'm not sure what the
moral of this story is, but once I got going, I couldn't stop.
The companies in this story
are fictional, any relation to actual companies is
coincidental and not intended. Legal outcomes may vary depending on
the facts
of each situation. Copyright 2001 MLT.
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BUILT IN PRO-LEVEL LINUX
PROCESS MONITOR from IceDemon
IceDemon found this incredibly PRO LEVEL linux HOW TO
IceDemon writes:
In one of your newsletters you wanted ways to check on a process and
then start it if it has failed. I think this was for one of your game
servers. I was going over some How-To today and found this
www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Process-Monitor-HOWTO.html
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GREAT LINUX HOW TO TIPS from
IceDemon
IceDemon writes:
Another How-To that you might be interested in for some tips on Linux
www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Tips-HOWTO.html
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REFERER SPOOFING by Tim
I thought some of your readers may want to know about this tool. It's
a great way to show why you should NOT use the HTTP_REFERER value for
anything secure.
www.spoofer.de/
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GREAT TUTORIAL ON CAT45 CROSSOVER
CABLE BUILDING from guru-O-gif
if you are doing some internet connection sharing and enjoy building
your own cables...here is a neat site showing both cables...regular
and crossover for a direct computer to computer hook up
www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp
INTERESTING SITES
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QUICKBASE
check out this rather neat onine database system that you pay monthly
to use. Pretty slick. Here is an example
https://www.quickbase.com/db/6v74ue7a?a=q&qid=11
https://www.quickbase.com/p/guestview/get_started.html
GURU OF GIF
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WHAT'S THE GURU-O READING THESE DAYS
what's on the Gu-O-Guf reading these days? Well I am glad you asked.
I took a break from my morning coffee reading to finish off the cobra
and now that it is done, I got to go to amazon and elsewhere and pic
up the latest books. I have never really liked fiction and tend to be
a non fiction lover. Here are the next few books in my odd stack.
right now, in my hot little
hands, I am reading
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NO HOLDS BARRED EVOLUTION
www.nhbbook.com/internal.html
wooo hooo! the history of the sport I love back to 600BC. Great stuff
why have a cobra if you are
not wanting to learn about
GOING FASTER
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0837602270/
and if you want to win at
the race track you might need an
THE UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0837600693/
in life I have always had
admired people who have done one thing their whole life and then become
and icon in an industry. Well fiddling with cars, I read about a man
name of Smokey Yunick. Came from a small town...cussed and swore like
a truck driver, and told a story as it should be told. He went on to
become the most well known race car mechanic in the world. He died a
year or two ago and this is his autobiography. He was a master of sneaky
tricks and creativity for building cars to win races. He is one fine
crusty curmugeon
SMOKEY YUNICK - BEST DAMN GARAGE IN TOWN
www.smokeyyunick.com/BookInfo.html#SampleChapters
one of the toughest ways
to trade stocks is by selling short. This means you are betting the
company will fail. 90% of traders are against you. Asensio has made
a name for himself as the man who sells short.
SOLD SHORT
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471383384/taunt
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CHEAPEST 1U CASE
$110 with no power supply
www.servercase.com/ImageFiles/SC1210.html
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KIDSLICK LAUNCHING AMATEURMASTERS.COM
I ICQd the Slickster this week to see what he is up to at
www.amateurranks.com
KidSlick writes"
amateurranks is doing pretty well... the board is doin really good.
chat.amateurmasters.com/public/ChatView.cgi
we're also launching amateurmasters
on fri and amateurmasters live! wed:
www.amateurmasters.com
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JIM GRILL BUILDS THE BEAST
BOX by Jim Grill
Jim writes"
I got all my crap and did my build outs Monday night. I'm lazy so it
took a few days to get the pics uploaded. I built two PIII 866 MHz systems
with 512MB non ECC RAM, 3com 3c905b NIC, and 20GB hard drives.
If you remember my specs were
1. PIII or PIV
2. on board video
3. ATA 100
4. ECC RAM (error checking)
This was an impossible task so I had to settle for ATA66 with non ECC
RAM. But I got the Asus CUA, which is a smokin' mobo for Linux and although
not the fastest kid on the block this puppy can serve up some web pages
like mad or hum along quietly as a dns server.
Here's the fun stuff:
UPS day! yeah!
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00001.JPG
Getting psyched up.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00002.JPG
inside of the gt case
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00004.JPG
washable filter in the front. This is hard to find on 1U cases. Most
have either no filter or one that you can't get to so easily.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00005.JPG
If you're gonna cram all that stuff into a 1U you gotta be neat about
it so a bag of zip ties is essential to a good build.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00009.JPG
very cool little brass stand offs for the mobo
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00010.JPG
mobo installed. Looks roomy at this stage in the game but there's a
ton more crap to go in there still.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00011.JPG
extreme close up of the CUA
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00012.JPG
good shot of the riser
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00013.JPG
extreme close up of the processor
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00013.JPG
fan comparison. Big difference!
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00013.JPG
Just a dab of thermal conductive compound will do the trick.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00017.JPG
fan installed
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00018.JPG
here it with all the rest
of the common crap installed. Very cramped! I had to run the ribbon
cable for the drives over the top of the HD and there was no choice
but to make sharp folds for the turns. If I put it in front it would
interfere with the internal cooling fans and I didn't want that. Luckily
there is a cunt hair of room between the lid and the drives so it wasn't
a big deal. I only worry that one day those sharp creases will cause
problems.
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00020.JPG
Allright done!
www.jimgrill..com/dns_1Us/DSC00021.JPG
temporary home until they are configured.
www.jimgrill.com/dns_1Us/rack.JPG
what happened to auto-focus?
www.jimgrill.com/dns_1Us/rack2.JPG
and that's it. Fun Fun! I installed OpenBSD on one of the machines for
fun. I was able to get X windows working quite easily since the Nvidia
TNT2 chipset is so common and is supported. I hear so much about OpenBSD
being so secure and even read somewhere that it has been like a few
years or something since a remote break in was officially reported and
like a year since a local break in??? I looked for my source for that
with no luck. I can't remember where I read it. Maybe someone else has
heard this?? Anyway. It's not too entirely different from Slack and
the install is pretty easy too. You ever install FreeBSD? The install
can be somewhat daunting for a novice *nixer because it starts right
out with compiling the kernel.
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WAYBACKMACHINE from SignGuy
www.archive.org/internet/index.html
SignGuy sent me in a link that had me mesmerised for hours. This is
a search engine that has access to the internet archiving database.
What this means is that they have snapshots of sites from about 1996
and on. This was when everything just started. This is the history of
porn! It is freaking more fun that you can shake a stick at!
Here is the young Guru-Of-Gif's
site when porn just got going. I would guess this is maybe 6 month in
since there are more than two sponsors. Check out the old lips.com in
the early days with the fabulous "teaser babe of the day"
which was my favorite anuimated gif that flipped back and forth and
I would voer up her boobs one day with a fake bikini and say "come
back tomorrow and I will take off my top"...a classic ad ploy from
"Ogilvy On Advertising" that was used on a billboard in europe.
Ack! "Currently Experiencing
Higher Than Expected Volume"
I can't get to the examples I wanted to show! Oh no. People have discovered
the WayBack machine and it is now swamped. See if you can get here
web.archive.org/web/19961109150156/http://lips.com/
In the very early days, there
was only two sponsors. I believe Al Hazy started AMATEURHARDCORE.COM
and FantasyMan started up CYBEREROTICA.COM These guys were KINGS. Everyone
signed up for AMATUERHARDCORE as they paid out 2 whopping cents a click.
I think I remember you had to be invited or ask to join Cybererotica
early on so it was an elite program. Amateur Hardcore was talked about
in Forbes and I think Wall Street Journal and was rumored to be making
$50M a year. I believe this number was probably close to the truth since
there was no other game in town! AH was on every search engine and every
webmaster was sending traffic its way. A handful of programs then appeared
to compete. Do you remember MOSTEROTICA when they went to a crazy 3
cents a click! And there was CELEBNUDES or NETBABES I think from Europe
that became popular and then closed down. Al Hazy to me is like this
mastermind of porn that no one even knows about. Perhaps he is a hermit.
He stays off the radar. I believe he is the founder of the very successful
iFriends.com today. FantasyMan has had the longest running affiliate
programs in the business. MostErotic disappeared. CelebNudes took heat
from lawyers and then sold out or closed. In the beginning, they were
money printing machines.
Now you may recall I was
talking about KidSlick and his new AmatuerRanks sites. You may still
call him Rick from YNOT. Well here is the classic of classics...KidSlick
and his first site
web.archive.org/web/19961221011008/http://www.kidslick.com/
Rick went on to found YNOTNETWORK.
In the beginning it was like an exclusive club where you had to be invited
to join and then had to be voted in. At the bottom of this page are
the founding members
web.archive.org/web/19961226223735/http://www.ynotnetwork.com/
you will see that mny of the sites are still around in one form or another.
The politics and egos became too big and membership was eventually disolved.
It was certainly fun well it lasted. Back then, very few people believe
in traffic. Most of the members believe in content. I think Legendary
Lars and I were the only two in the gang that believe "TRAFFIC
= MONEY" and this was a topic of heated debate several times in
the members shat area. My site lips.com, had almost no content and was
pure ads and I think I was probably close to being kicked out because
of the content lacking desing...but it was hard to argue with 37,000
unique hits a day and was the 47th most popular site in the world at
that time...hee hee haaa. WOO HOO as shown in this archive from a year
later.
web.archive.org/web/19970412125930/http://lips.com
That was when there might
of been 20 of us spamming the engines. Most of us did it by hand early
on using MS word and COPY PASTE and would s[end 2-3 hours a day making
doors by hand. It was drudgery but you would get hits the vey next day
since AltaVista would index over night. It was so exciting as the money
flowed in. At the same time as that last link was when the counter WebSideStory
really took off as well. Before them was something I think called WebCounter
and they lasted a year or so and then their software just failed, as
so many counters and banner exchanges did.
anyways....I could play with
that site for hours on end. I think they have a lot of errors in their
DB but it is still fun when it works. Check your old URLs and relive
the past or research old companies and see how they got their start...way
too fun!
those are my stories
chow mein wayne
Andy
andy@lips.com
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