On 8/24/20 2:01 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 8/24/20 1:52 PM, Matt Reynolds via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I grew up with BBSes, loved them. A few groups work well. I'd VCF is the closest. I really do miss the Circuit Cellar BBS.
When I was heavily into BBSes in NJ in the mid-1980s, there was a greater than 50% chance that anyone I would meet there knew how to solder. On the Internet in general, and Facebook in particular, it seems there's a greater than 50% chance that anyone I'd meet there is functionally illiterate. The great "filter" of "you need technical know-how in order to even approach this" is gone.
Except on AOL ... ;-) I even think Genie users had more technical background than most Internet users. Still trying to teach folks how to read email heads and watch URLs for spam. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@linuxha.com http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog Author of: Linux Smart Homes For Dummies