Name: Anonymous 2014-02-09 7:57
I've always been fascinated with the culture surrounding the old dialup BBS scene and early days of the Internet. A major modicum of information sharing in those days were in the form ASCII text ``e-zines'' uploaded to BBSes or FTP directories.
Some examples:
http://textfiles.com/programming/guide.txt
http://textfiles.com/programming/maze-faq
http://textfiles.com/programming/zen_life.txt
http://textfiles.com/programming/gravity.txt
What do you think about putting out a semi-regular journal in the format of an e-zine or diskmag, compiled from contributions from /prog/riders? We can distribute it as a compressed archive containing one or more text files, as well as source code and working programs.
It would be a way for us to package and spread /prog/ culture, ideology and software in a condensed and less ephemeral manner. Subject matter can range from contributor's software projects and algorithms, ``Best Of'' excerpts taken from /prog/, stories about The Sussman and his shenanigans, why ABC is superior, why XYZ-system is shit, detailed descriptions of rituals on how to summon the spirits of the computer, and so on.
Due to being non-mainstream method of distribution, the programmers who would read it are likely to be the kind of people we would want to attract and recruit to our organization.
Some examples:
http://textfiles.com/programming/guide.txt
http://textfiles.com/programming/maze-faq
http://textfiles.com/programming/zen_life.txt
http://textfiles.com/programming/gravity.txt
What do you think about putting out a semi-regular journal in the format of an e-zine or diskmag, compiled from contributions from /prog/riders? We can distribute it as a compressed archive containing one or more text files, as well as source code and working programs.
It would be a way for us to package and spread /prog/ culture, ideology and software in a condensed and less ephemeral manner. Subject matter can range from contributor's software projects and algorithms, ``Best Of'' excerpts taken from /prog/, stories about The Sussman and his shenanigans, why ABC is superior, why XYZ-system is shit, detailed descriptions of rituals on how to summon the spirits of the computer, and so on.
Due to being non-mainstream method of distribution, the programmers who would read it are likely to be the kind of people we would want to attract and recruit to our organization.