Post ASp1J9jNNEePQGknmC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
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(DIR) Post #ASp1J9jNNEePQGknmC by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T01:26:10Z
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Coming soon: BAUDOT-only #Twitter. MORSE-only #Twitter. Only Twitter Blue subs permitted to use ASCII, UNICODE, or other modern character sets.
(DIR) Post #ASp1tbaJI8FeEbtTPc by ygalanter@hachyderm.io
2023-02-19T01:32:34Z
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@lauren Starting April 20th only #TwitterBlue subscribers will be use the Twitter app and Twitter website to tweet. The rest will have to mail their Tweets to Twitter HQ, estimated time for the tweet to appear in the timeline 2-3 weeks.
(DIR) Post #ASp2Nud72vxhzQek9Q by SVChucko@sfba.social
2023-02-19T01:38:15Z
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@lauren Can you use EBCDIC for free, or do you have to pay for that too?
(DIR) Post #ASp2RLqcJ8KDGzc2Gu by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T01:38:53Z
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@SVChucko Only if you're a //SYSIN DUMMY ...
(DIR) Post #ASp2YwlxQ7SRow3Sts by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T01:40:15Z
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@SVChucko Or if we're going to be proper://SYSIN DD DUMMY
(DIR) Post #ASp3GvsI7TrNmGzWsK by kkeller@curling.social
2023-02-19T01:48:12Z
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@lauren only the letters "ELON MUSK"I suppose you could still post "Elon U Suk"
(DIR) Post #ASp3P0kTskIXD8Brl2 by EricCarroll@toad.social
2023-02-19T01:49:37Z
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@lauren YES!!! Back to Basics!!! 300 baud acoustic couplers will be mandatory, unless you pay for Twitter Blue!The UI will be adjusted to look like Punter BBS!
(DIR) Post #ASp78dAYBLbzGOpS3k by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-02-19T02:31:29Z
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@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org RAD-50 Twitter!
(DIR) Post #ASp7vVJs9hRR6kUgG8 by PandaChronicle@ohai.social
2023-02-19T02:40:19Z
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@lauren I’m waiting for them to start charging for emoji use.
(DIR) Post #ASpKi4raVSwch9BxVw by dead10ck@mastodon.dead10ck.com
2023-02-19T04:38:56Z
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@ygalanter @lauren I think it's highly ironic that Twitter started out before the days of smart phones, and so the way you tweeted was through SMS.
(DIR) Post #ASpKi5XlycgknyveGe by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-19T05:03:35Z
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@dead10ck @ygalanter And of course, that was the origin of the original char limit.
(DIR) Post #ASrKflS269BmE53Vlg by jimcarroll@futurist.info
2023-02-19T01:55:56Z
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@EricCarroll @lauren I still have my Radio Shack Model 100 at home. I'm good to go!
(DIR) Post #ASrKfmd3idbRsZDpaq by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-02-19T02:32:43Z
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@jimcarroll @EricCarroll @lauren I have a 56K modem, but that's max speed. And a computer with 14.4K....
(DIR) Post #ASrKfn1sENS77WpeGu by EricCarroll@toad.social
2023-02-19T21:48:56Z
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@PJ_EvansFound in a recent decluttering exercise... @jimcarroll @lauren
(DIR) Post #ASrKfnS6eqR6Qt6bA0 by jimcarroll@futurist.info
2023-02-19T22:06:41Z
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@EricCarroll @PJ_Evans @lauren 56! That was nirvana.Then, bonus points to me - I had actual ISDN for a time!Extra bonus points - this was 1998 - and a Telsat Canada demo satellite Internet dish (using DirectPC tech) that gave me about 25MB down, with the return via ... a 56k modem! They set it into my backyard and we wrote it in the 1999 book, predicting that one day, satellite-based Internet would be a BIG thing.Epic times!
(DIR) Post #ASrKfo2GUPMMF21TWK by EricCarroll@toad.social
2023-02-20T01:35:33Z
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@jimcarrollYa telephony return was a thing in cable land for a while as people tried to avoid a 2 way capable plant rebuild. I was in the "that's a really stupid idea" camp. @PJ_Evans @lauren
(DIR) Post #ASrKfoYWYTADr57Eno by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T03:44:26Z
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@EricCarroll @jimcarroll @lauren It kind of made sense if you were in a rural area, with no chance of cable and all calls being toll.
(DIR) Post #ASrKfp8gO25TfE27A8 by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2023-02-20T04:12:33Z
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@PJ_Evans @EricCarroll @jimcarroll There are still rural areas -- even right here in L.A. County, where there is no cable, no Internet (unless you can afford satellite and are in the right spots), and no mobile service.
(DIR) Post #ASrM7QiCtoBfy2NQGG by EricCarroll@toad.social
2023-02-20T04:28:42Z
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@PJ_EvansHmm.. It sounded great in marketing brochures but never worked properly. Many tried to kludge it without success.It was the top of the cost ladder & bottom of the performance ladder. It was a fast entry for the satellite providers before they went wideband, & seductive for cable cos who didn't think the Internet was important. The cost structure killed it off in the end.It essentially failed under real traffic load & economic scale up. @lauren @jimcarroll
(DIR) Post #ASs6MFrm6KcYZ6rKaW by jimcarroll@futurist.info
2023-02-20T13:06:48Z
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@lauren @PJ_Evans @EricCarroll Over the years, I've done quite a few keynotes for the National Rural Telecom Cooperate - it's the group charged with trying to bring broadband to rural communities. It's been a huge challenge and continues to be so; satellite like this was always one of the options despite its drawbacks. Progress is slow but steady!
(DIR) Post #ASsTkm2ERr0SELPXZw by PJ_Evans@mastodon.social
2023-02-20T17:29:02Z
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@lauren @EricCarroll @jimcarroll I lived on Burbank Blvd, a couple of blocks west of Sepulveda Basin, and had to walk over to the basin to get good cell service. Go figure...