Zen Internet Support Forum

pwhyles:

;-) I'm a BBS bloke (and Micronet800/Prestel).  The first modem I owned was an acoustic coupler (1200 receive/75 transmit bps); then my trusty Miracle Technology WS2000 (300/300bps).

I forgot about the BBS's and I remember the acoustic coupler. May be the bbs will make a come back as a private way to share music if the industry and the ISP's go that way.

After all BT are not held responsible for what travels over their phone lines.

We had a local bbs around here and it was how the nerds of that day got their smutty stuff I got a copy of MSDOS from it and it took me 8 hours to download at 3p a minute but it was the chalenge

It were hard in my day lad! 

> May be the bbs will make a come back

No chance, IMO. Too easy a target and too 'complicated' for the average user.

Just encrypt stuff: 'problem' solved, well sort off,

How you finance creativity is another matter.   The current system screws both the artist and the end-user, IMO, and only favours the suits and shareholder interest.

Gary Hough:

Gary Hough:

We will issue our statement in due course though.

Hi all

 

Our official statement is:

 

 

Zen Internet has not been approached by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) or the BPI on the subject of illegal file sharing.

 

When we receive a notification of alleged copyright infringement we inform the customer; however, we do not take any further action.  This has been our policy for many years.

 

Zen Internet is committed to respecting the privacy of its customers. 

 

 

Thank you Gary.

I don't see how ISPs could possibly police such a policy anyway. They would have to view every email and file transfer their customers make. 

cyteck:

Ya!! Punk & Pogo-ing what was that all about then??

Ivan

My daughter aged 11 and son aged 7 are pogoing to 'Scooters' Jumping all over the world song.  I tried it and have to admit at 46 I wasnt bad but they seem to think its soemthing called dad dancing, embarrassing, and that I must stop :-)

 Gary

dad dancing !!!??? TEE HEE ( sorry! couldn't resist ) sounds almost as bad as something status quo might play.

Ivan

cyteck:

sounds almost as bad as something status quo might play.

Ivan

You could well be right Ivan :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kL8xmHotu0

Gary

I must be becoming a real old kodger, yes! that's definitely as bad a merry X everybody by slade.

10 out of 10 for mindless pointless twaddle. 

Ivan

I like Slade

Ken Odlum:

I like Slade

Everyday when I'm away I'm thinking of you :-)

Great band saw them live in the 70's along with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, T-Rex and Sweet.

Now seriously off topic and I apologise :-)

Gary

Ken,

NOTHING WRONG with Slade per say,  I just don't want to hear Merry X for the millionth time again. I'd rather top myself than have to endure that kind of audible torture. Ken If I never hear that record played ever again it will be far too soon !!

Ivan

PS: told you I was becoming an old grumpy.

YES! off topic ha!! :-))

Gary Hough:

cyteck:

Ya!! Punk & Pogo-ing what was that all about then??

Ivan

 

My daughter aged 11 and son aged 7 are pogoing to 'Scooters' Jumping all over the world song.  I tried it and have to admit at 46 I wasnt bad but they seem to think its soemthing called dad dancing, embarrassing, and that I must stop :-)

 Gary

Being embarrassing is a Dad's job! 

I seen Slade live also pay at the door but that was just before they hit the charts and were still skin heads.

Also seen Led Zep and The Who for 10 shillings (50p) pay at the door.

Ya, OK!! well I went to see in the 1970's Tangerine Dream & Black Sabbeth live in Liverpool. I had the headache & tinitis for several months to prove it too. Ah! the foolishness of youthhhh!! :-))

Ivan