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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.0&return_msg=43067.8"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.11">11–14</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=43067.8">reset-me-do</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="43067_8_14_10"> <a name="a43067_8"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_8"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">12 Oct 20:10</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 13 Nov 17:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">8 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8">43067.8</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.7">43067.7</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've been thinking about just using an IP address. We barely ever type them in anyway.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.8&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.8"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_9"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_9"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">13 Nov 17:34</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Nov 01:52"></span></span> <span class="message_count">9 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.9">43067.9</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_8" target="_self">43067.8</a></div> <div class="message_body"> A month ago I had a half-formed response to that, and decided to let it to coagulate before responding. <p>Except it didn't. </p><p>My thoughts were in the region of... <br />* Kinda cool as a protest against DNS, so long as a provider can guarantee a static address. <br />* There's still enough offline/verbal interaction for it to be impractical for many. <br />* I might have had a third point, but if so I forgot it. <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":("><span class="e__">:(</span></span></p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.9&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.9"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">14 Nov 01:54</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 14 Nov 17:38"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.10">43067.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_9" target="_self">43067.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I've since had a "better" idea. We stop using DNS and, instead, just maintain a hosts file that we all share.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.10&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">14 Nov 18:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Nov 04:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.11">43067.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_10" target="_self">43067.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I was thinking about when websites didn't need their own domains, and instead we joined neighbourhoods, and had curated directories which were more useful than searching. <p>Then I followed a rabbit hole and discovered <a href="https://neocities.org/">NeoCities</a>.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.11&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">15 Nov 04:19</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Nov 16:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.12">43067.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_11" target="_self">43067.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Aware of Neocities! A friend uses it for <a href="https://chriswere.wales/">his website</a>.<br /> <br /> Also, what I suggested is pretty much how name resolution worked on the early internet. And <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_J._Feinler">this woman</a> was responsible for maintaining the hosts file.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.12&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time">15 Nov 04:21</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 25 Nov 16:00"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.13">43067.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_11" target="_self">43067.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Also there are still <a href="https://tilde.club/">tilde servers</a>. Where you get a home directory and can serve pages from ~/username/ like back in the olden days.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.13&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a43067_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_43067_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">15 Nov 10:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Nov 17:33"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 14</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.14">43067.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=43067.8#a43067_13" target="_self">43067.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> There might be a bandwidth issue because everything is super lofi. Only use case I can come up with is under the radar stuff.<br /> <br /> I'll allow it has a certain janky charm.<div class="edit_text">EDITED: 15 Nov 10:54 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=43067.14&return_msg=43067.8" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="43067.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>