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The owner of the site gave a talk at DEFCON 17, "That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWqx8goqSY&ab_channel=C

The owner of the site gave a talk at DEFCON 17, "That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion Dollars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWqx8goqSY&ab_channel=Christiaan008 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWqx8goqSY&ab_channel=Chris...

TehCorwiz 7y ago
I like that talk. Probably one of my favorites.
hrdwdmrbl 7y ago
The owner is also a totally great guy
- redivysoft 7y ago
  Yep, he took the time to answer questions from highschool me more than a decade ago and he was very friendly. I'm glad everyone else seems to have had positive interactions with him also.
  - textfiles 7y ago
    Let's not assume everyone had a great time with me because that will fall apart very quickly. I appreciate when someone young or curious reaches out to me for context or questions because I did that throughout my life and I always appreciated when it was rewarded with a response. I try to be the person I always hoped was on the other side.
    - 1996 7y ago
      Still, I like that spirit!
EvanAnderson 7y ago
Any Jason Scott talk is totally worth it. Irongeek, on YouTube, has Jason's DerbyCon talks archived (and likely some others too).
Eremotherium 7y ago
He also gave us the brilliant BBS: The Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary (shot in 1080p) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhbcDzbGSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhbcDzbGSU and (apart from his many talks) his podcast "Jason Scott talks his way out of it" which is just gem after gem of documented tech ephemera. https://textfiles.libsyn.com/ https://textfiles.libsyn.com/ It's baffingly hard to quantify how many people he (and all the other great people at the Internet Archive) has affected with his bullheaded conservation efforts.
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- ethagnawl 7y ago
  Jason Scott's podcast _Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It_ is also endlessly interesting, inspirational, entertaining and touching. Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/jasonscotttalks https://archive.org/details/jasonscotttalks Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/textfiles/posts https://www.patreon.com/textfiles/posts
nickthemagicman 7y ago
Haha this isn't going to be some cissp bulls*. So great.
aantix 7y ago
Finally, a talk that isn't PC sanitized..
msla 7y ago
He's also the guy who goatse'd MySpace: Initial post: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/989 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/989 Post about goatse: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1011 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1011 More: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1012 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1012 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1127 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1127 Moral: HOTLINKING BAD
- ringshall 7y ago
  He says in the second article you link that he doesn’t think hotlinking is bad per se, especially when it’s done in support of knowledge and education. I think the moral is rather that hotlinking is dangerous.
- Firehawke 7y ago
  I remember reading these over ten years ago; probably posted on Slashdot back when that place had only started its nosedive. Still pretty funny ~15 years later.

TehCorwiz 7y ago

I like that talk. Probably one of my favorites.

hrdwdmrbl 7y ago

The owner is also a totally great guy

redivysoft 7y ago
Yep, he took the time to answer questions from highschool me more than a decade ago and he was very friendly. I'm glad everyone else seems to have had positive interactions with him also.
- textfiles 7y ago
  Let's not assume everyone had a great time with me because that will fall apart very quickly. I appreciate when someone young or curious reaches out to me for context or questions because I did that throughout my life and I always appreciated when it was rewarded with a response. I try to be the person I always hoped was on the other side.
  - 1996 7y ago
    Still, I like that spirit!

EvanAnderson 7y ago

Any Jason Scott talk is totally worth it. Irongeek, on YouTube, has Jason's DerbyCon talks archived (and likely some others too).

Eremotherium 7y ago

He also gave us the brilliant BBS: The Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary (shot in 1080p) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhbcDzbGSU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhbcDzbGSU and (apart from his many talks) his podcast "Jason Scott talks his way out of it" which is just gem after gem of documented tech ephemera. https://textfiles.libsyn.com/ https://textfiles.libsyn.com/ It's baffingly hard to quantify how many people he (and all the other great people at the Internet Archive) has affected with his bullheaded conservation efforts.

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ethagnawl 7y ago
Jason Scott's podcast _Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It_ is also endlessly interesting, inspirational, entertaining and touching. Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/jasonscotttalks https://archive.org/details/jasonscotttalks Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/textfiles/posts https://www.patreon.com/textfiles/posts

nickthemagicman 7y ago

Haha this isn't going to be some cissp bulls*. So great.

aantix 7y ago

Finally, a talk that isn't PC sanitized..

msla 7y ago

He's also the guy who goatse'd MySpace: Initial post: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/989 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/989 Post about goatse: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1011 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1011 More: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1012 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1012 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1127 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1127 Moral: HOTLINKING BAD

ringshall 7y ago
He says in the second article you link that he doesn’t think hotlinking is bad per se, especially when it’s done in support of knowledge and education. I think the moral is rather that hotlinking is dangerous.
Firehawke 7y ago
I remember reading these over ten years ago; probably posted on Slashdot back when that place had only started its nosedive. Still pretty funny ~15 years later.