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Lost Online Games From the Pre-Web Era 186

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday October 02, 2010 @01:42AM from the you-are-no-match-for-my-imperial-starship dept.

harrymcc writes "Long before the Web came along, people were playing online games — on BBSes, on services such as Prodigy and CompuServe, and elsewhere. Gaming historian Benj Edwards has rounded up a dozen RPGs, MUDs, and other fascinating curiosities from the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s — and the cool part is: they're all playable on the Web today." What old games were good enough for you to watch them scroll by on your 300 baud modem?

Comment Re:Freedom of choice is made for you, my friend (Score 1) 244

by kwardroid on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @04:21PM (#29888471) Attached to: Comparing the Freedoms Offered By Maemo and Android

Could please specify which of the freedoms you list don't apply to android?

Comment Re:Oh, that's just great... (Score 1) 198

by kwardroid on Saturday June 20, 2009 @06:19AM (#28400559) Attached to: Google Voice Grabs 1 Million Phone Numbers

Hmmmm, my message got a little misplaced, I wanted to reply to http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1274931&cid=28391937 But I agree that Asterisk isn't gratis, but not because Digium hardware isn't free (you don't need to buy anything from them) or the time it takes to maintain it (there are virtual PBXs online) but because telephony isn't free. I guess GV is a lot easier to setup/use and apparently gratis, but Google is a business and had to get something of value from the people using it (maybe money for features or just personal information).

Comment Re:Oh, that's just great... (Score 1) 198

by kwardroid on Friday June 19, 2009 @01:20PM (#28392101) Attached to: Google Voice Grabs 1 Million Phone Numbers

With a decent IPBX you can do anything GV can do (transcribing voicemail may be the exception), e.g. Asterisk. The real difference is the interface and required knowlegde to setup this kind of behavior.

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