Whats made you happy today?
Whats made you happy today?
(29 Oct 2014, 10:29 pm)Andreos1 I remember getting a Tiscali cd rom through the post getting on 17/18 years ago and using them on a 1p per minute dial up!I think Tiscali were the first ISP we signed up to back in 1999/2000...think we were on a pay as you go deal with them, for some reason we always had to reconnect after 2 hours...Those were the days, 56k Dial-Up Modems, I once downloaded a film years ago, it took a week to download...Got that down to about 24 hours on a basic broadband deal and now with fibre optic can get a film in minutes when I got a strong connection.
#blastfromthepast
#hashtagsonNEB
(29 Oct 2014, 10:29 pm)Andreos1 I remember getting a Tiscali cd rom through the post getting on 17/18 years ago and using them on a 1p per minute dial up!I think Tiscali were the first ISP we signed up to back in 1999/2000...think we were on a pay as you go deal with them, for some reason we always had to reconnect after 2 hours...Those were the days, 56k Dial-Up Modems, I once downloaded a film years ago, it took a week to download...Got that down to about 24 hours on a basic broadband deal and now with fibre optic can get a film in minutes when I got a strong connection.
#blastfromthepast
#hashtagsonNEB
(29 Oct 2014, 10:47 pm)AdamY I used to use mIRC back in the mid-to-late 90's.Would love to have learnt a bit hacking, but I could never get my head round it, the nearest I got to being a hacker was with some kind of programme that stole passwords and gave me some control remotely over peoples computers...I simply was never patient to be a serious hacker...
There were some interesting chat-rooms relating to hacking. I learned how to do some entry-level stuff back in the day.
(29 Oct 2014, 10:47 pm)AdamY I used to use mIRC back in the mid-to-late 90's.Would love to have learnt a bit hacking, but I could never get my head round it, the nearest I got to being a hacker was with some kind of programme that stole passwords and gave me some control remotely over peoples computers...I simply was never patient to be a serious hacker...
There were some interesting chat-rooms relating to hacking. I learned how to do some entry-level stuff back in the day.
I kinda wish I'd kept it up but I'm kinda of glad I didn't as I'd probably be viewing this forum from a shared computer in some jail somewhere.
I lost interest when people started to take internet security seriously. Whatever I learned is pretty much obsolete now.
(29 Oct 2014, 11:01 pm)AdamY I kinda wish I'd kept it up but I'm kinda of glad I didn't as I'd probably be viewing this forum from a shared computer in some jail somewhere.
I lost interest when people started to take internet security seriously. Whatever I learned is pretty much obsolete now.
(29 Oct 2014, 11:01 pm)AdamY I kinda wish I'd kept it up but I'm kinda of glad I didn't as I'd probably be viewing this forum from a shared computer in some jail somewhere.
I lost interest when people started to take internet security seriously. Whatever I learned is pretty much obsolete now.
(29 Oct 2014, 10:47 pm)AdamY I used to use mIRC back in the mid-to-late 90's.IRC was great back in the late 90s / early 00s, and then pretty much died off. I used to be an oper on a network of about 3000 users, which was interesting! Met some right characters, and learnt a lot from others.
There were some interesting chat-rooms relating to hacking. I learned how to do some entry-level stuff back in the day.
Anyone remember Madasafish as an ISP? I think I briefly used them, alongside Virgin, Freeware, and Pipex. First got broadband in about 98/99 I think, and that was through Pipex. Went to UK online after that, and then on to Sky. Plus all the way now.
(29 Oct 2014, 10:47 pm)AdamY I used to use mIRC back in the mid-to-late 90's.IRC was great back in the late 90s / early 00s, and then pretty much died off. I used to be an oper on a network of about 3000 users, which was interesting! Met some right characters, and learnt a lot from others.
There were some interesting chat-rooms relating to hacking. I learned how to do some entry-level stuff back in the day.
(29 Oct 2014, 11:42 pm)aureolin I think NTL was about 2003/04ish? Telewest and Blueyonder before that.Telewest rings a bell actually!
(29 Oct 2014, 11:42 pm)aureolin I think NTL was about 2003/04ish? Telewest and Blueyonder before that.Telewest rings a bell actually!
One of those two hacker guys, was the son of a fella my Dad worked with.
No idea which one like.
Telewest did sponsor the arena back in the day and I am sure NTL were around before 2003/4 - going solely off their sponsorship of Newcastle Utd (players like Gallagher, Shearer, Dyer etc and Robson as gaffer).
(30 Oct 2014, 5:17 am)Andreos1 One of those two hacker guys, was the son of a fella my Dad worked with.
No idea which one like.
Telewest did sponsor the arena back in the day and I am sure NTL were around before 2003/4 - going solely off their sponsorship of Newcastle Utd (players like Gallagher, Shearer, Dyer etc and Robson as gaffer).
(30 Oct 2014, 5:17 am)Andreos1 One of those two hacker guys, was the son of a fella my Dad worked with.
No idea which one like.
Telewest did sponsor the arena back in the day and I am sure NTL were around before 2003/4 - going solely off their sponsorship of Newcastle Utd (players like Gallagher, Shearer, Dyer etc and Robson as gaffer).
Seen a different way for a driver acknowledge a brother driver last week, 2 Arriva buses passed each other,near Easington Dog Track...
Instead of a simple bus driver wave, they stuck there hands out the window and hand slapped/high 5 each other...
Whats that all about, is the simple handslap the bus driver version of a Masonic Handshake...
Never understood why they wave at each other, even I get a wave now and again...I know a driver who did funny shit instead of a wave depending on his mood, sometimes he mimicked playing air guitar, if he was in a bit of a mood, he put a clenched fist to his neck mimicking being hanged and sometimes he gave a salute
Sorry...just someting completely random post
(31 Oct 2014, 3:50 pm)marxistafozzski Seen a different way for a driver acknowledge a brother driver last week, 2 Arriva buses passed each other,near Easington Dog Track...
Instead of a simple bus driver wave, they stuck there hands out the window and hand slapped/high 5 each other...
Whats that all about, is the simple handslap the bus driver version of a Masonic Handshake...
Never understood why they wave at each other, even I get a wave now and again...I know a driver who did funny shit instead of a wave depending on his mood, sometimes he mimicked playing air guitar, if he was in a bit of a mood, he put a clenched fist to his neck mimicking being hanged and sometimes he gave a salute
Sorry...just someting completely random post
(31 Oct 2014, 3:50 pm)marxistafozzski Seen a different way for a driver acknowledge a brother driver last week, 2 Arriva buses passed each other,near Easington Dog Track...
Instead of a simple bus driver wave, they stuck there hands out the window and hand slapped/high 5 each other...
Whats that all about, is the simple handslap the bus driver version of a Masonic Handshake...
Never understood why they wave at each other, even I get a wave now and again...I know a driver who did funny shit instead of a wave depending on his mood, sometimes he mimicked playing air guitar, if he was in a bit of a mood, he put a clenched fist to his neck mimicking being hanged and sometimes he gave a salute
Sorry...just someting completely random post
seeing one of my friends really made me feel fantastic and had the best food ever in Barnard Castle next time am down am going via Bishop Auckland
(01 Nov 2014, 9:45 pm)Tom If he was going from Sunderland, he'd have to spend two hours on the X21/21, then the 75 which is about a hour. Quite a way like.That is quite a hike, I could probably to Scarborough in a similar amout of travelling time...
(01 Nov 2014, 9:45 pm)Tom If he was going from Sunderland, he'd have to spend two hours on the X21/21, then the 75 which is about a hour. Quite a way like.That is quite a hike, I could probably to Scarborough in a similar amout of travelling time...
If he was going from Sunderland, he'd have to spend two hours on the X21/21, then the 75 which is about a hour. Quite a way like.Looking at his Flickr that's what he probably did, from Darlington you can get either the Arriva 75/76 which takes about 45 minutes or the Scarlet Band 84 which takes about 50 minutes.
If he was going from Sunderland, he'd have to spend two hours on the X21/21, then the 75 which is about a hour. Quite a way like.Looking at his Flickr that's what he probably did, from Darlington you can get either the Arriva 75/76 which takes about 45 minutes or the Scarlet Band 84 which takes about 50 minutes.