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diff --git a/opus7/article-athas-shell-redirections.md b/opus7/article-athas-sh…
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+# Shell Redirections by athas
+
+Newcomers to the Unix shell quickly encounter handy tools such as
+sed(1) and sort(1). This command prints the lines of the given file
+to stdout, in sorted order:
+
+ $ sort numbers
+
+Soon after, newcomers will also encounter shell redirection, by which
+the output of these tools can conveniently be read from or stored in
+files:
+
+ $ sort < numbers > numbers_sorted
+
+Our new user, fascinated by the modularity of the Unix shell, may then
+try the rather obvious possibility of having the input and output file
+be the same:
+
+ $ sort < numbers > numbers
+But disaster strikes: the file is empty! The user has lost their
+precious collection of numbers - let's hope they had a backup. Losing
+data this way is almost a rite of passage for Unix users, but let us
+spell out the reason for those who have yet to hurt themselves this
+way.
+
+When the Unix shell evaluates a command, it starts by processing the
+redirection operators - that's the '>' and '<' above. While '<' just
+opens the file, '>' *truncates* the file in-place as it is opened for
+reading! This means that the 'sort' process will dutifully read an
+empty file, sort its non-existent lines, and correctly produce empty
+output.
+
+Some programs can be asked to write their output directly to files
+instead of using shell redirection (sed(1) has '-i', and for sort(1)
+we can use '-o'), but this is not a general solution, and does not
+work for pipelines. Another solution is to use the sponge(1) tool
+from the "moreutils" project, which stores its standard input in
+memory before finally writing it to a file:
+
+ $ sort < numbers | sponge numbers
+
+The most interesting solution is to take advantage of subshells, the
+shell evaluation order, and Unix file systems semantics. When we
+delete a file in Unix, it is removed from the file system, but any
+file descriptors referencing the file remain valid. We can exploit
+this behaviour to delete the input file *after* directing the input,
+but *before* redirecting the output:
+
+ $ (rm numbers && sort > numbers) < numbers
+
+This approach requires no dependencies and will work in any Unix
+shell.
diff --git a/opus7/article-athas-shell-redirections.mw b/opus7/article-athas-sh…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH athas
Shell Redirections
-.2C 30
.
.PP
Newcomers to the Unix shell quickly encounter handy tools such as
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-brcon2023.md b/opus7/article-bitreich-brcon…
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+# Brcon2023 from August 7th to 13th by Bitreich
+
+The community has decided!
+Brcon2023 will happen between 7th to 13th of August beginning with an
+online session from 7th to 10th August and a presence part from 11th to
+13th of August in Callenberg, Germany:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/con/2023
+
+This means, the call for papers/presentations is open. This year the main
+topic will of course be gopher and all kind of simple services created
+for gopherspace. All other simple protocols are welcome too.
+
+Some topics that are already planned and may inspire you:
+
+* Entropy services via gopher.
+* Serving highly-complex memes via IRC/gopher including gopher GPU services.
+* Geo / map services via gopher.
+* Qi Gong for beginners (in the forest!) including an inspiring forest walk in…
+* Gophers and other family members in a museum exhibition with an exclusive to…
+
+It is very simple to hold a presentation.
+Please see the slides from a previous con:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/con/2022
+
+And it is possible from all over the world!
+The world is invited!
+
+Please send proposals for talks to Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]>.
+
+See you at brcon2023!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Conference Officer (CCO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-brcon2023.mw b/opus7/article-bitreich-brcon…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Brcon2023 from August 7th to 13th
-.2C 30
.
.PP
The community has decided!
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-c-thaumaturgy-center.md b/opus7/article-bit…
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+# C Thaumaturgy Center opens at Bitreich by Bitreich
+
+People always had a desire for magic.
+This magic does not end in modern times.
+
+ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
+ -- Arthur C. Clarke
+
+So is C, C pointers and C bit twiddling:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/thaumaturgy
+
+Get your daily magic there!
+
+In case you have your own C magic spells laying around and want to offer
+them to the public, send them to: Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]>
+
+I will include them into the programme of the C Thaumaturgy Center.
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Magic Officer (CMO)
+
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-c-thaumaturgy-center.mw b/opus7/article-bit…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
C Thaumaturgy Center opens at Bitreich
-.2C 20
.
.PP
People always had a desire for magic.
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-dj-vlad-on-2023-03-11.md b/opus7/article-bi…
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# DJ Vlad Session on Bitreich Radio on 2023-03-11 by Bitreich
+
+New DJ Vlad Session from Serbia on Bitreich Radio on 2023-03-11T20:00 CET.
+
+Our residing DJ Vlad (not from Russia or Ukraine) has found a new sound
+and will present it to us at 2023-03-11T20:00 CET exclusively on Bitreich Radi…
+
+He will be streaming from Serbia to all over the gopherspace and the
+world!
+
+The whole session can be listened to of course at:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/radio/listen
+
+It is so easy and simple.
+
+See you all for this exclusive experience from Serbia!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Vibe Officer (CVO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-dj-vlad-on-2023-03-11.mw b/opus7/article-bi…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
DJ Vlad Session on Bitreich Radio on 2023-03-11
-.2C 20
.
.PP
New DJ Vlad Session from Serbia on Bitreich Radio on 2023-03-11T20:00 CET.
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-donkey-meter.md b/opus7/article-bitreich-do…
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+# Donkey Meter goes online. by Bitreich
+
+Have you ever wondered, how much traffic is used on Bitreich.org? Now you
+can see it. In combination with our French friends who spread donkey
+technology, we now have a Donkey Meter:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/donkeymeter
+
+It takes a second to load due to donkey technology restrictions.
+
+You might also be interested in our Large Donkey Collider technology.
+
+Have fun!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Donkey Officer (CDO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-donkey-meter.mw b/opus7/article-bitreich-do…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Donkey Meter goes online.
-.2C 20
.
.PP
Have you ever wondered, how much traffic is used on Bitreich.org? Now you
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-gopher-pearls.md b/opus7/article-bitreich-g…
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+# Gopher 2007 Pearl Project
+
+Do you like adventures?
+Do you like to discover?
+Many treasures are awaiting you!
+Get ready to search for the pearls:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/gopher2007
+
+The archive of gopherspace from 2007 from archive.org is now available on
+Bitreich for research.
+
+
+The pearl list begins with - of course! - the gopher manifesto:
+
+ gopher://bitreich.org/0/gopher2007/2007-gopher-mirror/gopher-arch/goph…
+
+See the 'What we need' section. We completed nearly all points there. :-D
+
+
+A second pearl example:
+
+ gopher://bitreich.org/0/gopher2007/2007-gopher-mirror/gopher-arch/goph…
+
+ And each language could be heard to mumble as it tromped and
+ tromped
+ and tromped, with complete and utter glee:
+
+ Have to parse XML, eh? Have to have an XML API, eh? Have to
+ work
+ with SOAP and XML-RPC and RSS and RDF, eh?
+
+ Well parse this, you little markup asshole.
+
+
+I wish much fun reading and discovering even more!
+
+If you find a pearl, please send the full link and why it should be
+considered a pearl to:
+
+ Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]>
+
+Sincerely yours,
+
+20h
+Chief Archive Officer (CAO)
+
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-groundhog-day-service.md b/opus7/article-bi…
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Groundhog Day Service Page online. by Bitreich
+
+At Bitreich we support the culture of grounded, based and ecological- and
+animal-friendly technology. In this sense, it is natural for us to
+support Groundhog Day, the scientific measurement for winter length
+prediction. In preparation for our now yearly celebration of this day, we
+now offer the current groundhog shadow status on Bitreich:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/groundhog-day
+
+Future prediction has never been that easily and worldwide available!
+
+Now groundhog was harmed in the production of this service!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Ground Officer (CGO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-groundhog-day-service.mw b/opus7/article-bi…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Groundhog Day Service Page online.
-.2C 20
.
.PP
At Bitreich we support the culture of grounded, based and ecological- and
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-library-of-babel.md b/opus7/article-bitreic…
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Library of Babel now available on gopherspace. by Bitreich
+
+What is the Library of Babel?
+
+The Library of Babel is a place for scholars to do research, for artists
+and writers to seek inspiration, for anyone with curiosity or a sense of
+humor to reflect on the weirdness of existence - in short, it's just like
+any other library. If completed, it would contain every possible
+combination of 1,312,000 characters, including lower case letters, space,
+comma, and period. Thus, it would contain every book that ever has been
+written, and every book that ever could be - including every play, every
+song, every scientific paper, every legal decision, every constitution,
+every piece of scripture, and so on. At present it contains all possible
+pages of 3200 characters, about 104677 books.
+
+ https://libraryofbabel.info/About.html
+
+Now available on gopherspace!
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/babel
+
+Have fun!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Librarian Officer (CLO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-library-of-babel.mw b/opus7/article-bitreic…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Library of Babel now available on gopherspace.
-.2C 20
.
.PP
What is the Library of Babel?
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-meme-cache-pointer-support.md b/opus7/artic…
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+# Meme cache pointer support by Bitreich
+
+The Bitreich memecache joins modern programming languages like C in
+supporting pointer notation. Get a pointer representation of a meme by
+referencing it in our IRC channels with the syntax '*<tag>', instead of
+the usual '#<tag>'.
+
+ Example:
+ <adc> #gnu-hut
+ <annna> #gnu-hut: gophers://bitreich.org/I/memecache/gnu-hut.jpg
+ <adc> *gnu-hut
+ <annna> *gnu-hut: gophers://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/*gnu-hut.j…
+
+The pointer notation works for image and video memes. Remember that
+you can explore our memes with
+
+ git://bitreich.org/bitreich-tardis
+
+bitreich-tardis, and explore the inner
+workings of annna in the
+
+ git://bitreich.org/annna
+
+git repository.
+-adc
+
+## Deep pointer support in memes.
+
+Thanks the ground work of adc, we had pointer support for memes. Based on
+this, we now have deep pointer support for all kind of memes:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/**********athas-teapot.jpg
+ gophers://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/****athas-teapot.jpg
+
+With cache support.
+Have fun pointing at memes! We had much fun making this. :D
+
+## Reverse pointer support for memes.
+
+After a public request by an avid pointer lover, we of course implemented
+reverse pointer support for memes now:
+
+ gophers://bitreich.org/9/memecache/filter/&&&&&&athas-teapot.jpg
+
+See how you can dereference this teapot now.
+
+Have fun!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Pointy Officer (CPO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-meme-cache-pointer-support.mw b/opus7/artic…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Meme cache pointer support
-.2C 30
.
.PP
The Bitreich memecache joins modern programming languages like C in
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-sfeed-1.7.md b/opus7/article-bitreich-sfeed…
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+# sfeed 1.7 was released. by Hiltjo
+
+sfeed is a tool to convert RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file.
+It can be found at:
+
+ git://git.codemadness.org/sfeed
+ gopher://codemadness.org/1/git/sfeed
+ https://codemadness.org/releases/sfeed/
+ gopher://codemadness.org/1/releases/sfeed/
+
+sfeed has the following small changes compared to 1.6:
+sfeed_curses:
+
+* Add SCO keys for next, prior (CSI I and CSI G).
+ Tested on DragonFlyBSD (cons25 console).
+* Add SUN keys support.
+ Tested on OpenIndiana.
+
+sfeed_gopher:
+
+* Remove unnecesary PATH_MAX restricting the path length.
+ This also makes it compile cleanly on GNU/Hurd.
+* Man page and documentation improvements.
+
+I want to thank all people who gave feedback,
+
+Thanks,
+Hiltjo
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-sfeed-1.7.mw b/opus7/article-bitreich-sfeed…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Hiltjo
sfeed 1.7 was released.
-.2C 30
.
.PP
sfeed is a tool to convert RSS or Atom feeds from XML to a TAB-separated file.
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-telemetry-service.md b/opus7/article-bitrei…
@@ -1,35 +1,25 @@
-.SH Bitreich
-Bitreich Telemetry Service goes Public.
-.2C 20
-.
-.PP
+# Bitreich Telemetry Service goes Public. by Bitreich
+
The industry is going towards telemetry everywhere: Go programming
language logging, Windows 11 poop logging etc.
To save you from burnout
(which is what Google uses for telemetry excuse!),
Bitreich is moving forwards too.
Try it now!
-.
-.DS
-$ git clone git://bitreich.org/geomyidae
-$ cd geomyidae
-$ make telemetry
-.DE
-.
-.PP
+
+ $ git clone git://bitreich.org/geomyidae
+ $ cd geomyidae
+ $ make telemetry
+
In case you want to use the telemetry API in your project, just us:
-.
-.DS
-# Everything behind the second / field will be stripped.
-$ printf "/${projectname}/...\r\n" | nc bitreich.org 70
-Thank you for installing ${projectname}!
-Nothing is logged. You can trust us, we are not Google.
-.DE
-.
-.PP
+
+ # Everything behind the second / field will be stripped.
+ $ printf "/${projectname}/...\r\n" | nc bitreich.org 70
+ Thank you for installing ${projectname}!
+ Nothing is logged. You can trust us, we are not Google.
+
It is free to use!
-.
-.PP
+
Have fun!
20h
Chief Telemetry Officer (CTO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-volunteers-for-a-trial-wanted.md b/opus7/ar…
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Volunteers for a The Gopher Times trial wanted. by Bitreich
+
+As pioneers in the gopher world, we at Bitreich want to make the gopher
+times more accessible to all people over the world. For this, we are
+planning a trial to have printed out the gopher times sent to your
+doorstep.
+
+If you want to participate, please send your name and address to
+
+ Christoph Lohmann <[email protected]>
+
+World delivery to all remote places is possible too.
+
+Sincerely yours,
+20h
+Chief Press Officer (CPO)
diff --git a/opus7/article-bitreich-volunteers-for-a-trial-wanted.mw b/opus7/ar…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH Bitreich
Volunteers for a The Gopher Times trial wanted.
-.2C 20
.
.PP
As pioneers in the gopher world, we at Bitreich want to make the gopher
diff --git a/opus7/article-ggg-bitreich-cooking.md b/opus7/article-ggg-bitreich…
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#bitreich-cooking by ggg
+
+In the city home to the best pubs in the English-speaking world, Truth keeps g…
+Coming from China, ggg waded through lies to learn that nothing is more powerf…
+coming into Cork, ggg learnt that Truth catches up nicely with nobody, still, …
+
+Life is fierce futility.
+Agony unites us.
+Renaissance will come.
+
+60% hustler + 15% hacker + 25% hipster is ggg.
+The more he writes, the less words he ends up with.
+You can find ggg on #bitreich-en and #bitreich-cooking.
diff --git a/opus7/article-ggg-bitreich-cooking.mw b/opus7/article-ggg-bitreich…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH ggg
#bitreich-cooking
-.2C 20
.
.PP
In the city home to the best pubs in the English-speaking world, Truth keeps g…
diff --git a/opus7/article-josuah-the-road-to-success.md b/opus7/article-josuah…
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# The Road to Success by josuah
+
+Success, the holy grail in Life.
+Many different forms and shapes.
+Marriage? Career? A medal? A stable financial situation? Crossing the border a…
+So many facets to that same shiny diamond.
+
+Or does success mean avoiding failure?
+In that case, doing nothing means no failure, but trying always have more chan…
+
+If failing means that trying did not lead one as far as hoped for, then the ne…
+And while so, also going a bit closer every time to success.
+What is the landmark that distinguish being very close to actually reaching su…
+Which indicator to use?
+Is it about completing a large project?
+Fame?
+A position in the company?
+And once at the top position of a company, one can still say it was a tiny com…
+
+So if there is no real landmark, if failing is trying but failing to reach an …
+Failure would be the moment that follows any attempt to reach the end of a dir…
+Failure would simply be the moment where you look back at where you were befor…
+
+Success looks similar: trying to move forward, constantly bumping the objectiv…
+Again success is the moment where you look at where you are, and estimate how …
+If success and failure are the same, this suggests that something is wrong som…
+Somehow, the ultimate acheivement of every life is death.
+
+The Road to Success?
+This is the same as the road to Failure: this is Life, it leads to Death.
+Wherever we go, we will be on it as long as we live.
+So now, may we move that idea of Success away so that we can enjoy living our …
diff --git a/opus7/article-josuah-the-road-to-success.mw b/opus7/article-josuah…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH josuah
The Road to Success
-.2C 20
.
.PP
Success, the holy grail in Life.
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-a-billion-gopher.md b/opus7/article-tgtimes-…
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Four Billion more Gopherholes have gone online! by Bitreich
+
+People are thinking, it is impossible to grow further than the web.
+Gopher did this today, by introducing the four billion gophers project.
+
+ gopher://bitreich.org/1/billion-gophers
+
+IPv6 is required.
+
+Maybe you find the hidden secret of monkey^Wbillion gophers!
+
+
+Have fun!
+
+Sincerely yours,
+
+20h
+Chief Reproduction Officer (CRO)
+
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-announcing-the-trigger-word.md b/opus7/artic…
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+# Announcing the "tgtimes" keyword by tgtimes
+
+As any newspaper, The Gopher Times goal is to relay information.
+Through chat discussions, The Gopher Times ocasionnally collect heirlooms whic…
+
+We propose this way of catching The Gopher Times attention, so that editors ca…
+In an IRC chat discussion, simply make the word "tgtimes" appear as a way to p…
+
+Upon publishing The Gopher Times, the IRC logs of various channels will be sea…
+hence noticing every time someone wanted to submit something to the The Gopher…
+One word to say and The Gopher Times comes that way.
+
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-announcing-the-trigger-word.mw b/opus7/artic…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH tgtimes
Announcing the \fC"tgtimes"\fB keyword
-.2C 20
.
.PP
As any newspaper, The Gopher Times goal is to relay information.
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-most-minimal-gopher-client.md b/opus7/articl…
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# Most minimal gopher client by tgtimes
+
+Gopher is a protocol allowing browsing text, images interactively,
+reach telnet interfaces, and download any file, or open any URL,
+for custom action to be chosen by the user.
+
+## "Network"
+One reliable way to fetch the content from internet would be Ethernet,
+but convenience and price would push toward using radio transmission
+such as WiFi.
+
+Ethernet would require an extra transceiver chip, while wifi takes mostly
+just a wire acting as antenna, which partly explains its low cost.
+
+## "Processing"
+One inexpensive family of processors featuring a high cost-to-performance
+ratio, which also features WiFi, is the ESP32. The C3 iteration even uses
+the open-source architecture RISC-V. The speed is decent enough for
+decoding JPEG an PNG, or support TLS as used in gophers://.
+
+## "Display"
+The cost of displays have dropped considerably as they invaded the market.
+Economy of scale made small color displays even cheaper than
+character-based displays.
+
+## "Input"
+Browsing content is a lot about scrolling. Since we do custom hardware,
+capacitive touch buttons can be used for little to no extra cost.
+This could permit a smooth scrolling through the content.
+
+Once again, mostly requiring wires, this cuts the price and explain
+their popularity.
+
+## "Text"
+Text is compact and efficient, and bitmap font requires a bit of storage
+for all the common non-ASCII characters, but ESP32 have 16MB of flash
+storage enough for the entire uncompressed Unifont:
+
+ http://unifoundry.com/unifont/
+
+## "Audio"
+Producing sound does not cost much more than a small audio amplifier,
+software for decoding MP3, and a 3.5mm Jack connector.
+Very small cost added.
+
+## "Extension"
+an USB interface would allow plugging the device to a computer for
+either automation or using a full keybaord.
+
+## "Power"
+A small dedicated battery could be included increasing the cost,
+but getting all power from USB would also preserve the choice to
+the user, free to chose a wall charger or portable power bank.
+
+## "Enclosure"
+A custom 3D printed case would allow keeping the cost very low
+even at small volume production.
+
+There exist boards around 5 USD which would provide all of the above
+except audio and a few wires, typically the size of an MP3 player.
+The grand total bill of material could realistically approach 10 USD.
+An actual product could eventually reach as low as 15 USD if keeping
+only a small margin for the seller, and eventually lower if produced
+on a larger scale.
+
+The support of TLS does not bring any cost in this example: an ESP8266
+could be used at around 0.85 USD instead of 1.25 USD for the ESP32-C3,
+but is also capable of TLS.
+Image decoding would then probably be much slower.
+By far the most resource hungry part of this project.
+
+Writing the software for such a product from the ground up could take
+typically an entire week, including JPEG and PNG decoding libraries,
+image and font rendering, writing driver for all the parts involved,
+integrating the TCP/IP stack and TLS stack.
+
+While an XML parser able to fetch content over HTTP would be relatively
+as difficult to build, this would not permit the same level of user
+experience as the Gopher-based project: CSS and JavaScript are becoming
+an increasingly frequent requirement to access the Web, and reimplementing
+a new compatible rendering engine is not feasible to a single person.
+
+This requirement would in turn affect the minimal performance of the
+processing unit used: a processor in the GHz range with RAM in the
+GB range, in particular if anticipating future needs of the Web
+software system.
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-most-minimal-gopher-client.mw b/opus7/articl…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH tgtimes
Most minimal gopher client
-.2C 30
.
.PP
Gopher is a protocol allowing browsing text, images interactively,
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-most-minimal-gopher-server.md b/opus7/articl…
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Most minimal Gopher server by tgtimes
+
+Gopher is a protocol providing a gateway to a document system, allowing
+to serve an organized hierarchy of files over the network. Dynamically
+generating the content as per user requests is also possible. The client
+side is in charge of rendering the content as it sees fit.
+
+Generating Gopher indexes and transmitting file contents or generated
+contents is low in software compmlexity, and in turn allows less expensive
+hardware to be run than complex web stacks.
+
+Which cost would we end-up for building a minimal piece of hardware able
+to host the Gopher protocol acheiving all of the above?
+The Gopher Times investigates.
+
+## "Communication"
+While WiFi is inexpensive and fits moving device gracefully, the
+reliability of Ethernet is indicated for a server. Ethernet adds
+1 USD of cost for the transceiver handling the electricial characteristics
+of Ethernet. These typically expose an RGMII interface.
+
+## "Processing"
+A microcontroller featuring an Ethernet peripheral (with an RGMII
+interface) could be the popular STM32F103, or an alternative
+compatible part. Enough processing power would be present for an
+embedded TCP/IP and a TLS stack.
+
+## "Automation"
+In addition, most microcontrollers feature a large range of
+built-in peripheral such as timers and communication or analog
+interfaces, enabling automation of devices such as lighting,
+heating, laundry, motors, or an entire car, through external
+modules. This would come for no extra cost.
+
+## "Storage"
+A slot for a MicroSD card would allow storing and updating
+the static content to serve, and storing network configuration.
+
+## "Scripting"
+There exist project to fit programming languages onto microcontrollers.
+Separate projects for supporting a subset of each of Python, Ruby,
+Javscript, Go, Rust, Lua, Forth and more.
+
+## "Power"
+By letting power supply happen through the USB port, a large range
+of power source can be used, such as battery, solar panels, wind
+turbine, hydropower, or power outlet.
+
+The bill of materials for such a design would approximate 5 USD.
+A marketed device with a small margin for the seller could reach
+as low as 10 USD.
+
+Interestingly, such a device would also be able to provide an
+equivalent Web service able to work with all Web client, but
+not running the existing popular Web server software stacks
+known as "Web Frameworks".
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-most-minimal-gopher-server.mw b/opus7/articl…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH tgtimes
Most minimal Gopher server
-.2C 300
.
.PP
Gopher is a protocol providing a gateway to a document system, allowing
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-peering-cake.md b/opus7/article-tgtimes-peer…
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Peering Cake for IPv6 by tgtimes
+
+The Internet Protocol is the fundamental encoding and communication convention…
+
+An Protocol to allow Inter-Network communication.
+Andy Tanenbaum wrote a beautiful introduction about the underlying idea:
+
+ https://worldcat.org/en/title/1086268840
+
+The part of Internet visible from a single user looks like a tree, with at its…
+Regardless how complex the branches are, there is usually "the gateway", imply…
+The routing configuration rarely changes, and is often boiling down to "going …
+
+The part of Internet visible from a service provider, however, looks like a me…
+If you pick one possible gateway picked at random, hoping them to nicely find …
+depending on how much traffic you suddenly sent (routing your IPs to 0.0.0.0).…
+
+Network admins themself are usually friendly among themself, even across concu…
+
+There is a legendary dispute known by all Internet Service Provider (ISP) neta…
+The two major IPv6 Carriers, those giants connecting the ISP togethers across …
+This means that with IPv6, from a country connected to only Cogent, it is not …
+For this reason, all ISPs from all countries connections with many more carrie…
+
+This strategy permits Cogent to remain competitive face to its larger concurre…
+Hurricane Electric, on the other hand, have much more commercial advantage to …
+In the diversity of attempts to get Cogent to change its mind, Hurricane Elect…
+Here is what the message said in 2009:
+
+Cogent (AS174) Please IPv6 peer with us XOXOX - Hurricane Electric (AS6939).
+
+ https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg15608.html
+ https://live.staticflickr.com/2685/4031434206_656b2d8112_z.jpg
+ https://www.theregister.com/2018/08/28/ipv6_peering_squabbles/
+ https://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2009-October/014017.html
+
diff --git a/opus7/article-tgtimes-peering-cake.mw b/opus7/article-tgtimes-peer…
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH tgtimes
Peering Cake for IPv6
-.2C 40
.
.PP
The Internet Protocol is the fundamental encoding and communication convention…
diff --git a/opus7/footer.md b/opus7/footer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Publishing in The Gopher Times
+
+Want your article published?
+Want to announce something to the Gopher world?
+
+Directly related to Gopher or not,
+reach us on IRC with an article in any format,
+we will handle the rest.
+
+ ircs://irc.bitreich.org/#bitreich-en
+ gophers://bitreich.org/1/tgtimes/
+ git://bitreich.org/tgtimes/
+
+Here is how you write an article for the next opus 8:
+
+ $ git clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes
+ $ cd tgtimes/opus8
+ $ ed $(id -un)-my-personal-technical-project.md
+ # Git workflow to send patch follows.
+
diff --git a/opus7/footer.mw b/opus7/footer.mw
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
.SH you
Publishing in The Gopher Times
-.2C 10v
.
.PP
Want your article published?
diff --git a/opus7/tgtimes7.pdf b/opus7/tgtimes7.pdf
Binary files differ.
diff --git a/opus7/tgtimes7.txt b/opus7/tgtimes7.txt
@@ -12,11 +12,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Shell Redirections athas
-____________________________________________________________
- Newcomers to the Unix shell quickly encounter handy
+ Newcomers to the Unix shell quickly encounter handy
tools such as sed(1) and sort(1). This command prints
- the lines of the given file to stdout, in sorted or-
+ the lines of the given file to stdout, in sorted or-
der:
$ sort numbers
@@ -76,24 +75,23 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Library of Babel now available on gopherspace.Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
What is the Library of Babel?
- >> > The Library of Babel is a place for scholars to
- do research, for artists > and writers to seek inspi-
- ration, for anyone with curiosity or a sense of > hu-
- mor to reflect on the weirdness of existence - in
- short, it's just like > any other library. If com-
- pleted, it would contain every possible > combination
- of 1,312,000 characters, including lower case let-
- ters, space, > comma, and period. Thus, it would con-
- tain every book that ever has been > written, and ev-
- ery book that ever could be - including every play,
- every > song, every scientific paper, every legal de-
- cision, every constitution, > every piece of scrip-
- ture, and so on. At present it contains all possible
- > pages of 3200 characters, about 104677 books.
+ >> The Library of Babel is a place for scholars to do
+ research, for artists and writers to seek inspira-
+ tion, for anyone with curiosity or a sense of humor
+ to reflect on the weirdness of existence - in short,
+ it's just like any other library. If completed, it
+ would contain every possible combination of 1,312,000
+ characters, including lower case letters, space, com-
+ ma, and period. Thus, it would contain every book
+ that ever has been written, and every book that ever
+ could be - including every play, every song, every
+ scientific paper, every legal decision, every consti-
+ tution, every piece of scripture, and so on. At pre-
+ sent it contains all possible pages of 3200 charac-
+ ters, about 104677 books.
Now available on gopherspace!
@@ -105,11 +103,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Donkey Meter goes online. Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
- Have you ever wondered, how much traffic is used on
- Bitreich.org? Now you can see it. In combination with
- our French friends who spread donkey technology, we
+ Have you ever wondered, how much traffic is used on
+ Bitreich.org? Now you can see it. In combination with
+ our French friends who spread donkey technology, we
now have a Donkey Meter:
It takes a second to load due to donkey technology re-
@@ -125,13 +122,12 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Most minimal Gopher server tgtimes
-____________________________________________________________
Gopher is a protocol providing a gateway to a document
- system, allowing to serve an organized hierarchy of
- files over the network. Dynamically generating the
- content as per user requests is also possible. The
- client side is in charge of rendering the content as
+ system, allowing to serve an organized hierarchy of
+ files over the network. Dynamically generating the
+ content as per user requests is also possible. The
+ client side is in charge of rendering the content as
it sees fit.
Generating Gopher indexes and transmitting file con-
@@ -191,11 +187,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Groundhog Day Service Page online. Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
- At Bitreich we support the culture of grounded, based
- and ecological- and animal-friendly technology. In
- this sense, it is natural for us to support Groundhog
+ At Bitreich we support the culture of grounded, based
+ and ecological- and animal-friendly technology. In
+ this sense, it is natural for us to support Groundhog
Day, the scientific measurement for winter length pre-
diction. In preparation for our now yearly celebration
of this day, we now offer the current groundhog shadow
@@ -212,9 +207,8 @@ ____________________________________________________________
DJ Vlad Session on Bitreich Radio on 2023-03-11itreich
-____________________________________________________________
- New DJ Vlad Session from Serbia on Bitreich Radio on
+ New DJ Vlad Session from Serbia on Bitreich Radio on
2023-03-11T20:00 CET.
Our residing DJ Vlad (not from Russia or Ukraine) has
@@ -236,7 +230,6 @@ ____________________________________________________________
C Thaumaturgy Center opens at Bitreich Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
People always had a desire for magic. This magic does
not end in modern times.
@@ -261,12 +254,11 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Bitreich Telemetry Service goes Public. Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
The industry is going towards telemetry everywhere: Go
- programming language logging, Windows 11 poop logging
- etc. To save you from burnout (which is what Google
- uses for telemetry excuse!), Bitreich is moving for-
+ programming language logging, Windows 11 poop logging
+ etc. To save you from burnout (which is what Google
+ uses for telemetry excuse!), Bitreich is moving for-
wards too. Try it now!
$ git clone git://bitreich.org/geomyidae
@@ -288,10 +280,9 @@ __________________________________________________________…
Peering Cake for IPv6 tgtimes
-____________________________________________________________
- The Internet Protocol is the fundamental encoding and
- communication convention that permits computers to
+ The Internet Protocol is the fundamental encoding and
+ communication convention that permits computers to
reach each other across multiple LANs.
An Protocol to allow Inter-Network communication.
@@ -355,11 +346,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Announcing the "tgtimes" keyword tgtimes
-____________________________________________________________
- As any newspaper, The Gopher Times goal is to relay
- information. Through chat discussions, The Gopher
- Times ocasionnally collect heirlooms which are pub-
+ As any newspaper, The Gopher Times goal is to relay
+ information. Through chat discussions, The Gopher
+ Times ocasionnally collect heirlooms which are pub-
lished back to the community in this newspaper.
We propose this way of catching The Gopher Times at-
@@ -377,14 +367,13 @@ _________________________________________________________…
#bitreich-cooking ggg
-____________________________________________________________
- In the city home to the best pubs in the English-
- speaking world, Truth keeps ggg alive, tantalises him
+ In the city home to the best pubs in the English-
+ speaking world, Truth keeps ggg alive, tantalises him
sadistically, and heals, then looks after him. Coming
from China, ggg waded through lies to learn that noth-
ing is more powerful than Truth; coming into Cork, ggg
- learnt that Truth catches up nicely with nobody,
+ learnt that Truth catches up nicely with nobody,
still, you would prefer Truth's company anyway.
Life is fierce futility. Agony unites us. Renais-
@@ -397,11 +386,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Most minimal gopher client tgtimes
-____________________________________________________________
- Gopher is a protocol allowing browsing text, images
- interactively, reach telnet interfaces, and download
- any file, or open any URL, for custom action to be
+ Gopher is a protocol allowing browsing text, images
+ interactively, reach telnet interfaces, and download
+ any file, or open any URL, for custom action to be
chosen by the user.
Network One reliable way to fetch the content from in-
@@ -491,12 +479,11 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Meme cache pointer support Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
- The Bitreich memecache joins modern programming lan-
- guages like C in supporting pointer notation. Get a
- pointer representation of a meme by referencing it in
- our IRC channels with the syntax '*<tag>', instead of
+ The Bitreich memecache joins modern programming lan-
+ guages like C in supporting pointer notation. Get a
+ pointer representation of a meme by referencing it in
+ our IRC channels with the syntax '*<tag>', instead of
the usual '#<tag>'.
Example:
@@ -536,11 +523,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
The Road to Success josuah
-____________________________________________________________
Success, the holy grail in Life. Many different forms
- and shapes. Marriage? Career? A medal? A stable fi-
- nancial situation? Crossing the border and get natu-
+ and shapes. Marriage? Career? A medal? A stable fi-
+ nancial situation? Crossing the border and get natu-
ralized? So many facets to that same shiny diamond.
Or does success mean avoiding failure? In that case,
@@ -588,9 +574,8 @@ ____________________________________________________________
sfeed 1.7 was released. Hiltjo
-____________________________________________________________
- sfeed is a tool to convert RSS or Atom feeds from XML
+ sfeed is a tool to convert RSS or Atom feeds from XML
to a TAB-separated file.
It can be found at:
@@ -617,11 +602,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Volunteers for a The Gopher Times trial wanted.itreich
-____________________________________________________________
- As pioneers in the gopher world, we at Bitreich want
+ As pioneers in the gopher world, we at Bitreich want
to make the gopher times more accessible to all people
- over the world. For this, we are planning a trial to
+ over the world. For this, we are planning a trial to
have printed out the gopher times sent to your
doorstep.
@@ -638,11 +622,10 @@ _________________________________________________________…
Brcon2023 from August 7th to 13th Bitreich
-____________________________________________________________
- The community has decided! Brcon2023 will happen be-
- tween 7th to 13th of August beginning with an online
- session from 7th to 10th August and a presence part
+ The community has decided! Brcon2023 will happen be-
+ tween 7th to 13th of August beginning with an online
+ session from 7th to 10th August and a presence part
from 11th to 13th of August in Callenberg, Germany:
This means, the call for papers/presentations is open.
@@ -682,9 +665,8 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Publishing in The Gopher Times you
-____________________________________________________________
- Want your article published? Want to announce some-
+ Want your article published? Want to announce some-
thing to the Gopher world?
Directly related to Gopher or not, reach us on IRC
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