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	4 The Gopher Times
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	6 ____________________________________________________________
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	8 Opus 1 - Gopher news and more - Nov. 2021
	9 ____________________________________________________________
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	13 A Newspaper for Gopher josuah
	14 ____________________________________________________________
	15
	16 Starting from today, The Gopher Times is going to be
	17 published. How can a paper-oriented journal make
	18 sense in this hypermedia [1] era?
	19
	20 Rather than a continuous feed of upmost shocking
	21 headlines, The Gopher Times publishes news you can
	22 read without a cookiewall or paywall.
	23
	24 Paper newspapers go through a long chain: reporters,
	25 photographers, redactors, editors, columnists, layout
	26 artists, typesetters, printers, carriers and other
	27 supportive technicians... and are sold for a quarter.
	28
	29 The web considerably shackled the landscape: the high
	30 speed of computers made real-time text news a reality,
	31 where time from Trump's tweet announcements to
	32 publication is below a few hours.
	33
	34 This journal diverts the present norm by 90° by using
	35 troff(1) as its foundation: a typesetter producing
	36 static documents ready to be printed.
	37
	38 A new markdown to troff converter [2] as well as an
	39 entire custom macro set mw [3] are built to fit
	40 screens of all shapes, and build-up the sensibility of
	41 an actual journal.
	42 ____________________
	43 [1]
	44 term used by Roy Fielding (Apache httpd)
	45 [2]
	46 git://git.z0.is/notmarkdown
	47 [3]
	48 git://bitreich.org/tgtimes
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	52 This month in Nixers Book Club nixers
	53 ____________________________________________________________
	54
	55 There are a lot of books in a library, and it is the
	56 role of teachers to build up a sequence of books to
	57 learn a topic. This Nixers.net forum thread follows
	58 the path of Operating System and UNIX working and
	59 design.
	60
	61 The UNIX Programming Environment: from shell scripting
	62 to C programming with UNIX system calls by Kernighan
	63 himself.
	64
	65 https://nixers.net/showthread.php?tid=2390
	66
	67 The UNIX-HATERS Handbook: A semi-humorous edited
	68 compilation of messages to the UNIX-HATERS mailing
	69 list.
	70
	71 https://nixers.net/showthread.php?tid=2417
	72
	73 The Art of Unix Programming: by Eric S. Raymond,
	74 history and culture of Unix programming
	75
	76 https://nixers.net/showthread.php?tid=2466
	77
	78 Computer Science from the Bottom Up: a shop class for
	79 computer science: where do you go to learn what is
	80 under the hood?
	81
	82 https://nixers.net/showthread.php?tid=2508
	83
	84
	85
	86 The good old web nixers
	87 ____________________________________________________________
	88
	89 That thread in the Nixers.net forum proposes to
	90 recognize a website given a small screenshot.
	91
	92 Hackers sometimes build webpages for a software
	93 project, a community, even an error page, which never
	94 ever changed. Website appearance sometimes enter deep
	95 into our memories.
	96
	97 We remember places we lived in, faces of people we
	98 met... but also how web pages look? Are web pages
	99 like places we frequently visit? You might be
	100 surprised:
	101
	102 https://nixers.net/Thread-Web-Tag
	103
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	105
	106 Analgram Authentication 20h
	107 ____________________________________________________________
	108
	109 As you know, bitreich is always ahead of time and
	110 in introducing new technology. We now offer members
	111 the authentication to all services via
	112
	113 gopher://bitreich.org/I/memecache/bitreich-2fa.jpg
	114
	115 Via your analprint scan you are distinguished from
	116 all other humans. No other human has such an analprint
	117 as you have. You are special.
	118
	119 In case you want to authenticate, come on #bitreich-
	120 anal on IRC and send the picture of your analprint. We
	121 call this the analgram authentication. It is secure,
	122 cannot be easily copied and the biometric feature
	123 is hidden for most of your life. No simple photo can
	124 steal this credential.
	125
	126 Current work is done to make this a standard for all
	127 U.S. and EU funded projects and contracts. Hopefully
	128 the future is anal-gram!
	129
	130 Sincerely yours, Chief Backwater Officer (CRO)
	131
	132
	133
	134 BAN Party on 2021-10-03 20h
	135 ____________________________________________________________
	136
	137 This Sunday, on 2021-10-03, at 13:00 UTC, we will
	138 have another BAN party, to play the new Supertuxkart
	139 release. There are new tracks, new drivers and more
	140 fun. For this BAN party we set a new time at 1pm, so
	141 friends from America and Australia can join in at a
	142 natural time.
	143
	144 Sincerely yours, Main Gaming Officer (MGO)
	145
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	147
	148 BAN Party Results 20h
	149 ____________________________________________________________
	150
	151 Today we had a two part BAN party. The first onw
	152 was teeworlds, since this was easily running and
	153 through a community effort openra in the newest
	154 appimage got setup in some virtualbox debianesque
	155 setup on FreeBSD. It really ran. And so in a
	156 combined effort of Dutch Australian and German armies,
	157 we defeated the enemies using all kind of weaponry,
	158 from naval to aircraft units. Long live Bitreich!
	159
	160 Yes, it was very much fun.
	161
	162 Next time with more players we can play even bigger
	163 maps. Everyone is invited!
	164
	165 Sincerely yours, Chief Gaming Officer (CGO)
	166
	167
	168
	169 Other newspaper projects josuah
	170 ____________________________________________________________
	171
	172 OpenBSD Webzine: As a complement to undeadly.org, the
	173 OpenBSD Webzine provides a condensed summary of what
	174 is new on OpenBSD.
	175
	176 https://webzine.puffy.cafe/
	177
	178 The Webpage: Aggregation of multiple RSS feeds,
	179 rendered server-side into a paper newspaper looking
	180 page. Similarly to The Gopher Times, the layout of
	181 the document published is static.
	182
	183 https://webzine.puffy.cafe/
	184
	185 Low-Tech Magazine: This magazine published a
	186 simplistic version for its solar-powered server,
	187 with dithered images and other techniques to save
	188 bandwidth and reducing the workload server-side.
	189
	190 https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com
	191
	192
	193
	194 10k Meme BAN party on 2021-10-31 20h
	195 ____________________________________________________________
	196
	197 The Bitreich Meme database is approaching 10k memes.
	198 To celebrate this, we will hold a BAN party on
	199 2021-10-31 on 11:00 GMT (12:00 CET). The time is
	200 adapted so bitreich people from America and
	201 Australia can join in at the same time.
	202
	203 Games we will play:
	204
	205 • OpenRA Dune2k, CNC and RA Be sure to have a current
	206 version due to multiplayer protocol changes.
	207
	208 • Teeworlds
	209
	210 • SuperTuxKart on extreme level Be sure to run the
	211 newest version because of new race tracks and
	212 characters.
	213
	214 • Armagetronad
	215
	216 • Wireguard
	217
	218 • Whatever game you like to play.
	219
	220 Everyone is welcome. We will be using a mumble server
	221 for instant audio talk, where the details are
	222 revealed on #bitreich-en on BAN party day. Please
	223 join there to get further details.
	224
	225 Sincerely yours, Chief BAN Officer (CBO)
	226
	227
	228
	229 World of Animals 0x1bi
	230 ____________________________________________________________
	231
	232 Back in the nineties when Windowds 3.1 was still very
	233 much a thing, my old man, while doing his post
	234 graduated studies, found this story on some Russian
	235 usenet group, saved it, printed it out, posted it in
	236 his office.
	237
	238 Years later he made the mistake of giving me the
	239 internet. And I found the same story, now on the world
	240 wide web.
	241
	242 I've taken the time to translate the story from
	243 Russian to English such that everyone can enjoy the
	244 gifts of Russian usenet koans.
	245
	246 Enjoy responsibly.
	247
	248 >> Медведь был безобpазным, косолапы�…
	249 животным. Однако добpее его не было �…
	250 лесy. Hо звеpи замечали только его внеш…
	251 Медведь жyтко обижался, ловил их и ж�…
	252 ногами. Поэтомy звеpи его не любили. �…
	253 очень добpым. И веселым. Он любил задо…
	254 эти шyтки звеpи его скоpо жyтко вознена…
	255 Да, тpyдно быть на свете добpым и весел�…
	256
	257 The bear was a filthy, clumsy, and dirty animal.
	258 However, no one was as loving as he was in the whole
	259 forest. But the animals only saw his exterior, to
	260 which the bear became upset, caught them, and brutaly
	261 beat them with his legs. Even though he was very
	262 loving. And happy. He loved practical jokes. For these
	263 jokes the animals started to hate the bear and beat
	264 him. Yes, it;s hard to be loving and happy.
	265
	266 >> Волк был тоже безобpазным и гpязным. �…
	267 очень злым и жестоким. Hо звеpи не исп�…
	268 ненависти и не били. Потомy, что Волк …
	269 pаннем детстве. Потомy, что Медведь p�…
	270 Волка. Да, хоpошо, когда Добpо побеждае…
	271
	272 The wolf was also filthy and dirty. He was also very
	273 evil and cruel. But the animals din't hate him and
	274 didn't beat him. Because the wolf died early in his
	275 childhood. Because the bear was born before the wolf.
	276 Yes, it's good when good triumphs over evil.
	277
	278 >> Заяц тоже был злым и жестоким. И гpяз�…
	279 был тpyсливым. Гадостей Заяц никомy ни�…
	280 Потомy, что боялся. Hо его все pавно с�…
	281 Потомy, что Зло всегда должно быть нак…
	282
	283 The rabbit was also evil and cruel. And dirty. He was
	284 also a coward. The rabbit never commited any evil as
	285 he was scared. But he was still beaten. Because evil
	286 must be punished.
	287
	288 >> И Дятел тоже был злым и жестоким. Он �…
	289 потомy, что y него не было pyк. Поэтомy, …
	290 свою злость на деpевьях. Его не били. П…
	291 могли дотянyться. Однажды его пpида�…
	292 yпавшее деpево. Поговаpивали, что он�…
	293 После этого звеpи целый месяц бояли…
	294 деpевья. Они мочились на Зайца. Заяц �…
	295 yмеp. Всем было ясно, что во всем был в�…
	296 Hо его не тpонyли. Посколькy не смогли…
	297 из-под yпавшего деpева. Да, Зло иног�…
	298 безнаказанным.
	299
	300 The woodpecker was also evil and cruel. He didn't beat
	301 animals, as he didn't have any arms. So he took his
	302 anger out on trees. He was not beaten, as no one could
	303 reach him. One day a tree crushed him to death. The
	304 animals said it took revenge. After that, then animals
	305 were afraid of pissing on trees for a month. Instead
	306 they pissed on the rabbit. The rabbit got a cold and
	307 died. Everyone knew that the woodpecker was at fault.
	308 But he wasn't beaten, as no one could get him out from
	309 the fallen tree. Yes, sometimes evil remains
	310 unpunished.
	311
	312 >> Кpот был маленьким и слепым. Он не б�…
	313 пpосто хоpошо делал свое дело. Это он �…
	314 котоpое yпало на дятла. Об этом никто …
	315 поэтомy его не избили. Его вообще би�…
	316 пyгали. Hо его было очень тpyдно испyгат…
	317 он был слепой и не видел, что его пyг�…
	318 yдавалось испyгать Кpота, звеpи очень �…
	319 били Медведя. Потомy, что им было о�…
	320 Однажды Медведь тоже захотел испyгат�…
	321 не испyгался. Потомy, что Медведь …
	322 Hечаянно. Пpосто Медведь был очень �…
	323 звеpи его очень сильно избили. Даже, н…
	324 что Медведь сказал, что пошyтил. Плох�…
	325 шyтки никто не понимает.
	326
	327 The mole was small and blind. He was not evil. He just
	328 did his job really well. It was he who dug under the
	329 tree which fell on the woodpecker. No one knew about
	330 his digging and he was not beaten. He was rarely
	331 beaten. More often scared. But it was really hard to
	332 scare him as he was blind, and didn't see that he was
	333 being scared. When the animals were unable to scare
	334 the mole they became very upset. And beat the bear.
	335 One day the bear decided to sacre the mole. But he
	336 didn't scare the mole. Because he killed him.
	337 Accidentally. As he was very clumsy. And the animals
	338 brutally beat him for killing the mole, even though
	339 the bear said it was a prank. It's unfortunate when no
	340 one understands your pranks.
	341
	342 >> Лиса была очень хитpой. Она могла…
	343 обхитpить кого yгодно. Когда ей это yд�…
	344 не били. Hо иногда ей не везло. И ее бил…
	345 лесом. И она yже не могла кого-нибyд�…
	346 Потомy, что очень тpyдно го-нибyдь обхи…
	347 тебя бьют. Однажды ее избили до смеp…
	348 всегда на пpавдy выйдет.
	349
	350 The fox was very cunning. She could easily outsmart
	351 anyone. When she could outsmart someone, she was not
	352 beaten. But when she coudln't, she was beaten. Hard.
	353 And at that point she couldn't outsmart anyone, as
	354 it's hard to outsmart someone when you're being
	355 beaten. One day she was beaten to death. Yes, truth
	356 will always come to light.
	357
	358 >> Кабан был большой, сильный и стpашн…
	359 очень боялись. И поэтомy его били тол�…
	360 Или пpосто кидали в него камнями. Каба…
	361 не любил. И однажды ночью он спpята�…
	362 лесy. За это его очень сильно избили. …
	363 никогда не пpятал камни. Воистинy го…
	364 собиpать камни и вpемя их не тpогать ни…
	365
	366 The boar was big, strong, and scary. Everyone was
	367 scared of him. That is why he was always beaten with
	368 the whole forest. Or simply stoned him. The boar
	369 didn't like that. One day he hid all of the stones in
	370 the forest. For the he was beaten really hard. After
	371 that, the boar never hid stones. And so they say,
	372 there is time to collect stones, and time to not touch
	373 them.
	374
	375 >> Козел не был ни злым, ни добpым. Он �…
	376 Козел. н часто козлил. И его боялис…
	377 своим козловством всех достал. И тогд…
	378 смеpти. Потомy, что иначе он бы yмеp о�…
	379 Когда-нибyдь. Когда Козел yмеp, Медв�…
	380 плакал. Потомy, что он в тайне любил…
	381 любовь зла, полюбишь и Козла.
	382
	383 The goat was neither good nor evil. He was a goat. He
	384 often goated. And the animals were scared of beating
	385 him. With his goatness he got on everyones nerves. And
	386 he was beaten to death, because otherwise he would
	387 have died of old age. Someday. After the goat died,
	388 the bear cried, because he secretly loved the goat.
	389 Yes, love is a cruel mistress.
	390
	391 >> Ежик был маленький и колючий. Он кол�…
	392 злым, он кололся по своей пpиpоде. Из-…
	393 били только в живот. Ежик этого не л…
	394 бpиться наголо. И тогда его стали бит�…
	395 очень тpyдно быть не таким как все.
	396
	397 The hedgehog was small and prickly. He wasn't evil, he
	398 was prickly by his own nature. For that he was beaten
	399 exclusively in the stomach. And so the hedgehog
	400 started shaving bald. And he was beaten like everyone
	401 else. Yes, it's hard to be not like everyone else.
	402
	403 >> Скyнс был почти таким, как Заяц. Hо т�…
	404 нючим. Он плохо пахнyл. Его били …
	405 полиэтиленовом пакете. Тогда запах …
	406 сильный. Однажды y Скyнса был день p…
	407 пpигласил всех звеpей, потомy, что был �…
	408 подаpки. И звеpи подаpили емy новый по…
	409 пакет. И сильно избили до потеpи созн�…
	410 задохнyлся в пакете. Так его и похоpон…
	411 В очень Дальнем Лесy. Потомy, что меpтв�…
	412 еще сильнее. Потом пpишли жители Очен…
	413 и в сех сильно избили. Им не понpав…
	414 меpтвого Скyнса. Да, с соседями надо жи…
	415
	416 The skunk was very much like rabbit. But very smelly.
	417 He was beaten only inside a plastic bag, because then
	418 the smell wasn't as bad. One day the skunk had a
	419 birthday party, and he invited all of the animals as
	420 he was greedy and he loved presents. The animals got
	421 him a new plastig bag. And then proceeded to beat him
	422 until loss of consciousness. The skunk then suffocated
	423 inside the bag. That is how he was buried. In the
	424 plastic bag. In the very far away forest, as a dead
	425 skunk smelt worse than a living skunk. Then the
	426 animals from the very far away forest came and beat
	427 everyone hard. They didn't like the smell of the dead
	428 skunk. Yes, you must love your neighbour.
	429
	430 >> Хомяк был тоже очень жадным. И богат�…
	431 делился своим богатством, его бы бил�…
	432 Hо он был очень жадным. За это его били…
	433 все pавно пpиходилось делиться. И он �…
	434 Да, богатые тоже плачyт.
	435
	436 The hasmter was also very greedy. And rich. If he
	437 shared his riches he woudn't be beaten as hard. But he
	438 was greedy. And he was beaten hard. And he still had
	439 to share his riches. For that he cried. Yes, even rich
	440 people cry.
	441
	442 >> Лев был цаpь звеpей. Он пpавил лесом. Ц…
	443 положено. Это закон. Hо звеpи давно за�…
	444 Звеpи били и льва. Hи за что. Потомy, ч�…
	445 здесь повелось.
	446
	447 The lion was king. He ruled the forest. You're not
	448 supposed to beat kings. Such is the law. But the
	449 animals gave a fuck about the law. They beat the lion.
	450 Why? That's just how things go in forest.
	451
	452 >> Моpаль: А зоpи здесь тихие...
	453
	454 Moral: Sunrises here are quiet...
	455
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	457
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