ethics – motd/grapevine

7DTD Zombie Grindhouse & Sandbox FT. TNA 13.6.1.101

joshua ryan nydel 2015/12/30

Dateline: One of our x86 Linux systems serving MMO in 32-bit for some reason. One of the monsters we’ve created via Kickstarter – known as The Fun Pimps – has pioneered the use of paid alpha status as a mechanism to violently subjugate its users, client- and server-side alike. Fans of their sandbox zombie horror survival project entitled 7 Days to Die have …

Categories 7dtd, community, editorial, ethics, games, grapevine, hacking, linux, open source, technology, tna

Screening Evil & Dogma

joshua ryan nydel 2015/09/25 5

Dateline: At one of the moments in our lives wherein a new computing device is added to the repertory Setting up a new screen* can be an immersive, revealing, fulfilling experience. In this case, I’m dealing with a popular-brand laptop of a very portable size with enough resources to do anything and an LCD that …

Categories community, editorial, ethics, experimentation, gnu, hacking, hardware, linux, open source, psychology, technology

From The Desk of a SysOp

joshua ryan nydel 2015/08/14

Dateline: Intersection of Misanthropy Way & Hope Ave, where stand many a SysOp. When I open my primary laptop, my first task is to close a box of messages that were left with me while I was away. I am not proud of or happy about this. However neither am I ashamed. As a person …

Categories community, editorial, ethics, experimentation, humor, psychology, social

zombie grindhouse sandbox & TNA project

joshua ryan nydel 2015/04/08

DATELINE: MMOFPS GameScape / Among myriad 7 Days To Die dedicated servers. It is in my opinion that all software should demonstrate the so-called Four Software Freedoms which means that, while it can be ethical to charge money for your product, you must provide the user with the source code, the permission to modify &or distribute the source …

Categories community, editorial, ethics, experimentation, games, gnu, grapevine, hacking, linux, open source, technology, tna

the n word (newbie)

joshua ryan nydel 2015/01/04

DATELINE: Anyplace in the IP Suite where are laypeople. while true remains that most of our motd’s here at the grapevine are vague and exploratory in nature, this particular entry differs in that we begin with a clear, concise & declarative thesis: whosoever has ever used the word “newbie” – or any variant thereof …

Categories community, editorial, ethics, games, gnu, hacking, humor, linux, psychology, social, technology

appropriation hacking

joshua ryan nydel 2014/09/19 0

DATELINE: W3 Applications Galore, Internet Protocol Suite many of us who enjoy Tommy Wiseau’s masterpiece film entitled The Room do not watch it as the romantic drama it was probably intended to be; instead we view it as something of a black comedy. if you’re unfamiliar with the film, watch it immediately – but …

Categories ethics, experimentation, hacking, psychology, social, technology, Uncategorized

christening i.e. naming a community

joshua ryan nydel 2014/08/22 0

DATELINE: Rust Alpha video-game test, via Steam, TCP/IP & UDP/IP i’ve been involved as a player in the public alpha of rust an emerging video game involving elements inspired by games like minecraft, dayz, stalker, and countless others. its basic story involves a post-radioactive disaster horrorscape in which few have survived, and survival has …

Categories community, ethics, games, hacking, social Tags administration, cheating, community, dba, dedicated, ethics, hacking, name, rust, server

trickster coyote to spar ethics elephant

joshua ryan nydel 2014/08/18 0

DATELINE: Reddit, WWW/Internet2. in a post requesting gnu/linux security advice at reddit/ubuntu, a user expresses paranoia about his new operating system installation being infected with a rootkit. as a person who has and will never use a trojan-style technological exploit written by someone other than himself, i had and continue to have no idea …

Categories ethics, hacking, humor, social Tags ethics, motd, reddit, socratic, troll