community – 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

Your Level Of Involvement

joshua ryan nydel 2015/07/10

Dateline: Within the budding so-called “grapevine” social multiplex thingie… First, allow me to posit a, well, let’s call it a hypothesis: 2 + 2 = 4 Momentarily forget that the above equation is beyond-easily provable mathematically. As whatever-is-thegrapeine community members, I have utmost confidence that every single one of you can provide the ironclad proof …

Categories 7dtd, community, experimentation, games, grapevine, maths, 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

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

statutory grape

joshua ryan nydel 2014/08/17 0

when you’re in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

Categories community, grapevine Tags first, grapevine, motd, nydel