Shaun Buzza wrote to Brian Indy <=-
I say 'Crap'. *Anyone* cannot actually run a BBS with only a $10 investment.
Shaun Buzza wrote to Jeff Thiele <=-
All you have to do is say how you'll test it. But if you'd rather back down, that's fine with me, too.
WOW! The stones on this guy! \(@_@)/
Even when multiple people are telling you that you're being foolish,
you still won't listen?
Jeff Thiele wrote to Shaun Buzza <=-
Even when multiple people are telling you that you're being foolish, you still won't listen?
I can easily set up a BBS for under $10, but I'd like to know first how
it will be tested. How is that foolish?
I say 'Crap'. *Anyone* cannot actually run a BBS with only a $10 investment.
Yup. That's because Lefties like Jeff and Lee live in a fantasy land where things like electricity, internet, etc are all provided for - by someone else.
They probably see things that way because they are still living in their mom's basement leeching off her house, electricity and internet.
Remember that idiot David Hogg who dissed the MyPillow guy and said that he was going to set up a company that did it better? How hard could it be? That didn't last long.
But to look at setting up a BBS today with modern hardware, something
like a Raspberry PI anything should be fine.
But BBSs do many disk accesses, so you certainly want to store things on something other than the SD card - or the BBS will end up killing that pretty fast. So add a USB hard drive (spinning media). If you went
with a Pi0, you'll need a USB hub too (powered). A Pi3 and up can
handle 1 spinning 2.5" drive on one of the built in USB port.
Software is usually free. So that's a cost savings.
You'll need Internet access, but that will vary depending on the connection. Normal home internet connections don't have static IPs (or charge extra for that), so you'll need to pay for some sort of dynamic
DNS service to keep a hostname that will change IP when your connection changes.
Then there's the time to set up and maintain the software.
Certainly more than a $10 investment.
Even when multiple people are telling you that you're being foolish, still won't listen?
I can easily set up a BBS for under $10, but I'd like to know first h it will be tested. How is that foolish?
And the weaseling out commences...
You'll need Internet access, but that will vary depending on the connection. Normal home internet connections don't have static IPs (or charge extra for that), so you'll need to pay for some sort of dynamic
DNS service to keep a hostname that will change IP when your connection changes.
Shaun Buzza wrote to Dr. What <=-
To be fair, there are plenty of free dynamic DNS services. I'm using
one myself.
Shaun Buzza wrote to Dr. What <=-
To be fair, there are plenty of free dynamic DNS services. I'm using one
myself.
How do they make money? I'm leery of companies offering services for free.
"If they offer you something for free, then YOU are the product." is how the old saying goes.
To be fair, there are plenty of free dynamic DNS services. I'm using
myself.
How do they make money? I'm leery of companies offering services for free.
"If they offer you something for free, then YOU are the product." is the old saying goes.
They offer you an upsell program for a few bucks you get a lot more features/benefits.
The FREE thing is to get you in the door and many times the FREE thing is really all you need.
To be fair, there are plenty of free dynamic DNS services. I'm using
myself.
How do they make money? I'm leery of companies offering services for free.
"If they offer you something for free, then YOU are the product." is the old saying goes.
They offer you an upsell program for a few bucks you get a lot more features/benefits.
The FREE thing is to get you in the door and many times the FREE thing
is really all you need.
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| Files: | 5,288 |
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