Where Does Your Computer Bus Go?

[+sept1c_tank]

It’s late. You’ve been out geocaching (or maybe something else). Or it could be early; you just got out of the shower.

It’s not important.

 

You fire up the computer. What is your regular routine? What are your priorities? Do you check your email, balance your bank account, read the news or go immediately to geocaching.com?

 

Typically, I check my email first and then come directly to the forums to see what’s up. Everything else is on the back burner. I’m just funny that way.

 

Where does your computer take you?

[+Mastifflover]

I check my email then straight GC.com to my cache page so that I can run my pocket query that shows new unfound caches in the area in hopes of a FTF.

[+GPSKitty]

There's a website besides gc.com? I guess I've been thoroughly brainwashed and can now return to the mother ship.

 

GPSKitty

[ghOzt]

Email!?! Thanks for reminding me! I wondered what Mom meant when she asked if I had gotten that Christmas list she'd sent. By the way, isn't Christmas coming up pretty soon??

[+New England n00b]

Lessee now...

 

1) Power-on. Get coffee. 3 days later:

2) Fark.com, somethingawful.com, theregister.co.uk,hotmail & yahoo email, getfuzzy.com - all at the same time.

3) After rushing through that... sit back and geocache forum... nice and slow...

[+briansnat]

Usually this order:

 

1.E-mail first

2.Then the GC.COM forums

3.Then I visit some Usenet groups (REC.SKIING.ALPINE, REC.SKIING.NORTH-AMERICA, REC.BACKCOUNRY, ALT.REC.HIKING, SCI.ARCHAEOLOGY, REC.OUTDOORS.CAMPING and ALT.HISTORY are some I frequent).

4. Then I check the forums att WWW.NYNJTC.ORG

5. Then I poke around WWW.WFMU.ORG, WWW.GORP.COM, WWW.MCYSA.ORG, WWW.LOCALHIKES.COM and a few other websites.

6. Then I check back here to see the responses my flames and trolls.

 

wash, rinse, repeat....

Edited March 30, 2004 by briansnat

[+sTeamTraen]

1) Power-on. Get coffee. 3 days later:

I leave my computer on 24/7. Extends the life of the semiconductors (they like a constant temperature) and it's always ready to go. I can afford the electricity.

[+Johnnie Stalkers]

E-mail (all 3 accounts) is set up on Outlook Express so no need to go to those websites. It is however the 1st thing I check.

 

GC.Com

Local paper

MSN

 

Occasionally I will check TheOnion.com and TheDarkTower.net

[+Staos]

1: Slashdot.org

2: E-mail

3: GC.com

4: Fark.com

 

Then I hit up USENET. I'm only subscribed to three newsgroups (right now) (though the entire alt.comp.* hirearchy is interesting):

alt.shenanigans

alt.agnosticism

alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot

Edited March 30, 2004 by Staos

[+wildearth2001]

Email, then GC Forums

[+The Cheeseheads]

3.Then I visit some Usenet groups (REC.SKIING.ALPINE, REC.SKIING.NORTH-AMERICA, REC.BACKCOUNRY, ALT.REC.HIKING, SCI.ARCHAEOLOGY, REC.OUTDOORS.CAMPING and ALT.HISTORY are ones I frequent).

Wow... it's been years since I read USENET. Is the spam, crapflooding, and flame wars still as bad as it used to be?

[+Halden]

1. Email

2. Messenger

3. bourque.org

4. Userfriendly.org

5. dilbert

6. /.

7. GC Forums

8. GC.com

9. Globeandmail.ca

10. TheRegister.co.uk

11. guardian.co.uk

[Keystone]

1. Check forums for posts requiring moderator action.

2. Check cache approval queue for new caches to review, and process new caches.

3. Check "Watering Hole" (the private forum for volunteer reviewers).

3. Check e-mail account for Keystone Approver, and respond to e-mails.

4. Sign onto IRC and join ClayJar's geocaching chat. Enable text-to-speech agent so I can listen to conversation while doing other work; tab over to that window when I want to comment on something.

5. Check my personal e-mail account.

6. Read the forums for personal interest rather than moderator interest.

7. Read the forums for the four regional/local geocaching groups I've joined.

 

It is now four hours later. Are there other things to do on the internet?

[+GPSKitty]

4.  .....  Enable text-to-speech agent so I can listen to conversation while doing other work; tab over to that window when I want to comment on something.

I'm such a computer-moron I didn't know that was possible. Very cool.

 

GPSKitty

[+briansnat]

Wow... it's been years since I read USENET. Is the spam, crapflooding, and flame wars still as bad as it used to be?

 

Depends on the group. Some are pretty spam free and others are nothing but. Same for the flame wars. REC.BACKCOUNTRY has turned into an flame war between Bush haters and Bush backers and most of the rest of the posts are by, or about a semi-famous environmental extremist named Mike Vandemann.

 

The best flame war is in REC.SKIING.ALPINE, where participants have been taken to court, lost their jobs, received death threats and had their cars and homes vandalized because of the forum. I go there for comic relief because there isn't much about skiing there anymore. Any time I think things are bad here, I stop by R.S.A. to get my bearings and remember what bad really is.

 

Most of the other groups I visit are no different from here. Nice people trying to help others, or have sincere questions answered. And a few jerks sprinkled in.

Edited March 30, 2004 by briansnat

[Keystone]

4.  .....  Enable text-to-speech agent so I can listen to conversation while doing other work; tab over to that window when I want to comment on something.

I'm such a computer-moron I didn't know that was possible. Very cool.

 

GPSKitty

For those who are curious: The Use of Agents with mIRC. Download and install, and then you too can listen to geocachers drone on in a monotone computer voice. The folks in #geocache will be glad to help if you are having problems getting text to speech agent to talk to you.

[+Sparky-Watts]

Grade school: Short Bus

High School: Blue Bus

College: Micro Bus

Now: Incubus

 

Well, I usually check my email, which has about a thousand "Topic Subscription Reply" messages, which take me directly to the forums. Then, I read two local online newpapers, then surf for Kitty Porn....oh, wait...where's my "Delete" button?!?!? Oh, no!!! The wife has stolen my "Delete" and "Backspace" buttons!!!!! Oh, heck.....guess I have no choice but to post.....

[+Sparky-Watts]

4.  .....  Enable text-to-speech agent so I can listen to conversation while doing other work; tab over to that window when I want to comment on something.

I'm such a computer-moron I didn't know that was possible. Very cool.

 

GPSKitty

For those who are curious: The Use of Agents with mIRC. Download and install, and then you too can listen to geocachers drone on in a monotone computer voice. The folks in #geocache will be glad to help if you are having problems getting text to speech agent to talk to you.

I used to use one of those text-to-speech agents, but I would get to laughing too hard to concentrate....and, I never took the time to "train" my voice-to-text program, so most of the time it would write some really bizarre things, and then the laughter would start again, and then it would try to decipher and write the laughter, which just made me laugh harder....it was a vicious circle!!!

 

One example: While attempting to engage in cybersex with someone, one reply I made came out as "....hot weather map of the psyche.".........so, that didn't exactly perpetuate the mood......

[Keystone]

Sparky, you're describing speech to text software (i.e., dictation software). I agree that it's not very reliable. But what I was talking about is an agent that reads all of the text which people type into the chat, so that I can listen to it.

 

Cybersex is not an appropriate topic for discussion in these forums. Neither are the chatlogs which my ex-wife left on the computer hard drive. My favorite line: "Ooooh, baby, you type so well."

[+Sparky-Watts]

Sparky, you're describing speech to text software (i.e., dictation software). I agree that it's not very reliable. But what I was talking about is an agent that reads all of the text which people type into the chat, so that I can listen to it.

 

Cybersex is not an appropriate topic for discussion in these forums. Neither are the chatlogs which my ex-wife left on the computer hard drive. My favorite line: "Ooooh, baby, you type so well."

My software would also read back what was written in the chatroom I hosted.....and, no, I was never good at cybersex because of the constant typos.....I can't explain, your imagination will suffice......

[+DeskJocky]

Cybersex is not an appropriate topic for discussion in these forums. Neither are the chatlogs which my ex-wife left on the computer hard drive. My favorite line: "Ooooh, baby, you type so well."

If I PM you my address can you send those my way? I am always up for some entertainment...

 

I have to admin, gc.com is my last stop. I am a major news junkie. First stop is always /.. Then I check out 4 of the local papers. Then I goto gc.com

[+rusty_tlc]

Turn on PC, launch e-mail, launch browser (homepage GC.com )

Check for new caches while mail downloads.

Open new tab for local geocache group.

Scan e-mail for important stuff.

Bop over to GC.com forums.

Open new tab for Land Cruiser Forum

Read new post for Local geocaching forum

Read new post for Gc.com Forum

Read new post for LC Forum

[+Stunod]

1. Email

2. GC.com forums

3. GC.com

4. ESPN

5. http://www.snopes.com

6. http://cruel.com

7. CNN.com

8. Start working...oops, it's lunch time...

after lunch, repeat then go home.

[+Sparky-Watts]

8. Start working...oops, it's lunch time...

after lunch, repeat then go home.

 

Hmmm...lemme guess, government job?

[+tirediron]

<coffee>

 

1. email

2. email

3. Palm Freeware

4. Windows Freeware

5. GC.com Forums

 

</coffee>

 

What? Time to go home already??? WOW!!

 

Yes, Government Job!!!

[+Nurse Dave]

3) After rushing through that... sit back and geocache forum... nice and slow...

Am I the only one that thinks this sounds dirty?

[+carleenp]

1) email

2) CNN

3) Local paper

4) Gc.com forums

5) Check Anime news

6) Skating forums

7) Set baseball teams and check news

8) Check local and other misc forums

9) Return to Gc.com forums throughout the day

[+Sparky-Watts]

3) After rushing through that... sit back and geocache forum... nice and slow...

Am I the only one that thinks this sounds dirty?

I guess I don't get it.....which is odd, because I tend to put too much of a dirty spin on most things....

Edited March 30, 2004 by Sparky-Watts

[+Halden]

6) Skating forums

Carleen is a Skateboarder?

[+rover-r-us]

e-mail

geocache.com and tv(sometime)

[+wray_clan]

blogger.com

forums

and then a wide variety of other grand locations which I go to at random, uncoordinated times

[+Fritz_Monroe]

E-mail on the web first so I can delete anything I don't want on my computer. Then on to gc.com to check for new caches in the state. Then into mdgps.org for their forum. Then to the forums here.

 

F_M

[+protocoldroid]

there's like... 2 or 3 replies where -work- was actually mentioned, and at least one where work was almost.. skipped!

 

*whew* makes me feel better about the last couple days... i caught the geocaching fever again, and have been scouring cache pages and lurking about the forum with a fury!

 

i clock so many hours burning my retinas at the CRT, it'd be hard to get into detail, but... in general...

 

1. first thing in the morning, check mobile for mail, check email

2. reply to all mail

3. wait for calls, if no calls... hit up /. , macromedia nntp (and last couple days GC) for a while.

4. start slingin' code for werk / other werk tasks

5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 get interrupted by clients, lose train of thought, repeat 3.

13. when i'm totally beat from that, way later at night... grab a cold one and do all frivolous things i've been dreaming about all day... e.g. right now GC

[+GPSKitty]

Grade school:  Short Bus

High School:  Blue Bus

College:  Micro Bus

Now:  Incubus

 

Well, I usually check my email, which has about a thousand "Topic Subscription Reply" messages, which take me directly to the forums.  Then, I read two local online newpapers, then surf for Kitty Porn....oh, wait...where's my "Delete" button?!?!?  Oh, no!!!  The wife has stolen my "Delete" and "Backspace" buttons!!!!!  Oh, heck.....guess I have no choice but to post.....

I admit I had to click over to the dictionary (there ARE websites besides gc.com) to look up incubus. Oh my. The first def that came up is more than a little shocking. And that combined with the Kitty Porn.

You are quite the Tom Cat.

 

GPSKitty

[uperdooper]

straight to the forums. check for any new posts. then e-mail. then forums, cook lunch, forums, forums, forums.......

[+carleenp]

6) Skating forums

Carleen is a Skateboarder?

No, this is what I check, usually the "on ice, skaters" forum.

[+Melrose Plant]

1) email

2) www.gasbuddy.com(got to find the cheapest gas for geocaching) Actually, I go straight to www.desmoinesgasprices.com. I would be Mistomax, which is what I should be here, but I'm "Balboagirl" instead. Long story told elsewhere.

3) gc.com--the home page, to see if anybody's found anything around here

4) gc.com--the forum

Edited March 31, 2004 by Balboagirl

[+Blind Avocado]

After I power on:

1. Email

2. junkscience.com

3. numberwatch.co.uk

4. Check to see what is happening on Mars today.

5. Little Green Footballs blog

6. The Iowahawk blog (for a little comic relief).

7. Spend the rest of the night on the GC forums.