http://notts.net/community/index.html

http://www.fieldbook.com/internet.html#10-Conferencing where I originally found out about Spring

Fieldbook, huh? You're a regular Boy Scout, eh, Jim!

i only go camping in Autumn where the weather is so nice out there the fire burns bright the stars twinkle like they're blinking with delight i always lose my way and am constantly getting lost so i listen into my heart and just lie down on the moss there's that random rhythm in nature's welcome i feel at home and okay out there with Autumn

I'm not sure anymore, Terry. I think I was looking for stuff on the Bront� sisters, and sort of stumbled upon it. Most people probably get here like that - I don't know. You and Wer have been here since the beginning, right? And remember to ask Mike when he comes back - he told me on the phone once that he's not been here for that much longer than me. I'll try and give him a buzz this weekend, but I think he's on holiday somewhere. I presume all the people who log in will have the address on their home pages as well?

haven't done that yet, but it will be and soon!

Wolf, I think, has been around here longer than I have...

If you want the history, you can hit the archives. For example, take a look at the stuff in genx from our archives. You can still view the original conferencing system, or I should more accurately, say the predecessor to the original operating system. We started out with a homegrown system that Ben Cohen wrote. The we went to caucus telnet only. Then we found out about yapp and used a telnet version that we got some help from Jan Wolter on, then we finally settled on Kaylene and Dave Thalers yapp interface. Through all these interfaces there have been differnet folks. In this context, wer is a relative newcomer. I recently got an email from Ben Cohen who is fascinated by our archives and reads stuff he wrote years ago. Either wer or I can post a link to the arvhices if you want to dig through our early history. It's in http://www.spring.net/~dbii which is Dave Bluesteins' directory. This is cool, I typing this while I watch the Cubs game and I have a little window with the game and I have our web interface full screen. It's WebTV version II. hu poto dream, heh. Who, here knows the search engine that igs up your link??? Sports used to be a hot conference. And genx once was torrid. The porch conference used to be called gat. Histoire, mes amis.

Wow. And that was ten years ago?

you sure about that wer? i seem to recall that nick invited me here and i never left and you were already here. how long have i been here? at least a year, huh?

I think the answer I based that on is in genx... something like when is your spring anniversary...

although that topic may very well be in news...

you still here?

more or less, and you?

same...you feeling better?

sporadically...

this is a good thing right? versus feeling bad all the time?

something like that...

wer, create a new conference. Call it 'inner'. Make it member only. And put your best friends here on the member list. And then test it to make sure it works. ok?

Yes, make sure you call it INNER and not INNARD!

(and I just thought I was confused before...) not sure as to that being a good thing and besides, I've got stuff to do...

i remember when wolfie first showed up! WER wasn't around the Spring when I was still logging in from Austin but when I came back in Fall of 1997, he'd been around for awhile... (just sitting here reflecting Paul... about logging in covertly at MagneticBunny through the Telnet prompt you made an icon for on my desktop... no wonder it took me so long to get all of that ISO 9000 documentation written!)

terry, i see wer's point, i think..... stacey: nice to see you on a weekend! i remember when you could only log in at the school!! wer: you need a break, man, stop working so damned hard! *hug*

wolf: can I borrow money for the bills?

Cool deal. I think at some point it would be good to have a private, userlist only, "inner" sanctum conference for the regulars here. One where we could get more down and dirty on a more intimate level. Just an idea. Sorry if I phrased that in a pushy way, wer.

how much you need? course, i gotta go through the "bank" so, it might be easier to ask riette, as she was planning to rob one *grin* terry: i thought we were already down and dirty and on an intimate level--you've been to screwed, right?

Jim, I bet you really earned that poetry merit badge! :-)

When they conferred it to me, they stuck it on my right hand. They used these long thick steel pins and barb wire. I'm write-handed, so I couldn't write again for 38 years. The healing was as long as what it took for me to come across you. Have you noticed this kinda thing very much in your life? The miraculous effect you have on badly injured Boy Scouts? Autumn, could you take a moment to be real frank with me for a second and answer this one last question I somehow have for you: are you some sort of goddess? It's okay if ya aren't. If you are, I mean, I know, it's pretty wowsy.

Of course I'm a goddess, Jim!! How else do you explain...?

My hand thanks you with all its heart. I bet some goddesses just can't always come through. But your miracles are of the highest order. Make checks payable to your little bundle of joy? To your bouncing bounding boundless soul?

Okay, all those who want access to the inner sanctum e-mail me...

And what will happen at the inner sanctum?

Talk about stuff that you only want to share with our immediate group. Any new members only admitted by 100% approval of the group that's there. It looks like wer may have created it. This is what's known as a "private" conference.

can i join?

OK by me.

not created yet, wanted to know who wanted in first...

well, only if you guys trust me, may i join the party?

No, I don't want to go! No, no, don't listen to that, just playing hard to get!!! I'd love to come too if you guys have no objection since I'm relatively new here.

Me too.

inner is up and running...please let me or Terry know if you have problems getting in or posting...

added the link to my site AND invited a fellow poet and philosopher to drop in. don't know if they've dropped by yet, but look for 'em!

cool!

Good!! Keep invitin'

We mustn't forget to put a link to the Spring in the Art Centaur gallery either!

Altavista reports 226 web sites that link to http://www.spring.net/

Great, do any stand out in particular?

didn't go and look...it was part of a free assessment that I ran from some site...

well i've got links plasterd on my site three different times. not that my site is popular, but hope it helps!

you go, girl!!!

Alright wolfie!

wait, i've got 4! woohoo!!

do I hear five?

Just ran into this site and thought you might want to submit the Spring domain name: http://www.websmostlinked.com/ will rank it according to the number of sites linked to Spring. It's not all inclusive, but there are over 500,000 sites in their database.

Wow, thanks Myretta.

I submitted it and got a response that we would know in 24 hours, I'll publish3 the results and put up a page of links to these sites. It's only fair to reciprocate.

Only 8 more hours to go till we get our results, are you sitting on the edge of your chair?

Absolutely, For sure and indeed!

So, it has been 8 hours...Yes????

http://www.robotwisdom.com has a link (bad though) to http://www.spring.net/wmmeyers, I sent them a correction. This is a fun page to visit.