Comments on: Kicking and Screaming http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/ What do YOU do Three Times Daily? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Eric http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Eric Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:58:25 +0000 http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/#comment-2290 Noob: The gamers borrowed it as well. From WikiPedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie): <blockquote>The word newbie is a variant of 'new boy' and comes from British public school and military slang. In the 1960s the term "newbie" also had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the Vietnam War as a slang term for a new man in a unit. Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the USENET newsgroup talk.bizarre. In any case, the term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.</blockquote> Noob: The gamers borrowed it as well. From WikiPedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie):

The word newbie is a variant of ‘new boy’ and comes from British public school and military slang. In the 1960s the term “newbie” also had a limited usage among U.S. troops in the Vietnam War as a slang term for a new man in a unit. Its earliest known usage on the Internet may have been on the USENET newsgroup talk.bizarre. In any case, the term is believed to have entered online usage by 1981.

]]> By: Eric http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 Eric Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:48:36 +0000 http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/#comment-2289 Yikes, the good ol' days! I was digging around a month or so ago, looking for our favorite MUD "Rivers of MUD", it appears that it recently (within the last couple years) finally went offline. The entire thing is available as source, so I suppose you could download it and build it and host it yourself if you wanted to: http://www.rom.org/ I came across a web service the other day that purports to consolidate your entire web presence into a single portal - combining your website, facebook, myspace, etc. I didn't bookmark it, so I don't know if I can find it again, but it sounded interesting. I think I just need a "Freaking Out" house. Yikes, the good ol’ days! I was digging around a month or so ago, looking for our favorite MUD “Rivers of MUD”, it appears that it recently (within the last couple years) finally went offline. The entire thing is available as source, so I suppose you could download it and build it and host it yourself if you wanted to: http://www.rom.org/

I came across a web service the other day that purports to consolidate your entire web presence into a single portal – combining your website, facebook, myspace, etc. I didn’t bookmark it, so I don’t know if I can find it again, but it sounded interesting. I think I just need a “Freaking Out” house.

]]> By: Don http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 Don Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:13:46 +0000 http://3td.heimerman.org/2009/01/03/kicking-and-screaming/#comment-2288 I wonder if this is the equivalent to when we used to go to MUDDs for social connections. Perhaps this is a novelty for those that are newer to the internet, or rather, for those that have not been using it for 15 years. For those of us who have, it might seem like the latest gimmick. What made me think of this is your comment about "a toast on new years". Remember the MUDDs where you would "mote" all of these actions and we thought it was so cool? Also--a side note--did you know that the word "noob" has moved into mainstream culture (ie. middle school) lexicon as a playful pejorative jab? Remember when it was used for/by MUDDers or MUSHers, and video gamers? I wonder if this is the equivalent to when we used to go to MUDDs for social connections. Perhaps this is a novelty for those that are newer to the internet, or rather, for those that have not been using it for 15 years. For those of us who have, it might seem like the latest gimmick. What made me think of this is your comment about “a toast on new years”. Remember the MUDDs where you would “mote” all of these actions and we thought it was so cool? Also–a side note–did you know that the word “noob” has moved into mainstream culture (ie. middle school) lexicon as a playful pejorative jab? Remember when it was used for/by MUDDers or MUSHers, and video gamers?

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