|
Encyclopedia
-
Lawrence V. Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lawrence V. Texas - Broader Implications
Lambda Legal, which brought the case, hailed the decision as "a legal victory so decisive that it would change the entire landscape for t...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - The Culture Of Talkers
Talker - Divisions between talkers.
Talkers can be divided quite succinctly between two groups - ew-too-style talkers and NUTS-style ta...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Ew-too Style All Ages Talkers
Ew-too style talkers, which are originally based on LPMud have code that is very easy to use for people who are used to MUDs, and hence a...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Nuts-style All Ages Talkers
NUTS-style talkers generally had completely different users to ew-too style talkers. People who used ew-too loved them and refused to use...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Bbs Talkers
Talker - UNaXcess.
UNaXcess is a bulletin board system originally started at Bradford University by Brandon S Allbery in 1984. During t...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Adult 18+ Talkers
With the introduction of lintilla in 1994, and its split off of Sleepy's multiple worlds in 1995, adult talkers became increasingly commo...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Multiple Worlds Talkers
Some talkers linked together with each other, to form a "multiple worlds" talker. The first of these, lintilla (1994), used the same code...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Commands And Abilities
Each talker had different commands available, but a typical list is as follows:
say - talks to the room
shout - talks to the entire talk...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Lawrence V. Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lawrence V. Texas - Considerations
The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari agreeing to hear the case on December 2, 2002. A wide array of organizations filed amicus ...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Other Talkers By Other Names
There are many other types of chat program that are sometimes referred to as "talkers", which are also historically based on MUDs. These ...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Code Bases
The first internet talker, Cat Chat, created in 1990, was based on LPMud code, used for MUDs. This code eventually developed in to Elsewh...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - How A Talker Is Advertised
Historically, talkers pre-date the World Wide Web and hence the main form of advertisement was word of mouth, although newsgroups were so...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Programs Used To Connect To Talkers
Traditionally, the only way to connect to a talker is by using telnet. Some talkers allow connections via SSL, but this is quite rare.
Or...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - History Of Talkers
Talker - Intranet talkers.
The first talker in history appeared in 1984. Talkers at this period of time were hosted on an intranet with...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Lawrence V. Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lawrence V. Texas - Considerations
The Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari agreeing to hear the case on July 16, 2002. A wide array of organizations filed amicus cur...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Levels Of Users
Most talkers had 3 basic levels - USER, WIZ and GOD (or SU). On some talkers, they required for you to register before promoting you to u...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Main Differences Between Ew-too Type Talkers And Nuts Type Talkers
Whilst talker bases had a variety of names for their codes, there were essentially only 2 base codes from which all other codes were base...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Lawrence V. Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lawrence V. Texas - History
Lawrence v. Texas - Prior case law.
Under the traditional common-law, the rights of sexual partners were protected through the marriage...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Talker: Encyclopedia Ii - Talker - Commands And Abilities
Each talker had different commands available, but a typical list is as follows:
say - talks to the room
shout - talks to the entire talk...
» Read the article
|
|
Encyclopedia
-
Lawrence V. Texas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lawrence V. Texas - The Dissents
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a sharply-worded dissent, in which Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justice Clarence Thomas joined. Sc...
» Read the article
|