[citw150] Re: Lesson 4 Question 6

I agree the games are pretty boring, I played that
game for about 15 minutes and couldn't take it
anymore. I guess the game would have been cool about
10 years ago :)


--- Kevin C <kgc61@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> To learn about Telnet I went to the tutorial at: 
> http://www.infoboard.com/infoboard/telnethelp.htm
> I basically understand that telnet is a way to
> connect to another computer 
> and run commands on it, the same as if you were
> actually at that computer.
> 
> After reading the basics about what Telnet is and
> how it operates I tried a 
> few different telnet sites to get an idea of what it
> was all about. I 
> instantly recognized the little black pop-up box as
> one of the sources of my 
> past computer frustrations. Even though the
> directions seem so easy and 
> straightforward, I always seem to mess up when using
> telnet.
> 
> I went to the Library of Congress Telnet site:
> telnet://locis.loc.gov:23/
> One thing that I have noticed is that when you type
> in a command it does not 
> show anything entered, but when you hit return it
> executes the command. This 
> makes it a little disconcerting to those of us that
> are not real experienced 
> with computers.
> 
> I also tried playing around with Telnet at a game
> site: 
> telnet://3k.org:5000/
> Frankly I found it a bit boring and didn?t really
> understand why anyone 
> would want to play games in such an austere internet
> environment.
> 
> Kevin Culling
> 
> 
> 
> 


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"What if the Prophecy is true? What if, tomorrow, the war could be over? Isn't 
that worth fighting for? Isn't that worth dying for?" -Morpheus

Chris Charters
CITW 150


                
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