opus4: make the page a little bit larger now that ther are two columns - tgtimes - The Gopher Times
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(HTM) Author: Josuah Demangeon <me@josuah.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2022 21:10:50 +0200
opus4: make the page a little bit larger now that ther are two columns
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M Makefile | 2 +-
M opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-07T… | 1 +
M opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-25T… | 1 -
M opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-31T… | 6 +++---
M opus4/article-tgtimes-bbc-reviving… | 2 +-
M opus4/article-tgtimes-national-lib… | 2 +-
M opus4/article-tgtimes-st-lazare-tr… | 2 +-
M opus4/article-tgtimes-what-on-mars… | 2 +-
M opus4/article-tmpout-2.mw | 6 +++---
M opus4/tgtimes4.pdf | 0
M opus4/tgtimes4.txt | 146 +++++++++++++++++--------------
M tmac.w | 8 ++------
12 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
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(DIR) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
include opus
date=$$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-ps='<< /PageSize [395 670] >> setpagedevice'
+ps='<< /PageSize [430 670] >> setpagedevice'
tgtimes=opus$v/tgtimes$v
.SUFFIXES: .mw .txt .ps .pdf
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-07T13-00-00-133769.mw b/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-07T13-00-00-133769.mw
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ file.
.
.PP
It can be found at:
+.
.FS
git://git.codemadness.org/sfeed
gopher://codemadness.org/1/git/sfeed
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-25T18-22-39-498139.mw b/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-25T18-22-39-498139.mw
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
New Bitreich Project: rfcommd
.2C 15v
.
-.
.PP
There is a new project on bitreich: rfcommd.
Rfcommd is a daemon sitting on top of your bluez/bluetooth stack, waiting for RFCOMM devices to connect.
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-31T18-15-46-415338.mw b/opus4/article-bitreich-2022-03-31T18-15-46-415338.mw
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ Yesterday the last SSH.com license we had expired.
We are now unable to access Linux on the old bitreich.org servers.
In an approach to modernize Bitreich, the council decided to go further:
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
Windows Server 2022 will be the new server OS for growing our
business opportunities and fast deployment of critical workloads
such as SQL Server with confidence using 48TB of memory, 64 sockets,
and 2048 logical cores.
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
Irc.bitreich.org will be replaced by Microsoft Teams to create a
more engaging meeting experience with together mode.
Focus on faces, pick up on nonverbal cues, and easily see who is
talking.
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
The ed(1) cloud will be replaced by Microsoft Office 365 to connect
and empower every employee, from the office to the frontline worker,
with a Microsoft 365 solution that enhances productivity and drives
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-tgtimes-bbc-reviving-the-radio.mw b/opus4/article-tgtimes-bbc-reviving-the-radio.mw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.SH tgtimes
BBC Reviving the Plain Old Radio
-.2C 30v
+.2C 32v
.
.PP
BBC, one of the earliest if not the first radio broadcasting ever,
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-tgtimes-national-library-medecine.mw b/opus4/article-tgtimes-national-library-medecine.mw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.SH tgtimes
Gopher for Medical Research
-.2C 40v
+.2C 50v
.
.PP
The National Institute of Health is well used to the Gopher protocol,
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-tgtimes-st-lazare-transforms.mw b/opus4/article-tgtimes-st-lazare-transforms.mw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.SH tgtimes
St-Lazare's Paris Train Station
-.2C 20v
+.2C 30v
.
.PP
Ah! The \fISaint Lazare\fR train station. Emblem of the Parisian
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-tgtimes-what-on-mars.mw b/opus4/article-tgtimes-what-on-mars.mw
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.SH tgtimes
What really happened on Mars?
-.2C 30v
+.2C 10v
.
.PP
What can possibly go wrong while sending a device entirely controlled
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/article-tmpout-2.mw b/opus4/article-tmpout-2.mw
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ Focused on the ELF format reverse engineering, the online zine
culminates a rich set of resources and articles by experts for
everyone interested in the world of ELF hacking.
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
Bare Metal Jacket
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
How to write a virtual machine in order to hide your viruses
.
-.IP -
+.IP \(bu
Every Boring Problem Found in eBPF
.
.PP
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/tgtimes4.pdf b/opus4/tgtimes4.pdf
Binary files differ.
(DIR) diff --git a/opus4/tgtimes4.txt b/opus4/tgtimes4.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
- Molasses Gopher/Gemini Client gopherml
+ Molasses Gopher/Gemini Client
+____________________________________________________________
- Jonathan Simpson is announcing a new Gopher client:
+ Jonathan Simpson is announcing a new Gopher client:
Molasses.
>> A new gopher client, Molasses, is now available for
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ ____________________________________________________________
- sfeed 1.4 released Hiltjo
+ sfeed 1.4 released
+____________________________________________________________
I want to thank all people who gave feedback.
@@ -105,12 +107,12 @@ ____________________________________________________________
-
- BBC Reviving the Plain Old Radio tgtimes
+ BBC Reviving the Plain Old Radio
+____________________________________________________________
BBC, one of the earliest if not the first radio broad-
- casting ever, comes back to using a WWII era technol-
- ogy, to overcome limitation Russia imposes over
+ casting ever, comes back to using a WWII era technol-
+ ogy, to overcome limitation Russia imposes over
Ukraine.
In between a rain of missiles and a short moment of
@@ -157,22 +159,23 @@ ____________________________________________________________
up and use. [2]
+
[1]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/millions-of-russians-turn-to-bbc-news
-
[2]
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/17/owning-a-shortwave-radio
- New Bitreich Project: rfcommd 20h
+ New Bitreich Project: rfcommd
+____________________________________________________________
- There is a new project on bitreich: rfcommd. Rfcommd
- is a daemon sitting on top of your bluez/bluetooth
- stack, waiting for RFCOMM devices to connect. The
- daemon will then run scripts or daemons on that
- new rfcomm connection. This can be used to cre-
- ate a custom bluetooth printer without buying some
+ There is a new project on bitreich: rfcommd. Rfcommd
+ is a daemon sitting on top of your bluez/bluetooth
+ stack, waiting for RFCOMM devices to connect. The
+ daemon will then run scripts or daemons on that
+ new rfcomm connection. This can be used to cre-
+ ate a custom bluetooth printer without buying some
dedicated hardware device. See the filter spirofil-
ter in the repository for some pcl printer script.
@@ -201,11 +204,12 @@ ____________________________________________________________
2022-03-06 GangBAN aftermaths 20h
+____________________________________________________________
This Sunday was a fun one. After lunch we had the su-
- pertuxkart tournament of five(!) players competing
+ pertuxkart tournament of five(!) players competing
against eachother on various tracks. All kind of CPUs
- and hardware setups participates and rushed off the
+ and hardware setups participates and rushed off the
cliffs.
In the evening there was the huge OpenRA battlefield.
@@ -222,11 +226,12 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Breaking free from medical devices 20h
+____________________________________________________________
- Unlike most USB gadgets around, medical devices re-
- quire a specification to be proven fit for handling
- patients data. This makes doctor-hacking difficult
- for the sake of better control over what is allowed
+ Unlike most USB gadgets around, medical devices re-
+ quire a specification to be proven fit for handling
+ patients data. This makes doctor-hacking difficult
+ for the sake of better control over what is allowed
for medical use.
While this may sound as a non-starter for many, not
@@ -449,8 +454,9 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Carrying the Cross tgtimes
+____________________________________________________________
- Walking on the streets, slowly, slowed-down by carry-
+ Walking on the streets, slowly, slowed-down by carry-
ing a huge wooden cross, tall as three persons, paint-
ed in blue, a recognisable cross shaped as an 'f', the
'f' of facebook.
@@ -479,13 +485,13 @@ ____________________________________________________________
allowing us to watching ourself from the outside. [1]
-
[1]
https://filipevilasboas.com/Carrying-The-Cross
- Fortran Diahrea ganssle
+ Fortran Diahrea
+____________________________________________________________
Quoting Ganssle in The Embedded Muse mailing list:
@@ -503,8 +509,9 @@ ____________________________________________________________
High-Tech, Low-Life tgtimes
+____________________________________________________________
- High-Tech Refers to the ability to use complex tools
+ High-Tech Refers to the ability to use complex tools
created by engineering, or hacking things together.
Low-Life Refers to those put aside by society, such as
@@ -565,22 +572,22 @@ ____________________________________________________________
irc.bitreich.org server.
-
[1]
https://nextshark.com/chinese-farmer-hoverboard-life/
https://www.chinanews.com.cn/tp/hd2011/2018/02-13/800254.shtml
+
[2]
http://www.melissadensmore.com/papers/m4d08-mho-reassessing.pdf
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2015-10-27/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet/
-
FreeDOOMDay on 2022-03-27 20h
+____________________________________________________________
- In comemoration of the beginning summer time in cen-
- tral Europe, we will celebrate FreeDOOMDay! On
- 2022-03-27 20:00 CEST (be careful!), we will play
+ In comemoration of the beginning summer time in cen-
+ tral Europe, we will celebrate FreeDOOMDay! On
+ 2022-03-27 20:00 CEST (be careful!), we will play
chocolate-doom [1]
This is a doom variant which runs on nearly every ma-
@@ -603,9 +610,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Beerware: Hardware for Beer tgtimes
+____________________________________________________________
- Retreated industrial robot hardware recycled into a
- bartender. Such is the project of the Bistromatik,
+ Retreated industrial robot hardware recycled into a
+ bartender. Such is the project of the Bistromatik,
born in Brittany, now visiting countries abroad.
A mechanical robot arm was built for the industry, but
@@ -630,16 +638,16 @@ ____________________________________________________________
favorite dessert. [1]
-
[1]
https://bistromatik.com/
- Memecache atom feed 20h
+ Memecache atom feed
+____________________________________________________________
- Thanks to the innovation from the Netherlands, we can
- now offer an atom feed for the memecache at
+ Thanks to the innovation from the Netherlands, we can
+ now offer an atom feed for the memecache at
bitreich.org: [1]
Please subscribe for your newest meme pleasure!
@@ -654,9 +662,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
St-Lazare's Paris Train Station tgtimes
+____________________________________________________________
Ah! The Saint Lazare train station. Emblem of the Par-
- isian train station, and today still looking like on
+ isian train station, and today still looking like on
the painting by the XIXth century painter Monet.
This typical look were somehow preserved regardless of
@@ -691,17 +700,17 @@ ____________________________________________________________
solve technical problems. [1]
-
[1]
https://lenouvelautomobiliste.fr/actualites/39949/des-portes-pour-transformer-la-vie-de-la-gare-saint-lazare/
- FreeDOOMDay results 20h
+ FreeDOOMDay results
+____________________________________________________________
- Thanks to everyone participating in our first tryout
- to play doom over our bitreich infrastructure. It
- worked out pretty well. In the end we played the
+ Thanks to everyone participating in our first tryout
+ to play doom over our bitreich infrastructure. It
+ worked out pretty well. In the end we played the
freedm.wad of freedoom.
Some statistics: Maximum up and down bandwidth re-
@@ -738,11 +747,11 @@ ____________________________________________________________
+ What really happened on Mars?
+____________________________________________________________
- What really happened on Mars? tgtimes
-
- What can possibly go wrong while sending a device en-
- tirely controlled by software on a remote location
+ What can possibly go wrong while sending a device en-
+ tirely controlled by software on a remote location
where noone would ever be able to go for a long while?
The question opens a vast field of answers.
@@ -795,19 +804,20 @@ ____________________________________________________________
horizons above what could be reached before.
+
[1]
https://www.cs.unc.edu/~anderson/teach/comp790/papers/mars_pathfinder_long_version.html
-
[2]
https://www.rtems.org/
- Gopher for Medical Research tgtimes
+ Gopher for Medical Research
+____________________________________________________________
- The National Institute of Health is well used to the
- Gopher protocol, for it used it as a way to publish
- medical documentation. You named it: PubMed itself
+ The National Institute of Health is well used to the
+ Gopher protocol, for it used it as a way to publish
+ medical documentation. You named it: PubMed itself
have been delivering documents through Gopher:
Phone books with name, phone number and e-mail ad-
@@ -891,10 +901,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
+ Secret voting for Bitreich Council
+____________________________________________________________
- Secret voting for Bitreich Council 20h
-
- Bitreich is always ahead in its structure, organisa-
+ Bitreich is always ahead in its structure, organisa-
tion and technology. So is our democracy: [1]
The majority of council members has decided, that:
@@ -916,17 +926,18 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours, 20h Chief Democracy Officer (CDO)
+
[1]
gopher://bitreich.org/1/scm/bitreich-council/commit/f43daad938405d966c158a12b6fcb8f13a9d1868.gph
-
[2]
https://lwn.net/Articles/889444/
- TMP.0UT Volume 2 is Out tmpout
+ TMP.0UT Volume 2 is Out
+____________________________________________________________
- In the sytle of the Phrack online resource, tmp.0ut
+ In the sytle of the Phrack online resource, tmp.0ut
publishes its second volume.
>> TMP.0UT stands on the shoulders of giants, and we
@@ -938,12 +949,12 @@ ____________________________________________________________
cles by experts for everyone interested in the world
of ELF hacking.
- - Bare Metal Jacket
+ o Bare Metal Jacket
- - How to write a virtual machine in order to hide your
+ o How to write a virtual machine in order to hide your
viruses
- - Every Boring Problem Found in eBPF
+ o Every Boring Problem Found in eBPF
And much, much more... News straight out of the com-
piler: [1]
@@ -956,24 +967,25 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Bitreich migrating to Windows Server 20h
+____________________________________________________________
Yesterday the last SSH.com license we had expired. We
are now unable to access Linux on the old bitreich.org
- servers. In an approach to modernize Bitreich, the
+ servers. In an approach to modernize Bitreich, the
council decided to go further:
- - Windows Server 2022 will be the new server OS for
+ o Windows Server 2022 will be the new server OS for
growing our business opportunities and fast deploy-
ment of critical workloads such as SQL Server with
confidence using 48TB of memory, 64 sockets, and
2048 logical cores.
- - Irc.bitreich.org will be replaced by Microsoft Teams
+ o Irc.bitreich.org will be replaced by Microsoft Teams
to create a more engaging meeting experience with
together mode. Focus on faces, pick up on nonverbal
cues, and easily see who is talking.
- - The ed(1) cloud will be replaced by Microsoft Office
+ o The ed(1) cloud will be replaced by Microsoft Office
365 to connect and empower every employee, from the
office to the frontline worker, with a Microsoft 365
solution that enhances productivity and drives inno-
@@ -988,9 +1000,10 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Linux Sysadmin Job Offer announce
+____________________________________________________________
The web is hiring over and over. A lot of professions
- were converted from something, to something with on-
+ were converted from something, to something with on-
line web tools and a lot of computer systems are using
a webinterfaces that are just skins for a database.
@@ -1018,8 +1031,9 @@ ____________________________________________________________
Publishing in The Gopher Times you
+____________________________________________________________
- Want your article published? Want to announce some-
+ Want your article published? Want to announce some-
thing to the Gopher world? Directly related to Gopher
or not, reach us on IRC with an article in any format,
we will handle the rest.
(DIR) diff --git a/tmac.w b/tmac.w
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
..
.
.de 2C \"two-column mode, $1 for vertical length of column
+. #-
. if \\n(.A=0 .#2 \\$1
..
.
@@ -45,8 +46,6 @@
..
.
.de #2 \"two-column mode
-. #-
-.
. #p
. ll (\\n($Lu-\\n($Mu)/2u \"decrease line length
. mk \"mark this place as top of column
@@ -81,9 +80,6 @@
' sp \\n($Mu
. mk
. \}
-. el \{ .
-. tm warning: column length is too short
-. \}
. \}
..
.
@@ -194,7 +190,7 @@
. nr $B (\\n($Bu-\\n(dnu)
..
.
-.if \n(.A=0 .nr $W 5.5i \"paper width in troff
+.if \n(.A=0 .nr $W 6i \"paper width in troff
.if \n(.A=1 .nr $W 60m \"paper width in nroff
.if \n(.A=0 .pl 9i \"paper height in troff
.if \n(.A=1 .pl 900i \"paper height in nroff