I wanna be 1337

[Janus]

I always notice the technobabble that goes on... and the sql references... just wondering what sql/mysql is...

and as far as programing goes... what does it mean to 'compile' something...?

[Consumer]

first of all, "1337" and all that comes with that stereotype is never mentioned among most programmers. :fu

SQL (pronounced like sequal) stands for Structured Query Language, a standard interface to relational database systems. It not a programming language, just a simple way of fetching and modifying data from a database:

SELECT * FROM customers WHERE firstname = "robert";

That SQL statement would return all the rows from a table named "customers" if their first name matched "robert".

MySQL (proncounced My S. Q. L. ) is an open source database server that runs on every major operating system.

"compile" means to turn programming code (which is a set of instructions written in ascii text, easy for people to read) into binary exectuable code (the way the computer likes to run it). Its the equivilent of "cooking" in a kitchen: process the ingredients to create the final product.

[Polytrickster]

*cough nerds *cough

[Preecha]

l337 is from Hackers ;P

[f3/\r teh Phorced Access]

Actually l33t comes from the original port that backorific originally ran on 31337.

:)

[cpud]

Originally posted by Dj_Access
Actually l33t comes from the original port that backorific originally ran on 31337.

:)

access is CLEARLY more 31337 than all of you.

[Consumer]

Originally posted by Dj_Access
Actually l33t comes from the original port that backorific originally ran on 31337.

:)

it was used way before that, knucklehead.

[rephlektiv]

Originally posted by Dj_Access
Actually l33t comes from the original port that backorific originally ran on 31337.

:)

err didn't they just pick that port cause it spelt eleet ? ;o i always thought l337 came from way back in the bbs days with c64s.. when we'd be such nerds to typ3 l!k3 th!s t0 b3 c00l.. yah, i was young, i was naive.

i was cool. (so i thought)

[Castor]

Originally posted by deepfreq
it was used way before that, knucklehead.


hahahah :laughing

[Consumer]

back in the bbs days, you were only one of three things: lamer, leech, leet

I went thru all phases. My lamer phase was so bad, I had to change my handle.

[f3/\r teh Phorced Access]

your still a lamer!!! :P

[Roxy Monoxide]

l337 like jeff k?

[Miss Jag]

Originally posted by deepfreq
back in the bbs days, you were only one of three things: lamer, leech, leet

I went thru all phases. My lamer phase was so bad, I had to change my handle.

Pshhhh.

I was never a lamer. I had sysop status on most of the bbs's I was on. Neener~neener! :moon

[cpud]

if you were a girl on a bbs you got sysop status simply because you were NOT a geeky male.

:P

[Miss Jag]

Originally posted by cpud
if you were a girl on a bbs you got sysop status simply because you were NOT a geeky male.

:P

That and the fact that I wasn't ugly helped. :crackhead

[rephlektiv]

what were some of the oldskool bbs software people remember?
(not actually boards)

oblivion/2 was big by the time i was getting out of the bbs 'scene' -- i ran a customized version of a rare package called Quiver where the art was all done by ACiD.. but i went through everything from maximus, to LiQUiD, to pcboard..

what was amigas really big one.. i cant remember the name.. was it evolution?

mmm memories of oldskool bbs'.. thank god they still exist on telnets all around the globe :)

i think i was grounded at least 12 times for my long distance phone bills to bbs' everywhere.. and had SNET show up at my door on two occasions for a 3rd party billing exploit we found.. woo thank god we moved.

[Consumer]

BBS-PC was the solid Amiga system for a long time... after 91, I stopped paying attention. Most good Amiga focused boards would run Wildcat on a PC anyway.

Anyone in Phoenix remember the Generic BBS / Switchbaud? It was the only way you could connect to a bbs in Tempe from North Phoenix without being charged long distance.

[Miss Jag]

Originally posted by deepfreq
Anyone in Phoenix remember the Generic BBS / Switchbaud? It was the only way you could connect to a bbs in Tempe from North Phoenix without being charged long distance.

YES!!! That completely sucked ASS. Long distance just to call across town. Leave it to US Worst. http://www.404audio.com/forum/images/smiles/Grunt.gif

[cpud]

i used to hit up Renegade BBS's... one-liner style.