- Where am I?
Here.
- How do I get an account?
Mike and Kyle give out accounts mainly to friends and people they know.
If you don't know them, well... I guess that's your loss; I hope your happy with they way your "Mike and Kyle" devoid life is turning out. Try not to rape anything on your way out.
- How do I register a domain?
We recommend using dotster.com. Why? Because we get a kickback.
When the registar you chose asks for primary and secondary dns servers, you tell them:
- Primary DNS: ns.101010.org
- Secondary DNS: ns1.101010.org
And if the registar is networksolutions, be sure to explicitly tell them to "GoFuckthemselves" as well (Cannot stress how important this is).
If you actually want the domain to do something (e.g. vanity email address or get it tied to your 101010.org webspace) you'll have to email root@101010.org about how you want to use it.
- How do I access my account?
We don't allow telnet access to our servers, so you'll have to get yourself an SSH client.
- What the hell is SSH?
SSH stands for "Secure Shell", and allows you to have encrypted communication with the server. Also, since it uses encryption it has the added benefit of driving girls crazy.
There are several good free SSH clients. The simplest is called PuTTY. It has the advantage of being just one file, so you don't have to deal with the whole "Installation" thing.
Another option is using Teraterm with the TTSSH plugin:
- First you'll have to download Teraterm.
- Unzip and install Teraterm
- Download the TTSSH plugin
- Unzip the ttssh zip file into the directory where Teraterm is installed
- Create a shortcut to the ttssh.exe program in the Teraterm directory, use this to start up Teraterm.
Mac users should look into using Nifty Telnet and/or FUGU
Once you've installed the client of your choice, run it and connect to 101010.org to start using your UNIX account.
- How the hell do I use UNIX?
The basic UNIX commands:
- List the Files in the current Directory: "ls"
- Change Directory: "cd public_html"
- Copy File: "cp important.txt important.backup"
- Move File: "mv oldemail oldfiles/"
- Rename File: "mv porn.jpg important.txt"
- Edit Text File: "pico index.html"
Better and more comprehensive tutorials are available at:
- How do I upload files?
We don't allow FTP. Why? Because we're mean. However, there is a way to transfer files using SSH, it's called SCP.
- What the hell is SCP?
SCP is a way to send files using encryption, but really the most important thing it does is keep your password from being sent unencrypted.
The most recent version of CuteFTP Pro supports SFTP.
All you need to do is:
- Download WinSCP
- Install it (It'll ask you if you want "Norton" or "Explorer" mode, I like Norton)
- Start it up.
- enter in '101010.org' as the "hostname".
- then fill-in your username and password And off you go.
If you're a bit more hardcore, and want faster file transfers, you can try out PSCP, from the makers of PuTTY.
- Download pscp.exe from PuTTY's site.
- Copy it into a directory that's in your PATH (e.g. C:\windows\command)
- Open a dos window
- To upload a file C:\windows\music\weezer.mp3 to your account's music directory (you being "newuser") you would type:
'pscp C:\windows\music\weezer.mp3 newuser@101010.org:~/music'
and then your password. (note: the '~' stands for the path to your home directory. In this case it stands for '/home/newuser'.)
- To download a backup of your homework from your account to your computer you'd type:
'pscp newuser@101010.org:~/homewerk/assignment.doc C:\docs\homework'
,and then your password.
If you are a Mac user, please look into Nifty Telnet. It combines both an SSH client and an SCP client into one program.
- At this point, are you just *trying* to make me feel dumb?
Yes, my friend Mike and I spend all our extra money, and time providing free Unix access, just to make people feel dumb.
In fact, we spend our nights combing through shell history logs, looking for badly formed command lines, which we then print on t-shirts, alongside your name and the phrase "doesn't know unix".
- How do I check my mail using Outlook, Eudora, Hotmail, pine etc..
Our mail server is 'mail.101010.org', it supports POP, SMTP and POP3S. If you need more help than this, please consult the nearest digitally anthropomorphic office supply on your computer screen.
- How do I send mail?
Generally, you can use the SMTP server provided by your ISP.
Specifically, I'm not your ISP.
- Something weird happened, who do I tell?
If the weird "something" involves the area where your bathing suit covers, tell an adult you trust.
If it's related to computers feel free to send any questions, comments or general observations to root@101010.org.
- How are you able to do all this?
Magic. Messy, messy, magic.
- Umm, do you want anything in exchange for all this?
For a long time, my answer to this has been a straightforward "No". The reasoning for this was pretty simple. I'd buy the same amount of computer equipment, have the same expensive internet connection and the same fanatical devotion to maintaining the highest uptimes possible if I didn't let other people make use of the systems. In short, sharing them costs me nothing, so it's kinda silly to charge for it.
But, the question gets asked so often, that I've begun to wonder if it isn't actually beginning to be a downside. If people want to show their gratitude, it's kind of rude of me to refuse it out right. Luckily, this social dilema has a tidy technical solution: a paypal donation link.
So, if you feel like donating a little money for the illusion of value that it creates in your head, go right ahead.
I suppose I could lie and say that I'm "really strapped for cash, and don't know if I can keep stuff up", but that would be fiction. Frankly, I'm doing just fine right now, so please, feel no compulsion.
- You spelled "asinine" wrong.
Shut up.
