[ih] Porn on the net

[John Day]

Speaking of ASCII art. Several years ago, I went looking for some ASCII art to show my OS class. I wanted them to get an idea of how sophisticated it got with the choice of characters and overprinting, etc.

I had forgotten how many of them were Playboy centerfolds, etc. I really had trouble finding ones that were very good that I could use in class. ;-) lol

During the same discussion, I also show them the original 1973 grayscale Lincoln that was a cover of Scientific American.When I do, I also show them the Salvador Dali version, but I first start with shrunk so it looks like Lincoln and I ask them what it is. Of course, they say Lincoln. I say, it is a nude standing at window looking at the sea.  Then I blow it up.  They are always amazed and intrigued. ;-)  I also explain that with the picture on the wall in low light, the effect is even greater because the cones in the retina shut down and you see it in black and white. ;-)

Take care,
John

> On Sep 19, 2022, at 16:17, Dave Taht via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Prior to the advent of the vcr, where would porn on the arpanet have come
> from? Scanners? 8mm films? ASCII art?
> 
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 1:04 PM Bob Purvy via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> 
>> thanks, everyone. Keep 'em coming.
>> 
>> To be more specific: I was at the Santa Fe IETF
>> <https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/22> in 1991. I'm planning to "repurpose"
>> Chris's experience for one of my characters who was there. The thought is,
>> "the Internet" wasn't yet on *everyone's* mind, but obviously some
>> forward-thinking individuals were onto it.
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 12:47 PM Leo Vegoda <leo at vegoda.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, 19 Sept 2022 at 12:13, Bob Purvy via Internet-history
>>> <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>> 
>>>> So I know Usenet had its alt.sex.* groups forever, and I remember that
>> in
>>>> the *very* early days, "pornography" was the one monetization case that
>>>> everyone could agree might work. Maybe the only one. When did you first
>>>> hear of someone doing this for money?
>>> 
>>> The FT recently published a fairly deep investigation of money and
>>> porn in podcast form: Hot Money.
>>> 
>>> Episode 4 deals with Rusty and Edie's BBS but I think they covered the
>>> whole scene from very early networking to almost today quite clearly.
>>> 
>>> https://www.ft.com/content/762e4648-06d7-4abd-8d1e-ccefb74b3244 and
>>> presumably all the places podcasts are published.
>>> 
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