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== ...how it affected me? == | == ...how it affected me? == | ||
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc 10cc] would sing: "i don't like kiwix - I LOVE IT !!" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10cc 10cc] would sing: "i don't like kiwix - I LOVE IT !!"<ref>[https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/10cc/dreadlock-holiday-43dad7c7.html songtexte.com: 10cc: Songtext von ''Dreadlock Holyday'']</ref> | ||
but it took me almost eight years to realize the hidden gift was a part of that white ribbon...[[File:Kiwix-scan 01.jpg|200px|thumb|left|offline Computing on old hardware is my special hobby!]] | but it took me almost eight years to realize the hidden gift was a part of that white ribbon...[[File:Kiwix-scan 01.jpg|200px|thumb|left|offline Computing on old hardware is my special hobby!]] | ||
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so i had nothing more left than peer2peer-connections via ethernet between 2 offline-machines. | so i had nothing more left than peer2peer-connections via ethernet between 2 offline-machines. | ||
that was not what i had dreamed of... but then came Eminem with "...now this looks like a job for me": Kiwix... | that was not what i had dreamed of... but then came Eminem with "...now this looks like a job for me"<ref>[https://genius.com/Eminem-without-me-lyrics genius.com: Songtext von Eminem: ''Without Me'']]</ref>: Kiwix... | ||
i turned on my DELL optiplex fx160 (Windows embedded + xp pro 32), startet Kiwix by USB and typed 'purwin' into the searchmask - one article found (!). believe it or not, on en_wiki! it was '''''Constructed Languages'''''. note no.21: ''Dis is de niu esperânto: SIMPLISH!'' and i clicked on it. all of a sudden my firefox opened (i used to put my 127.0.0.1 in the etc/host to 'localhost AND to 'purwin.de'), and this CFML-application started immediately. '''a local en_wiki pointed to my local LAN!!''' | i turned on my DELL optiplex fx160 (Windows embedded + xp pro 32), startet Kiwix by USB and typed 'purwin' into the searchmask - one article found (!). believe it or not, on en_wiki! it was '''''Constructed Languages'''''. note no.21: ''Dis is de niu esperânto: SIMPLISH!'' and i clicked on it. all of a sudden my firefox opened (i used to put my 127.0.0.1 in the etc/host to 'localhost AND to 'purwin.de'), and this CFML-application started immediately. '''a local en_wiki pointed to my local LAN!!''' | ||
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<center><font size="+1">(one of the greatest digital adventures i ever had)</font></center> | <center><font size="+1">(one of the greatest digital adventures i ever had)</font></center> | ||
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