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Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ Which seems to be unrelated to (our) Gemini protocol. The main thing is it saying: > Gemini is a speed-oriented client / server file transfer protocol. In a sense, it is a replacement for the WWW Which threw them off, one message from them: > gemini, the replacement for http, was created as kind of a "hard reset" for the mess that is the modern web. I'm also skeptical -Oliver
On Wed, 3 Mar 2021 at 11:05, Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ > Which seems to be unrelated to (our) Gemini protocol. > > The main thing is it saying: > > Gemini is a speed-oriented client / server file transfer protocol. In a sense, it is a replacement for the WWW > > Which threw them off, one message from them: > > gemini, the replacement for http, was created as kind of a "hard reset" for the mess that is the modern web. I'm also skeptical > > -Oliver I think alot of the bad reputation also comes from YouTubers that misunderstand what Gemini is.
> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:05, Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ Looks very much unrelated: Think, Decentraland, mixed with GoogleMaps, mixed with Yelp, then throw in a unique rewards based contribution model (People over Profits, can I get an Amen?). Add a little sprinkle of Geocaching then get a shotgun and pump it full of awesome AR stuff and you are like half as cool as this is going to be. Be a part of something cool and get paid to do it! A bunch of Lorem ipsum as well :D Much better branding for sure: https://www.instagram.com/protocolgemini/ ?0?
On Wednesday 3 March 2021 kl. 12:16, Petite Abeille <petite.abeille at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:05, Oliver Simmons oliversimmo at gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ > > https://www.instagram.com/protocolgemini/ Ooooo... blockchain mention. -- Katarina
On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 11:05:38AM +0000, Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> wrote a message of 10 lines which said: > Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ > Which seems to be unrelated to (our) Gemini protocol. >From the Web site, it looks 100?% commercial, one more scam by a startup with wild promises and much more attention to the look than to the content. They cannot even fill in the boilerplate of their template (screenshot attached). -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2021-03-03_12-46.png Type: image/png Size: 37754 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210303/f25d 401c/attachment-0001.png>
> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:47, Katarina Eriksson <gmym at coopdot.com> wrote: > > Ooooo... blockchain mention. EVERYTHING HODGEPODGE! MORE IS MORE! :P ?0?
> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:48, Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane at sources.org> wrote: > > one more scam by a startup with wild promises and much more attention to the look than to the content. The discrete ?but oh so satisfying? charm of having our own prejudices confirmed in such spectacularly incompetent fashion. ?0?
> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:05, Oliver Simmons <oliversimmo at gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, someone I was talking to found https://www.protocolgemini.com/ Creation Date: 2020-05-20T16:45:09Z Updated Date: 2021-01-14T04:04:39Z Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. Seems appropriate. ?0?
Mar 3, 2021, 06:18 by petite.abeille at gmail.com: > Creation Date: 2020-05-20T16:45:09Z > Updated Date: 2021-01-14T04:04:39Z > Registrar: NameCheap, Inc. > > Seems appropriate. > NameCheap is fine. I use it for my own domain (and capsule). Though apparently gemini.circumlunar.space uses it, too! Snowy
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> On Mar 3, 2021, at 20:42, K?vin <lists at oh.mg> wrote: > > I think it's more of the irony of cheapening somebody else's name (and protocol) and registering the domain with NameCheap :D Thank you for the text explanation :D ?0? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210303/9886 2e9e/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: nq050820.gif Type: image/gif Size: 16396 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/attachments/20210303/9886 2e9e/attachment-0001.gif>
Mar 3, 2021, 14:54 by petite.abeille at gmail.com: >> On Mar 3, 2021, at 20:42, K?vin <>> lists at oh.mg>> > wrote: >> >> I think it's more of the irony of cheapening somebody else's name (and protocol) and registering the domain with NameCheap :D >> > > Thank you for the text explanation :D > Oh, wow, I walked into that one XD I like it. Snowy
Mar 3, 2021, 03:16 by petite.abeille at gmail.com: > > Think, Decentraland, mixed with GoogleMaps, mixed with Yelp, then throw in a unique rewards based contribution model (People over Profits, can I get an Amen?). Add a little sprinkle of Geocaching then get a shotgun and pump it full of awesome AR stuff and you are like half as cool as this is going to be. Be a part of something cool and get paid to do it! > > What if OpenStreetMaps, but slap Second Life on top of it for some reason and your contributions actually belong to us because we paid you for them?
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