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Subscribers : 2540
DemoNews 147 - 29 June 1997 Archive Size : 4881M
>------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents --
Introduction
Calendar
Week In Review
/demos ........................................ Phoenix
/graphics ..................................... GD
Top Downloads
New Uploads
Articles
/music Jungle, The Solution (Finally) ......... Snowman
Music Contest 5, The Time Has Come ............ GD
Music Contest 5, A Little Humor ............... Snowman
.zip Waste Products ........................... Terminus
General Information
>-------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction --
Hello all, and welcome to DemoNews 147.
_____Introduction
It's been 1 month and 18 days since the last issue of DemoNews.
Over the past year, it has become increasingly difficult for me to budget my
time. Maintaining the Hornet Archive is a full-time job in itself. It
becomes even harder to release DemoNews when other projects come up (such as
Music Contest 5).
With the introduction of Author Links, Group Links, the automated
/incoming/music cataloger, and several other archive-related things, there is
increased potential for user error. I've been steadily getting more and more
"fixit" emails:
"My name is spelled wrong, please fix it."
"Why was my song deleted from /incoming?"
"Our group URL has changed from X to Y. Please update."
"I changed groups from A to B. Update all my song descriptions."
Now, I'm all for an accurate archive. I applaud users taking enough of an
interest in the archive to keep it clean and tidy. Unfortunately, processing
all these emails takes time. Valuable time. Precious time. Time that could
be spent on DemoNews, adding cool stuff to the archive, working on MC5, or
even replying to back-logged personal email. I've gone from doing a good job
on a couple things to a poor job on many things. I don't feel very good
about that.
It is more with relief than sadness that I will no longer be the sole editor
of DemoNews. Over the next few months, GD / Hornet (Brett Neely) will be
learning the in's and out's of DN production: how to generate the Top
Download stats, update the Calendar, get a listing of newly uploaded files,
etc. I will continue to write these introductions until that glorious day
comes when Brett puts together an issue of DemoNews from start to finish.
I started helping out with DemoNews on 12 Feb 1994 (issue 31), and became
main editor on 06 Nov 1994 (issue 69). Let me tell you, two and a half years
(70 issues) of newsletter editing can really wear your soul down. Faithful
readers of TraxWeekly should count their blessings each and every week to
have an editor as dedicated as Gene Wie. Don't let anyone fool you. A
newsletter isn't about inspiration or creativity. It's about long hours
sitting in front of a text editor surgically operating on unwilling text.
Now on with the show...
_____Music Contest 5, This And That
MC5 is in full swing. If you're not familiar with it, try going to
www.hornet.org and clicking on "Music Contest 5", or read GD's advertisement
below.
We've already processed 77 entries. The division distribution so far has
been: 27 rookie, 21 intermediate, and 19 veteran. I hope that this balance
remains up through the entry deadline on 15 Jul 1997. The introduction of
the intermediate division this year seems to be working out fairly well.
Time for some quick math. 27 + 21 + 19 = 67 verified entries. As I
mentioned before, we've processed 77. So where did those 10 missing songs
go? Well, as a matter of fact, they've been disqualified.
I find this distressing. These entries were not disqualified because they
were ripped off, or because they were released prematurely to the public.
They were disqualified because the entrants simply failed to read and follow
the rules. If the rule says "Song must be less than 1,000,000 bytes in
size", don't upload a 2 meg song and then whine and complain when it is
disqualified. We already have 183 people registered to enter this year.
Processing that many entries is time-consuming. Please be a conscious MC5
entrant and be as careful as possible when submitting.
We've gotten a lot of good feedback about the contest. Some changes were
made almost immediately, like making FT2 the default judging player for .XM
files. Some changes we'll make in MC6, like explicitly stating that no
sample text, including sample _filenames_, should appear in entries. And
some changes we still aren't quite sure about yet, like removing the 4 minute
song length rule. In any case, comments are always welcome.
_____Hornet MODS Volume 1
We've produced another CD!
Hornet MODS Volume 1 contains the last 650 megs of cataloged /music uploaded
to the Hornet Archive. This is not a "best of" collection. For that sort of
thing, I highly suggest you check out the "MODS Anthology" by Gryzor at
http://wwwperso.hol.fr/~gryzor.
It took about a month for me to assemble this CDROM. I contacted many people
to insure that we had the best available players. Bartman gave us a special
version of Midas '95 (for .xm, .s3m, .it files). MikMak coded a native
version of Mikit for FreeBSD. Pascal _almost_ got a special version of Cubic
Player done. :) XTC-Play put in a special guest appearance, covering the
single format under DOS that Cubic Player couldn't handle. What was that
format? Get the CD and find out! :D
I'm not a very good sales person so I'll just tell you candidly what I think.
The DOS and Windows interfaces to the CDROM are called view.exe and
w32view.exe respectively. They are not the most graphically pleasing things
in the world, but they are very fast and efficient. View shows you a
directory structure of the CDROM, complete with descriptions. You hit enter
or click on a subdirectory. Then you select a song. The song is quickly
unzipped to a temporary directory on your hard drive. View then shows you
what was unzipped. Click on the song and the appropriate player is called.
One of the advantages in having a different View program for DOS and Windows
is that I got to set up different associations for each OS. Under DOS,
selecting an .XM will call up Cubic Player. Under Windows, it'll bring up
Midas '95. After listening to the song, you can either immediately remove it
from your hard drive if you don't like or keep it if you do.
The CD is built primarily for DOS, Windows 95, Linux, and FreeBSD.
Precompiled binaries of mikmod and mikit are present for both Linux and
FreeBSD (covering most of the major song formats). We currently have no Unix
version of the View program -- something I hope to remedy in the future.
Honestly speaking, I wasn't sure if this was going to be a cool CDROM or not.
I mean, a fair amount of new music on the Hornet Archive isn't that good.
But things worked out well! Even though I'm sitting on a T1 (180k/s directly
to the archive), listening to songs off the CD was much faster than
downloading them off the 'net. I popped in the CD, brought up View, and
started selecting totally random tunes I would never have spent the time
manually downloading. I quickly found 3 new musicians I liked and started
once again filling up my personal D:\songs directory.
You'll note that this is Volume 1, which implies that a second volume will
follow. I hope to make this a regularly updated series. After another 650
megs of /music is cataloged, I'll do another volume. I can even get a little
crazy next time and put a few raw audio tracks or .mp3s on it. That might be
really groovy, since Music Contest 5 will probably finish up when it comes
time to do another CD.
The CD will be sold direct for $19.95, probably a bit lower if you get it
from a local distributer. There's also going to be a "subscription" plan,
where you just get automatically billed and sent a new CDROM when it comes
out (for $14.95).
Think of Hornet MODS Volume 1 as an alternate way of getting files from the
Hornet Archive. To put it more practically, think of it as getting 1 meg /
second transfer speeds. :)
I just sent off the CD for replication last Wednesday, so we won't actually
be shipping them for another 2-3 weeks yet. But ye faithful readers of
DemoNews get the advance news. Keep checking out the main www.hornet.org
page and I'll put a link up there when the CD becomes available.
_____Hornet Archive Improvements
A few months back, I jotted down some future enhancements to make to the
archive. Hopefully you'll find a couple of these useful.
1. ZipView. (done)
2. Reintroduce ratings to /music. (in progress, see article below)
3. Have file "tagging". User clicks on a few files, they are all zipped
together (0 compression), and sent as 1 single .zip file. Nice way to
avoid the "Click 'n Save" syndrome. (in progress)
4. Integrate mirror logs in Top Downloads. This is probably not something
you'll find very exciting.
And the 2 goals I have that "push the envelope" :)
5. HA Mailme. Want to automatically be sent an email the next time a
Five Musicians release is uploaded? Essentially, you'll get to specify a
list of authors or groups you're interested in and be personally notified
when they release something new. (already have the code mostly done for
this)
6. HA Autoget. Tired of HA Mailme? Of having to actually go to the Hornet
Archive and manually download files? Try HA Autoget! Run this utility
periodically, and your system will automatically open a connection to the
closest Hornet Archive mirror, download files for you (based on criteria
you specify), and unzip them locally on your machine. Imagine waking up
each weekend to a local directory full of new demos, tunes, and graphics
that you _will_ probably like. (gotta brush up on sockets and protocols a
bit before I attempt this)
_____Conclusion
The human soul can be rejuvenated given enough reconfiguration.
Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@hornet.org
>------------------------------------------------------------------ Calendar --
Date Event Location Contact Points
------------ -------------------- ---------- --------------------------------
CANCELED! Somewhere In Holland Holland home.pi.net/~sih
25 May 1997 Yalp Yugoslavia mrki@afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu
06 Jun 1997 Abduction Finland dot.tcm.hut.fi/abduction
13 Jun 1997 Scream Canada scream97.educ.infinit.net
scream97@videotron.net
25 Jun 1997 IT Norway dagerik@mail.link.no
www.errors.no
* <-- YOU ARE HERE
11 Jul 1997 Z Brazil zorg@emails.com
www.geocities.com
/researchtriangle/4675
12 Jul 1997 Reunion Romania marius.prisecaru@contact.pcnet.ro
16 Jul 1997 Coven Australia www.cybercity.hko.net
/adelaide/morbidincite
18 Jul 1997 Wired Belgium wired@pctrading.be
people.pctrading.be/wired
08 Aug 1997 Assembly Finland www.assembly.org
22 Aug 1997 Crash Canada www.xi-media.com/crash
22 Aug 1997 AntIQ Hungary aboy@ttk.jpte.hu
antiq.pganet.com/antiq
25 Aug 1997 NetZone France www.quaternet.fr:8082
/users/b/brunel/p2b5.htm
brunel@quaternet.fr
31 Aug 1997 Evoke Germany poti@bigfoot.com
kaoz.org/evoke
13 Sep 1997 Bizarre Holland bizarre@cybercomm.nl
bizarre.cybercomm.nl
02 Oct 1997 Distance Norway walker@gim.net
distance.home.ml.org
>------------------------------------------------------------ Week In Review --
-- /demos ------------------------------------------------------------------>
:: Phoenix / Hornet - phoenix@hornet.org
Hmm.. I guess we'd better make this a _month_ in review. ;)
Well, there's been very little party activity since Easter. I've yet to
check out the Abduction '97 demos, but I saw the intros. I liked the Fudge
one, nice and non-annoying. The COMA one was decent too, although I can't
say any of the Finnish text emotionally moved me ;).
A couple complaints. 1st place, Drain by Vista. I have a better name for it
- 'Time Zone +13:00 Remix'. Come on guys, you had some originality in
'Lithium', why didn't you follow on it for this intro? Also, 3rd place,
Gamma by MFX. More realtime raytracing, but more colorful and better design.
Unfortunately, it uses FPU code that brings even a Cyrix P200+ to it's knees.
This really aggravated me, running at 2fps on my P150+ and all. It's a shame
that MFX and Purge have joined the 'buy a P166' club, and I really hope no
other groups follow this trend.
OK, so there's my trip to the complaint department. Anything good to say?
Surely. If you missed it, Latex by Blank (demos/1996/0-9/255latex.zip) is
definitely worth watching. It won Symposium '96, and I believe was uploaded
to cdrom.com last year, but mysteriously disappeared soon after, until now.
It justifiably beat out Logic Design's 'Fashion', which was also entered
there. Although it has a lot of 'black background' and no intro/closing
screens whatsoever, the effects are remarkable for early 1996, the music is
great, and it even has some nice design schemes.
Sorry for the informal structure of this column, but it's summertime, so I
don't have to work on my writing skills until my next paper in the fall. :)
I hope there will be some nice PC entries at the two Swedish parties going on
now (Icing and Remedy) - in the past two years they've only had noticeable
entries on the Amiga.
-- /graphics --------------------------------------------------------------->
:: GD / Hornet - gd@hornet.org
I am issuing a plea for all uploaders of graphics files to be sure that an
infofile is included with each image uploaded. This textfile must include
title and author information, as well as a contact email address.
Stony and I have processed a large number of graphics uploads (mostly from
demo parties) that do not have textfiles. Doesn't a file on our archive with
the description "??? by ???" look silly?
It is a problem for us when party organizers simply zip up their compo
directory and upload it. Without title and author information for each image,
we can't properly catalog your upload!
Demos without a textfile aren't as much a problem. Run the demo, and most
often, a title screen will be shown, as well as a group logo screen. A music
upload may contain this information in the songtext - however that's no
longer an issue as the music archive is now completely automated.
But a graphics file without an infofile is a serious problem. Some graphics
competitions require unsigned entries; therefore making the job of
cataloging the file impossible.
Here's the bottom line: if you want your graphics graphics uploads to stay on
the archive, you must include an infofile. I expect a policy change on this
issue shortly.
>------------------------------------------------------------- Top Downloads --
The following statistics include ftp and http transfers from
05 Jun 1997 07:04:07 GMT to 12 Jun 1997 07:02:19 GMT.
This does not includes transfers made by the archive maintainers themselves.
Compensation is done for individuals trying to spike the stats by downloading
a file multiple times.
.frm and .txt files are excluded from top downloads in /incoming.
_____General Statistics
Size of Total Transfers : 40,752,674,410
Number of Total Transfers : 259,245
Size of FTP Transfers : 26,432,222,096
Number of FTP Transfers : 93,924
Size of HTTP Transfers : 14,320,452,314
Number of HTTP Transfers : 165,321
_____Top Downloads
Times File Description
----- -------------------------------- --------------------------------------
-- /demos ------------------------------------------------------------------>
608 /1997/s/snc_omna.zip Omniscient (p300-360 versions) by Sanc
510 /1997/a/acme_303.zip 303 by Acme
362 /1997/a/astral.zip Astral Blur by The Black Lotus
309 /1997/r/robotnik.zip Robotnik by Rage
289 /1993/0-9/2ndreal.zip Second Reality by Future Crew
274 /1997/x/xct_ouln.zip Outline by Exact
238 /1997/s/snc_omni.zip Omniscient by Sanction
182 /1997/f/frs_blfn.zip Blind (final) by Eufrosyne
144 /1997/d/ds-claud.zip Claudia by Deathstar
133 /1997/a/a303_fix.zip 303 (bugfix) by Acme
-- /music ------------------------------------------------------------------>
575 /programs/trackers/ft206.zip Fast Tracker 2 v2.06 by Triton
456 /programs/trackers/scrmt321.zip Scream Tracker v3.21 by Future Crew
277 /programs/players/cp16.zip Cubic Player v1.6 Full version
221 /programs/players/cp2appe.zip Cubic Player 2.0 Alpha Plus Plus Enhan
219 /programs/players/m4w230sx.zip Mod4Win v2.30 (extended version) by Je
195 /programs/players/m4w230sl.zip Mod4Win v2.30 (light version) by Jens
194 /programs/trackers/it212.zip Impulse Tracker V2.12 by Pulse
183 /programs/players/cp17.zip Cubic Player v1.7
146 /songs/1997/f/fm-noct.zip Nocturnal Intruder by Basehead of Five
146 /programs/players/m4w240bd.zip MOD4WIN v2.40 Beta Demo
-- /graphics --------------------------------------------------------------->
61 /images/1997/b/bay51.zip Bay 51 by Infinity
53 /images/1996/a/ai_space.zip Spaceship by Beast
45 /images/1994/i/incest5.zip Incest by Pentalysion
42 /images/1997/k/kathleen.zip Kathleen by Infinity
40 /disks/1997/smoke.zip Smoke by Live
34 /images/1997/a/a-reign2.zip Animal Reign by Made
32 /disks/1996/pls_sun.zip Sun by Lazur of Pulse
31 /images/1997/i/imp_awak.zip Awaken by Benji
28 /images/1996/t/thelight.zip The Light by Odin
25 /images/1996/t/totalagr.zip Total Agressive by Mindeye
-- /code ------------------------------------------------------------------->
87 /effects/water/hq_water.zip Heart Quake's water source by ARM of I
81 /effects/bump/bumpsrc.zip 2d bump mapping by HELiX
72 /effects/rotozoom/pasroto.zip Cache Optimized Roto-Zoomer by pascal
71 /3d/docs/zed3d060.zip Zed 3D by Zed
69 /effects/fire/burn.zip burn by Frank Paxti
68 /effects/water/water.zip Water by De-Phassed
55 /effects/texmap/tmaptut.zip Texture Mapping Tutorial by Tumblin of
53 /tutorials/denthor/tut01new.zip Tutorial 1 in C by Snowman of Hornet
53 /effects/texmap/fatmap.txt Fast Affine Texture Mapping Tutorial b
50 /3d/docs/3d_math.zip 3d math by Lithium of VLA
-- /mags ------------------------------------------------------------------->
26 /1996/imphob12.zip Imphobia #12 by Imphobia
19 /1997/pain0197.zip Pain January 1997 Issue by Pain
14 /1997/pain0397.zip Pain 03/97 by Pain
12 /1997/rc-vol01.zip Volvo Issue 1 by Rectum Cauda
12 /1997/cheese12.zip Cheese Issue 12 by Cheese Team
10 /programs/gde40.zip Genetic Dreams Text Editor v4.0 by Esc
10 /1997/bsr-0009.zip Belgian Scene Report Issue 9 by Baxter
9 /1997/cheese11.zip Cheese Issue 11 by Cheese Team
8 /1995/imphob11.zip Imphobia #11 by Imphobia
8 /1994/scenial.zip Scenial by Access Denied
-- /party ------------------------------------------------------------------>
63 /invites/1996/s-asm96.zip Assembly '96 Invitation Demo by Sonic
37 /results/1997/tg97res.txt The Gathering '97 Results
30 /invites/1996/theporno.zip The Porno Invitation Intro by Orange
20 /reports/1997/dce-tg97.zip The Gathering '97 Party Report by Danc
15 /results/1997/x97take.res X'97 Takeover Results
12 /results/1996/asm96res.zip Assembly '96 Results
12 /invites/1996/jporno96.zip Jouluporno '96 Invitation Intro by Com
11 /results/1997/meksym97.res Mekka/Symposium '97 Results
8 /results/1997/scenus_r.txt Scenus '97 Results
8 /results/1997/gp97res.txt General Probe 3 Results
-- /incoming --------------------------------------------------------------->
459 /demos/headh14.zip
243 /ABD97/in64/drain.zip
198 /incoming.log
184 /ABD97/in64/pwp-isi.zip
174 /ABD97/in64/fdg_lion.zip
151 /ABD97/in64/supak3wl.zip
143 /ABD97/in64/stc-batt.zip
139 /ABD97/demo/b-pandem.zip
115 /ABD97/in64/mfx_gma.zip
110 /ABD97/in64/comaclub.zip
>--------------------------------------------------------------- New Uploads --
All ratings are subjective.
-- /demos ------------------------------------------------------------------>
/1995/a/alku.zip 180 * Alku by Vehje - ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/b/bdawn.zip 603 ** Black Dawn by Asathor -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/d/democ.zip 57 ** Democrators by Epigon -
| ASM95:in64:XX: : ,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1995/d/distance.zip 1389 [n/a] Distance by Radon - ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/e/elegance.zip 1399 *** Elegance by Simplicity -
| ASM95:demo:15:
/1995/g/go.zip 54 ** Go by Mewlers - ASM95:in64:XX: :
| ,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1995/i/inflex.zip 1955 *+ Inflexion by Flexion -
| ASM95:demo:DD:
/1995/j/jeriko.zip 141 *+ Jeriko by Oklahoma -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/l/lastdimc.zip 60 ** The Last Dimension by Dynamic
| Force - ASM95:in64:DD: :
| ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/l/lennon.zip 1681 **+ John Lennon Ain't Dead by COMA -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/m/mansikka.zip 122 ** Mansikka by Fit - ASM95:in64:XX: :
| ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/m/motion.zip 55 ** Motion by Zealots - ASM95:in64:XX:
| : ,,Adlib,
/1995/n/net.zip 8 ** NET by Jisi, Le Fongus Jaune -
| ASM95:in64:XX:
/1995/n/noclass.zip 49 **+ No Class by Woodpeckers From Mars
| - ASM95:in64:14: : ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/o/opera.zip 941 **+ Opera by Jolly Workers -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/p/phlox.zip 1215 **+ Phlox by Amorphous -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/r/realimp.zip 61 *** Reality Impact by Halo -
| ASM95:in64:08: : ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/s/seasons.zip 78 ** Seasons by Deck Blasters -
| ASM95:in64:DD:
/1995/s/second.zip 44 *+ Second by Onyx - ASM95:in64:XX:
/1995/s/suga.zip 61 ** Suga by Fit - ASM95:in64:XX: :
| ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/s/syndrome.zip 455 ** Syndrome-X by Arfos -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/t/tam.zip 30 **+ Tam by Anarchy - ASM95:in64:13: :
| ,,GUS/SB,
/1995/t/triangle.zip 838 ** Triangle by Trillian -
| ASM95:demo:XX:
/1995/t/tunlbana.zip 36 + Tunnelbana by Tunnelbana -
| ASM95:in64:DD:
/1995/u/ugly.zip 48 *+ Ugly by Disease - ASM95:in64:XX:
/1995/v/vlc_dong.zip 44 *+ Dong by Velocity - ASM95:in64:DD:
/1995/z/zation.zip 697 **+ Syllabization by Tarzan Tuotanto -
| ASM95:demo:12:
/1996/0-9/255latex.zip 1589 ****+ Latex by Blank - SYM96:demo:01: :
| 486DX,VESA,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1996/b/bor_hope.zip 317 **+ Blown Away Hopes by Borealis
/1996/b/bor_icon.zip 58 *** Icon by Borealis - ABD96:in64:07:
/1996/d/dl_exp.zip 1876 ***+ Experience by Dark Legions :
| 486/66,,GUS/SB,
/1997/a/aa_juke.zip 82 *** Junk by Axioma - SCE97:in64:02:
/1997/b/bogre.zip 86 * Sarga Bogre by Agressive Giants,
| Byteam - SCE97:in64:12:
/1997/c/cps_famu.zip 361 + Fabojantan vs Muumin Pappan by
| Cpskolan : ,,GUS/SB,
/1997/d/digital.zip 144 *+ Digital Torture by Digital Torture
| : 386,,GUS/SB,
/1997/d/dk_uwbbs.zip 6 ** BBS Underworld by Dake : 386,,,
/1997/d/dna_divn.zip 7 **+ BBS Divine by DNA : ,,Adlib,
/1997/e/epx-snow.zip 299 * Snow by Epoxy : ,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1997/e/eternal.zip 78 ** Eternal by Peon - SCE97:in64:07:
/1997/f/fdg_klap.zip 63 **+ BBS Inka by Fudge
/1997/f/fever.zip 72 ***+ Fever by Exact - SCE97:in64:01:
/1997/f/fva-dome.zip 220 **+ Dome by Flava : ,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1997/i/inge2000.zip 858 *+ Ingenieurs 2000 by CIA : in french
| - 486/66,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1997/i/ins_aliv.zip 390 *+ Alive by Inspire :
| 486DX,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1997/k/kv_split.zip 690 **+ Split by Karva
/1997/m/meanw.zip 78 *** Meanwhile by Byteam -
| SCE97:in64:08:
/1997/m/morphium.zip 72 **+ Morphium by Anarchy Buthas -
| SCE97:in64:06:
/1997/m/mpl-abr.zip 77 **+ Acid Becomes Reality by Micropyle
| - SCE97:in64:09:
/1997/o/ortay.zip 495 **+ Ortay by Blocc : ,,GUS/SB/PAS,
/1997/o/osho.zip 1336 *** Osho by Immortals : ,VESA,GUS/SB,
/1997/p/paradyze.zip 79 *** Paradize by Dilemma -
| SCE97:in64:13:
/1997/p/pcn_evd2.zip 61 **+ Evade 2 by Procreation -
| SCE97:in64:03:
/1997/p/pls_uh.zip 70 *** Uh by Pulse - SCE97:in64:05:
/1997/p/pra_fire.zip 53 ** Fire by Paranoia - SCE97:in64:10:
/1997/p/psitron.zip 50 ***+ Psitron by Zden, Moshe -
| SCE97:in64:04:
/1997/s/sheeva.zip 86 *** Sheeva by Immortals : ,,SB,
/1997/s/snc_omna.zip 38 ****+ Omniscient (p300-360 versions) by
| Sanction - MEK97:in4k:01: :
| ,,GMIDI,
/1997/s/suspiria.zip 1386 *** Suspiria by Xtatic -
| SNY97:demo:01: :
| DX4/100,,GUS1M/SB,8MB
/1997/s/syrnix.zip 81 *** Syrnix by Fresh - SCE97:in64:11:
/1997/t/torso2.zip 180 **+ Torso 2 by Mutante : COMA style -
| ,,GUS@210-240,
-- /music ------------------------------------------------------------------>
/contests/mc5/files/mc5rules.zi 6 Music Contest 5 Rules by Hornet -
| MC5:::
/disks/1996/0-9/7ymd2b.zip 1595 7ynivf Music Disk2b by 7YNIVf
| Music of 7YNIVf Music
/disks/1996/w/wavstor1.zip 1258 Wavestorm 1 by PNSOFT of CPU TEAM
/disks/1997/a/artcafe1.zip 830 Artcafe 1 by Xenon of Scope
/disks/1997/a/artcafe2.zip 1018 Artcafe 2 by Xenon of Scope
/disks/1997/b/battered.zip 102 Battered by FireLight of Vault
/disks/1997/b/bf-attic.zip 1548 Attic Rooms by Backfeed
/disks/1997/g/gf-illfr.zip 3101 The Ill Fringe by Grymm Fett of
| Happy Phat Klan
/disks/1997/g/gf-tm.zip 3137 Tiempo Muerto by Grymm Fett of
| Happy Phat Klan
/disks/1997/i/it-ddd.zip 963 Death Of Death Dance by It-Alien
| of independent
/disks/1997/j/jd-tits.zip 2439 Timing Is The Secret by Jesse
| Dangerously of Happy Phat Klan
/disks/1997/m/mss-pure.zip 2017 Pure August by Atlantic of Moss
/disks/1997/o/oq-noctu.zip 1504 Nocturne by Octoque
/disks/1997/p/phd_batr.zip 474 Backtrack Ep by Airon of phd
/programs/players/cmod313b.zip 156 Capamod V3.13b by Flap of Capacala
/programs/players/mikit007.zip 79 Mikit 0.07 For Win95 And Nt by
| Jean-Paul Mikkers
/programs/players/mmp5325.zip 120 The Multi Module Player V5.325 by
| Charles Attard
/programs/players/xtcp090c.zip 242 Xtc-play Version 0.90 by Kilroy of
| Sanction
/programs/samplers/dfc094.zip 188 Defractor 0.94beta by Neurotix
/programs/samplers/hhbeta96.zip 1406 Hammerhead by Bram Bos
/programs/trackers/it212.zip 320 Impulse Tracker V2.12 by Pulse
/programs/trackers/itxt202.zip 7 Itxt V2.02 by Zastar
/programs/unusual/mvfs.zip 35 Metabolic Virtual File System 1.0
| by Slater of Metabolic
| Productions
/programs/unusual/vibe101.zip 603 Vibe Control Center V1.01 by Logos
| of Charlie Brown Records
/samples/alto_sax.zip 2459 Eb Alto Sax Samples, No Riffs by
| Beek of Grey, Greengrapes,
| Denizen
/songs/1995/d/do_redda.zip 279 Redda Barnen by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1995/d/do_tranz.zip 247 Tranzie The Raver by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1995/d/do_tunne.zip 174 Tunnel Of Love by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1995/d/dt124.zip 379 Dark Trooper V1.24 by Melcom of
| Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1995/d/dt205.zip 203 Dark Trooper V2.05 by Melcom of
| Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1995/d/dtsymph.zip 172 Dark Trooper Symphony by Melcom of
| Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1995/d/dtsymph2.zip 126 Dark Trooper Symphony 2 by Melcom
| of Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1996/a/a1_nite2.zip 700 The Long Kiss Good Night Part Two
| by Almighty One : (IT)
/songs/1996/a/acidrush.zip 229 Acidrush From Judas by Dark of
| Metabolic : (XM)
/songs/1996/a/aitolai.zip 512 Aitolai Alisoi-la by Dark of
| Metabolic : (XM)
/songs/1996/b/backfrom.zip 504 Back From Boroboro by Dark of
| Metabolic : (XM)
/songs/1996/b/boroboro.zip 348 My Trip To Boroboro by Dark of
| Metabolic : (XM)
/songs/1996/c/cannonbg.zip 132 Cannonball Guige by KraZy GoOse :
| (XM)
/songs/1996/c/chicken4.zip 321 Chicken Soup Iv by Mairsil of
| Metabolic : (S3M)
/songs/1996/c/city.zip 437 City Screaming by Melcom of Hoax
| Arts, Crystal : (S3M)
/songs/1996/d/do_clima.zip 723 Climax by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/do_encod.zip 248 Encoder by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/do_float.zip 504 Floating Around by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/do_g-rem.zip 221 Greenfly - Remix by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/do_green.zip 336 Greenfly by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/do_surro.zip 24 Surrogathora by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/dt304.zip 251 Dark Trooper V3.04 by Melcom of
| Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1996/d/dtsymph3.zip 188 Dark Trooper Symphony 3 by Melcom
| of Hoax Arts : (S3M)
/songs/1996/d/dungeon2.zip 189 Dungeon Xplorers 2 by KraZy GoOse
| : (XM)
/songs/1996/d/dungeonx.zip 90 Dungeon Xplorers by KraZy GoOse :
| (XM)
/songs/1996/f/f_groove.zip 113 Piano Groove's by Jer of Fragile :
| (XM)
/songs/1996/j/j_aciduc.zip 144 A_ciductive Fantasy by Jer : (XM)
/songs/1996/j/j_gnissi.zip 198 Gnissim by Jer : (XM)
/songs/1996/j/j_xfilez.zip 317 X-filez by Jer : (XM)
/songs/1996/k/krazypno.zip 83 Krazyness For Piano by KraZy GoOse
| : (XM)
/songs/1996/k/kzadagio.zip 163 Adagio by KraZy GoOse : (XM)
/songs/1996/l/lemur.zip 134 Papa Lemur by Tito of Candela :
| (XM)
/songs/1996/m/melgold.zip 226 Melcom Gold by Melcom of Hoax Arts
| : (S3M)
/songs/1996/m/mrc-ec2.zip 473 Ecowlogy2 by Mercure : (MOD)
/songs/1996/n/ninotrbe.zip 356 Tribes Of Time by Nino of
| Realities : (IT)
/songs/1996/p/psy_fugi.zip 801 The Fugitive by Psychad : (XM)
/songs/1996/u/unighost.zip 490 Universal Ghost by Heatseeker :
| (XM)
/songs/1996/y/yourgods.zip 607 Your Gods Make Me Sick by Dark of
| Metabolic : (XM)
/songs/1997/0-9/7_chaos.zip 950 Chaos B.c. - Mutilation Mix by
| dollSteak of 7YNIVf Music : (IT)
/songs/1997/0-9/7_forgot.zip 1669 Forgotten by dollSteak of 7YNIVf
| Music : (IT)
/songs/1997/0-9/7_torm.zip 455 Tormented by dollSteak of 7YNIVf
| Music : (IT)
/songs/1997/0-9/80srock.zip 120 80s Rock by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/amote.zip 240 Amo Te by MaX of MovSD : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/apex.zip 309 The Apex Trance State by Ranger
| Rick of FTMI Studios : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/ari-nept.zip 661 Colors Of Neptune by Ari of
| Analogue : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/armgddon.zip 198 Armageddon Complex by Pirate Pete
| : (XM)
/songs/1997/a/as_cam.zip 371 Gymkata by Arcturus of Shattered
| Fixtures : (S3M)
/songs/1997/a/as_inpcs.zip 237 In Pieces by Arcturus of Shattered
| Fixtures : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/as_outc3.zip 569 Outcast The Third by Arcturus of
| Shattered Fixtures : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/as_pan.zip 381 Panoramic by Arcturus of Shattered
| Fixtures : (IT)
/songs/1997/a/as_sill.zip 152 March Of The Silhouettes by
| Arcturus of Shattered Fixtures :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/a/as_zuvor.zip 160 Zustand Vortrefflichkeit by
| Arcturus of Shattered Fixtures :
| (S3M)
/songs/1997/b/b-dntlve.zip 699 Don't Ever Leave by DJ Uphigh of
| Blitz Beat Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/b/b-ftg_v1.zip 191 Ftg Version 1.1 by Dope Groove of
| Blitz Beat Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/b/b-infl.zip 583 Delusional Influence by
| Perpetuator of Blitz Beat
| Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/b/b_lotus.zip 125 The Frozen Lotus Blossom by
| Behemoth of Psychze : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/back.zip 247 Back by Melcom of Hoax Arts,
| Crystal : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/beforain.zip 453 Before The Rain Fall by Pluto of
| IZz Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/b/bib-aprl.zip 194 April Joy by bibby : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bib-dono.zip 133 Dono by bibby : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bib-sabr.zip 347 Sabre Six by bibby : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bib-samb.zip 62 Samba Dragon by bibby : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bib-span.zip 123 Spain by bibby : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bigred.zip 454 Big Red Funk by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/b/bond.zip 100 Bond Still Rulez by Pirate Pete :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/b/bq-elec2.zip 436 Electronica Ii by BassQ of Cloud
| Nine : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/c9_basst.zip 537 Bass Toys by Pherplexer of Cloud
| Nine : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/c9_elec2.zip 389 Electronica Ii by BassQ of Cloud
| Nine : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/c9_synch.zip 378 Synchronize by Bassq of Cloud Nine
| : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/catalina.zip 126 Catalina Harbor by Pirate Pete :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/c/cb-dangr.zip 1039 Danger by Logos of CBR : (IT)
/songs/1997/c/cb-fle.zip 399 Freaks Live East by Logos of CBR :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/c/cb-keep.zip 473 Keep It Underground by Logos of
| CBR : (IT)
/songs/1997/c/cb-mama.zip 298 Mama Made Me Funkee by Pedro of
| CBR : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/cb-morph.zip 458 Morpheus by Guy of CBR : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/cb-ruper.zip 390 Rupert's Dream by Logos of CBR :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/c/cb-shoes.zip 246 Shoes by Logos of CBR : (IT)
/songs/1997/c/cb-traps.zip 668 Traps by Logos of CBR : (IT)
/songs/1997/c/ccs-govd.zip 594 Graal Overfloved by PGM of Carcass
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/c/common.zip 57 Common by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/c/cool.zip 126 Way Cool by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/d/dandruff.zip 416 Dandruff Groove by Jazz, Radix of
| Limited Edition : (MOD)
/songs/1997/d/details.zip 414 Details by Ranger Rick of FTMI
| Studios : (IT)
/songs/1997/d/dgenarch.zip 86 D-gen Arch by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dh-badtr.zip 628 Bad Trip by darkhalo : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dh-inv.zip 446 Inverse Conscious by darkhalo :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dh-macab.zip 969 Macabre by darkhalo : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dh-pure.zip 511 Purity by darkhalo : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dh-sharp.zip 952 Sharp And Smooth by darkhalo :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/d/do_lost.zip 613 Lost In Space by Doxx : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dx-over.zip 485 It's Over... by Datrix : (XM)
/songs/1997/d/dx-rm.zip 275 Repetitive Motions by Datrix :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/e/ebtg-mel.zip 116 Melancolia by Nairolf : (XM)
/songs/1997/e/emb-harm.zip 444 Harmony Of Innocence by Dna-groove
| of Embryo : (IT)
/songs/1997/e/empire.zip 334 Empire Jamz by Pirate Pete : (XM)
/songs/1997/e/es_gday.zip 219 Good Day by Euphy Scott : (XM)
/songs/1997/e/etdash.zip 658 Eurotechnodanceseimhouse by Major
| Bludd of My Personal Smilies :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/e/ethnika.zip 494 Ethnika by 4go10 : (XM)
/songs/1997/f/f_breath.zip 87 We're Breathing Again by Zoda of
| FMS : (XM)
/songs/1997/f/f_lazer.zip 192 Lazerline by Lazer of FMS : (XM)
/songs/1997/f/f_outgum.zip 67 Out Of Gum by Zoda of FMS : (XM)
/songs/1997/f/fable.zip 197 Fable - Remix by Pluto of IZz
| Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/f/fl-crow.zip 924 The Crow by Nino of Freelance :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/f/fl-flcn.zip 667 The White Falcon by Nino of
| Freelance : (IT)
/songs/1997/f/flutloop.zip 56 Flute Loops by Pirate Pete : (S3M)
/songs/1997/f/footers.zip 155 Footers by Melcom of Hoax Arts,
| Crystal : (S3M)
/songs/1997/g/gem-stat.zip 477 Dreamstate by Galahad of Gemini
| Productions : (IT)
/songs/1997/g/gho-ston.zip 412 Straight On by Ghost of Silicon
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/g/gsg.zip 133 Grand Slate Groove by ZecHno :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/h/harp.zip 3 A Little Harp Demo by 4go10 : (XM)
/songs/1997/h/heavdoor.zip 433 Heavens Door by Melcom of Hoax
| Arts, Crystal : (S3M)
/songs/1997/h/hia16bit.zip 1486 Having It All - 16bit Version by
| 4go10 : (XM)
/songs/1997/h/hz-wrong.zip 145 Wrong Way Home by Hunz of Analogue
| : (XM)
/songs/1997/i/ikwya.zip 449 I Know Where You Are by ZecHno :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/i/imss.zip 422 I'm So Stupid by ZecHno : (XM)
/songs/1997/i/instpowr.zip 204 Instrument Power by Major Bludd of
| My Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/i/instpwr2.zip 375 Instrument Power 2 by Major Bludd
| of My Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/i/inyereye.zip 244 In Your Eye by Tito of Candela :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/i/iwcudidh.zip 625 I Wanna C U Dancin' In Dis House
| by Sick Boi of Atmozfear Wayz
| Music Production : (XM)
/songs/1997/j/jam-what.zip 531 Floating In The Waves Of Fate by
| Jammax : (MDL)
/songs/1997/j/jd-15to5.zip 342 Fifteen Minutes To Five by
| Vladimir JD Sopot : (XM)
/songs/1997/k/k700.zip 629 K-700 by Doc : (IT)
/songs/1997/l/lapsus.zip 385 Lapsus Memoriae by Ranger Rick of
| FTMI Studios : (IT)
/songs/1997/l/liq001.zip 127 One Love by Liquid of Blitz Beat
| Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/l/lngbeach.zip 201 Long Beach Harbor by Pirate Pete :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/l/lpatrol.zip 311 Lost Patrol by Melcom of Hoax
| Arts, Crystal : (S3M)
/songs/1997/m/macgyver.zip 109 Macgyver Theme-song by Major Bludd
| of My Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mcd-idkw.zip 561 I Dont Know Why... by Mc Dreamer :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mellow.zip 119 Feelin' Mellow by LMH : (XM)
/songs/1997/m/messiah.zip 164 Messiah by MaX of MovSD : (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mh-demen.zip 1277 Demented Delirium by MaD Hatter :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/m/mh-tride.zip 1152 Enjoy The Ride by MaD Hatter :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/m/mh-tripz.zip 575 Tripzone by MaD Hatter : (XM)
/songs/1997/m/mh-untit.zip 1164 Untitled by MaD Hatter : (XM)
/songs/1997/m/mh-warfa.zip 1011 Warfare by MaD Hatter : (XM)
/songs/1997/m/ml-di.zip 141 Divolve by ANpe of Melancholy :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/m/ml-dying.zip 286 Dying Inside by Multivac of
| Melancholy : (IT)
/songs/1997/m/ml-univ.zip 82 Universal Empire by Multivac of
| Melancholy : (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mm_headf.zip 253 Head First by Super Slimer of
| MetaMorph Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/m/moupys.zip 196 Make One Up Yer Self... by Major
| Bludd of My Personal Smilies :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mrc-cold.zip 190 Cold Inside by Mercure : (S3M)
/songs/1997/m/mrc-prom.zip 289 Promises by Mercure : (IT)
/songs/1997/m/mtwahp.zip 395 Make The World A Happier Place by
| Wootz of Diatomic Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/n-astral.zip 198 Astral Walker by Nemesis of
| Analogue : (IT)
/songs/1997/n/na_arani.zip 138 Arabian Nights by Gal Samuel of
| Nakadina.Org : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/na_dance.zip 169 The Nakadina Dance by Gal Samuel
| of Nakadina.Org : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/na_happy.zip 379 Happy Day by Gal Samuel of
| Nakadina.Org : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/negademo.zip 64 Negademo by Nairolf : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/ninoleon.zip 452 True Professionals by Nino of
| Realities : (IT)
/songs/1997/n/ninoneur.zip 292 The Neuromancer by Nino of
| Realities : (S3M)
/songs/1997/n/noname.zip 377 Noname by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/n/nothing.zip 363 Nothing by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/n/ntx_peov.zip 150 Perforation Overture by Neurotix
| of Dms : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/ntx_viva.zip 236 Viva by Neurotix : (XM)
/songs/1997/n/nv-seren.zip 300 Serenity by Nova of Analogue :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/o/oq-psyk.zip 483 Psychoanalytic Sessions by Octoque
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/p/partial.zip 177 Partial Shabang by Zechno : (XM)
/songs/1997/p/partyroc.zip 125 Party Rock by Pirate Pete : (S3M)
/songs/1997/p/pb_playb.zip 379 The Playback by PoiNT BLaNK of psp
| : (XM)
/songs/1997/p/pro-blst.zip 390 Blaster Master, A3-mix by PrOtoCoL
| of ACiD : (IT)
/songs/1997/p/pro_h20.zip 1009 Traveling Through Water by Proteus
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/p/pro_test.zip 1168 A Short Test In Break by Proteus :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/p/pro_ugnd.zip 565 Sound For The Undergound by
| Proteus : (IT)
/songs/1997/p/psy_love.zip 477 I Love You - Trance You Down Into
| Happier State Remix by Psychad
| of Obvious : (XM)
/songs/1997/p/psy_sail.zip 769 A Tribute To Sailor Moon by
| Psychad of Obvious : (XM)
/songs/1997/p/pure.zip 357 Pure by Lakari : (XM)
/songs/1997/r/raf-angl.zip 682 The Angel's Candle by Maximus of
| RAF : (IT)
/songs/1997/r/reaction.zip 212 Chain Reaction by mav of mav :
| (S3M)
/songs/1997/r/rebirth.zip 383 Rebirth by Heatseeker : (XM)
/songs/1997/r/red-form.zip 646 Deformity by Galahad of R.e.d. :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/r/red-nems.zip 542 Nemesis Theory by Zackmano of
| R.e.d. : (S3M)
/songs/1997/r/reinf.zip 524 Reinforcements by Pirate Pete :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/r/renvous4.zip 329 Rendez-vous Part 4 by Major Bludd
| of My Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/r/ret_open.zip 102 Open Your Mind by Retomic of Scope
| : (S3M)
/songs/1997/r/ringo.zip 155 Ringo Rides Again by Pirate Pete :
| (S3M)
/songs/1997/r/rm-four2.zip 246 Four And A Half by Rimbo of
| Analogue : (XM)
/songs/1997/r/rno-dead.zip 266 Dead Fight by Rhino of Torment :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/r/rno-joke.zip 501 Joke by Rhino of Torment : (XM)
/songs/1997/r/rno-retr.zip 193 Tantamount by Rhino of Torment :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/s/s-jbean.zip 254 Jelly Bean by Sirrus of Analogue :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/s/s_humsyn.zip 358 Human Synthesis by Sierra of
| Digital Spirits : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/s_shine.zip 135 Shine Inside Me by SiERRA of
| Digital Spirits : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/sajandhi.zip 457 Sajandhi's Dance by Lord Blanka
| the Black of Colony, Opiate,
| NTrak : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sc_onyou.zip 450 On Your Own by Setec of Artistic
| Idiotz : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/sed-ele8.zip 689 Elena by Picoder of Seaber Designs
| : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/sf-bond.zip 548 Groove The Bond by Pikkle Jar of
| SonicFusion : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sf-sewer.zip 695 Sewer Moonlight by Pikkle Jar of
| SonicFusion : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/shtdick.zip 122 Short Dick Man by Nairolf : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/simplwrl.zip 220 Simple World by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sinetech.zip 112 Sinewave Technology by 4go10 :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/s/skyline.zip 198 Skyline by Melcom of Hoax Arts,
| Crystal : (S3M)
/songs/1997/s/slamrock.zip 125 Slam Rock Jamz by Pirate Pete :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/s/songojoy.zip 180 Song O' Joy by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_any.zip 308 I Can Feel It by Bargel of Society
| Of Sound : (IT)
| Of Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_brut.zip 503 Police Brutality by Junglizt of
| Society Of Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_coru.zip 315 Corruption by Bargel of Society Of
| Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_pigs.zip 547 Fuck Tha Police by Junglizt of
| Society Of Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_rhin.zip 335 Rhine by Haze of Society Of Sound
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_spce.zip 396 Space Jazz Experiment by Nino of
| Society Of Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_spll.zip 269 A Spell Of Love And Lust by
| Sabbath of Society Of Sound :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_xmnt.zip 368 X-mental by Junglizt of Society Of
| Sound : (IT)
/songs/1997/s/sos_xtss.zip 387 Xtasis Bombing by Mixhaus of
| Society Of Sound : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/spectral.zip 138 Spectral Memories by KraZy GoOse :
| (XM)
/songs/1997/s/spedcore.zip 109 Speedcore by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/spintf.zip 478 Spin The Funk by x2c : (S3M)
/songs/1997/s/stloutth.zip 238 Still Out There by Pluto of IZz
| Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/s/swampjmz.zip 154 Swamp Jamz by Pirate Pete : (S3M)
/songs/1997/t/thesaint.zip 372 The Saint, Fallen Angel Mix by
| Ranger Rick of FTMI Studios :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/t/tlogic.zip 427 Techno Logic by x2c : (S3M)
/songs/1997/t/toe-apol.zip 102 Apollonian Weakness by Toejam of
| Fp.tad : (IT)
/songs/1997/t/trancore.zip 453 Trancecore by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/t/tune2.zip 283 Tune 2 by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/t/twod.zip 237 Two D by ZecHno : (XM)
/songs/1997/u/ufg-trnc.zip 51 In Trance by Stone Rhino of
| UnforgiveN : (XM)
/songs/1997/u/unbtrnm.zip 274 Unbalanced Transmission by Hannes
| Nel : (IT)
/songs/1997/u/untitled.zip 164 Untitled T00n by Major Bludd of My
| Personal Smilies : (IT)
/songs/1997/v/v-alive.zip 287 Alive And Kicking by Dj Uphigh of
| Blitz Beat Productions : (XM)
/songs/1997/v/varg_hmm.zip 109 Hmm by varg of phobic : (S3M)
/songs/1997/v/varg_twm.zip 556 There Were Moments by varg of
| phobic : (XM)
/songs/1997/x/x-cite.zip 112 X-cite by Wootz of Diatomic
| Records : (XM)
/songs/1997/x/xc-narf.zip 521 Narfaz by Xenoc of Analogue : (IT)
/songs/1997/x/xc-steel.zip 661 Sketchesteele by Xenoc of Analogue
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/x/xc-unw.zip 528 Unworthy by Xenoc of Analogue :
| (IT)
/songs/1997/x/xe_br3sn.zip 113 Timeless Journey by Xenon of Scope
| : (IT)
/songs/1997/x/xe_feel.zip 282 Different Feelings by Xenon of
| Scope : (XM)
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/images/1996/a/aa_bar3d.zip 46 ** Bar 3d by Edo Uno -
| CAC96B:grtc:XX:
/images/1996/a/abc_hell.zip 24 ** Hell by Storm - GRV96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/a/abc_rect.zip 28 ** Reaction by Storm - GRV96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/a/abstract.zip 62 * Abstract by Xfyl - PC96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/a/ai_dem-j.zip 112 ** Demon by Kal - CAC96B:grtc:??:
/images/1996/a/ai_evild.zip 118 **** Evildick by Rendall -
| CAC96B:grfx:03:
/images/1996/b/betafile.zip 7 + Betafile by Thunder -
| PC96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/b/blah2.zip 31 ** Demolition Logo by Mosh -
| DML96B:gfst:08:
/images/1996/b/blownawa.zip 1167 **** Firestorm by Danny - TP96:grfx:03:
/images/1996/b/bmanhihs.zip 93 * ??? by Gnd - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/b/book.zip 84 **+ Book by Aphys - CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/c/cma_sign.zip 19 ***+ Sign by Apatia - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/c/continum.zip 13 + Continuum by Viznut -
| DML96B:grfx:06:
/images/1996/d/demcom.zip 102 * Demolition Logo by Warewolf -
| DML96B:gfst:14:
/images/1996/d/deml.zip 85 * Demolition Logo by Viggin -
| DML96B:gfst:03:
/images/1996/d/deml1.zip 235 * Demolition Logo by Wince -
| DML96B:gfst:01:
/images/1996/d/demo.zip 2 * Demolition Logo by Knoll -
| DML96B:gfst:15:
/images/1996/d/demol1.zip 34 * Demolition Logo by Catalysator -
| DML96B:gfst:06:
/images/1996/d/demol2.zip 22 ** Demolition Logo by Catalysator -
| DML96B:gfst:05:
/images/1996/d/demol4.zip 138 *+ Demolition Logo by Magna -
| DML96B:gfst:02:
/images/1996/d/demolit.zip 55 * Demolition Logo by Zero -
| DML96B:gfst:11:
/images/1996/d/demolog.zip 67 **+ Demolition Logo by Argon -
| DML96B:gfst:12:
/images/1996/d/dlogo.zip 61 * Demolition Logo by Blackhead -
| DML96B:gfst:04:
/images/1996/d/dorka.zip 6 ** Dorka by Stewaway -
| DML96B:grfx:04:
/images/1996/d/dragon.zip 564 **+ Battle Dragon by Blaise -
| CAC96B:grtc:XX:
/images/1996/e/edexotic.zip 4 + Exotic by Ed - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/e/einu.zip 164 + Einu by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/e/emp_hunt.zip 43 *+ Hunter by Indy - CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/e/energy.zip 218 *+ Energy by Starf0x - PC96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/e/evilmani.zip 103 * Evil Maniac by fj - P2B96:grfx:??:
| : 640x480x256
/images/1996/f/fred.zip 57 ** Mankind by Tex - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 640x512x256
/images/1996/f/fv-hc_ph.zip 471 ** Holy Communion by X-tr0 -
| CAC96B:grtc:??:
/images/1996/g/grenat.zip 17 *** ??? by Grenat - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 640x480x256
/images/1996/g/griffin3.zip 60 *+ Griffin by E-mage - PC96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/g/grs_masq.zip 77 *** Masquerade by Grass -
| CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/g/grs_wood.zip 142 ***+ Woody by Grass - GRV96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/h/hades.zip 43 *+ ??? by Hades - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 640x480x256
/images/1996/h/hades2.zip 61 ** ??? by Hades - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 640x400x16m
/images/1996/h/hc_alien.zip 95 **+ Alien World by Blackhand -
| CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/k/keiju.zip 242 **+ Keiju and Krumppi by Jogi -
| DML96B:grfx:01:
/images/1996/k/kis.zip 33 + Kis by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/k/knights.zip 22 ** Knights by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/l/laama.zip 93 * Laama by Kleptomaniac -
| DML96B:grfx:05:
/images/1996/l/lazur_zm.zip 668 **** Zoom by Lazur - TP96:grfx:35:
/images/1996/l/logoby.zip 44 + Demolition Logo by Orbis -
| DML96B:gfst:09:
/images/1996/l/logosign.zip 21 *+ Demolition Logo by Kleptomaniac -
| DML96B:gfst:10:
/images/1996/m/melkor2.zip 474 *+ Melkor by ??? - P2B96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/m/mercredi.zip 19 *** Shad and My Sister by Haplo -
| TP96:grfx:14:
/images/1996/m/micky.zip 88 * ??? by ??? - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 230x640x16m
/images/1996/m/mindwife.zip 91 ** Mindwife by Hexagon -
| DML96B:grfx:07:
/images/1996/m/mistreat.zip 37 **+ Mistreated by Saffron -
| TP96:grfx:62:
/images/1996/m/mnc-msat.zip 123 *+ MSAT by Monacos - PC96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/m/molition.zip 44 * Demolition Logo by Sledgehammer -
| DML96B:gfst:13:
/images/1996/m/motions.zip 70 **+ Motions by Cork - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/n/next.zip 22 ** Next by Mixi - CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/p/pc96_nek.zip 891 *+ The Cavern Temple by Nek -
| PC96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/p/pkapu.zip 22 * Pokol Kapuja by Jam -
| CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/p/pna_mage.zip 131 *** Mage by Pineapple - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/p/porno2.zip 2 + Porno 2 by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/p/ptb4_g01.zip 279 * ??? by Dizzy Tool8 -
| P2B96:grfx:??: : 640x952x256
/images/1996/p/ptb4_g02.zip 414 * ??? by ??? - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 507x477x16m
/images/1996/p/ptb4_g03.zip 146 *** ??? by Lord - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 640x512x256
/images/1996/p/ptb4_r01.zip 604 ** ??? by ??? - P2B96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/p/ptb4_r02.zip 82 **+ ??? by Yode - P2B96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/p/ptb4_r03.zip 1067 **+ ??? by ??? - P2B96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/s/s_oito.zip 344 *+ Santo Oido by Tiago Prado -
| PC96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/s/sck-ript.zip 164 **** Riptide by Das - CAC96B:grfx:01:
/images/1996/s/scully.zip 36 ** Scully by Badjack - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/s/shaitnhl.zip 81 * HL by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/s/sivatag.zip 96 *+ Sivatag by Gora - CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/s/slayer.zip 10 + William by Sgt. Slayer -
| P2B96:grfx:??: : 320x200x16m
/images/1996/s/slic.zip 91 * Slic by ??? - P2B96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/s/spider_f.zip 62 *+ Ensnare by a Spider by Ward -
| CAC96B:grtc:02:
/images/1996/s/storm.zip 365 *** Stormbringer by Eracore -
| TP96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/s/stowkomp.zip 29 *** Kompo by Stow - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/s/superman.zip 18 * Superman by Aranymokus -
| CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/t/tentacle.zip 861 **+ Tentacle by Xfyl - PC96:grtc:??:
/images/1996/t/tgdml.zip 66 + Demolition Logo by Hupeman,
| Hotwire - DML96B:gfst:07:
/images/1996/t/thelight.zip 62 **** The Light by Odin -
| DML96B:grfx:02:
/images/1996/t/theo.zip 271 * ??? by Theo - P2B96:grfx:??: :
| 580x353x16m
/images/1996/t/totalagr.zip 42 **** Total Agressive by Mindeye -
| DML96B:grfx:03:
/images/1996/v/valveila.zip 183 **+ Valviela by Embryo -
| SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/v/velluvco.zip 48 ***+ Compo by Velluv - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/v/vibes.zip 25 ***+ Vibes by ??? - SKE96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/v/voyage.zip 36 **+ Voyage by Cereal - CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1996/v/vr.zip 94 *** VR by Malac - CAC96B:grtc:XX:
/images/1996/w/wizard.zip 50 * Wizard by Condor, Bh -
| DML96B:grfx:08:
/images/1996/w/wolvie.zip 71 *+ Wolvie by Starf0x, Fad -
| PC96:grfx:??:
/images/1996/x/xfiles.zip 17 + X-files by Bordeaoux -
| CAC96B:grfx:XX:
/images/1997/a/a-reign2.zip 336 ***+ Animal Reign by Made -
| X97:grfx:02:
/images/1997/a/anger.zip 29 **+ Anger by MSW - X97:grfx:13:
/images/1997/b/bay51.zip 127 **** Bay 51 by Infinity -
| SNY97:grtc:01: : 640x480x16m
/images/1997/b/bleakhor.zip 152 ** Bleak Horizon by Snykers -
| SNY97:grtc:02: : 640x480x256
/images/1997/b/bobablst.zip 21 ***+ Bobablast by Acryl - X97:grfx:06:
| : Tied for 6th place
/images/1997/c/cd-wolv.zip 88 ** Wolverin by Count Dracula -
| X97:grfx:12:
/images/1997/c/claudia.zip 47 *** Claudia by Void - SNY97:grfx:02: :
| 640x480x16, Claudia Schiffer
/images/1997/c/cs-burke.zip 283 **+ Sam Burke PD by Cyclops -
| X97:grfx:10:
/images/1997/e/eggcartn.zip 220 *+ Egg Carton by Nexus -
| SNY97:grtc:03: : 640x480x16m
/images/1997/f/floaty.zip 63 *** Floaty by Das - SCE97:grfx:01:
/images/1997/f/fuck.zip 58 *+ Fuck It by The Axe - X97:grfx:16:
/images/1997/g/gettime.zip 46 ***+ Gettime by Edouno - SCE97:grfx:03:
/images/1997/h/heaven.zip 480 ** Heaven by Henk - X97:grfx:08:
/images/1997/i/imp_awak.zip 353 **** Awaken by Benji - X97:grfx:01:
/images/1997/k/kathleen.zip 59 ***+ Kathleen by Infinity -
| SNY97:grfx:01: : 320x256x256
/images/1997/l/lust7sin.zip 803 *** Lust - The 7th Sin by Lowlife -
| X97:grfx:03:
/images/1997/m/maid.zip 41 *+ Maid by Souri - SNY97:grfx:04: :
| 320x256x256
/images/1997/m/mantis.zip 155 *+ Mantis by Blaise - SCE97:grfx:06:
/images/1997/m/martiang.zip 41 ***+ Martian by Kvazar - SCE97:grfx:05:
/images/1997/m/mbitch.zip 211 *** Mbitch by Gabe - SCE97:grfx:04:
/images/1997/m/mgfreak.zip 28 ***+ Mgfreak by ??? - SCE97:grfx:13:
/images/1997/m/myentry.zip 2 + My Entry by Goblin -
| SNY97:grfx:05: : 320x200x256
/images/1997/n/nf-babe.zip 41 *** Babe by NF - X97:grfx:05:
/images/1997/o/orange.zip 27 + Orange by Storm - SNY97:grtc:04: :
| 640x480x16m
/images/1997/p/pcn_hous.zip 204 ** House by Rem - SCE97:grtc:??: :
| 640x480x256c
/images/1997/p/pcn_tank.zip 235 **+ Tank by Toudi - GP97:grtc:03: :
| 640x480x16m
/images/1997/p/pcn_xfsn.zip 147 ***+ Extreme Fashion by X-man -
| VOL97:grfx:??: : 640x480x256
/images/1997/p/pose.zip 400 **+ Pose by Rack - SCE97:grfx:10:
/images/1997/q/qd-angel.zip 652 ***+ Angels by Necronomicon -
| X97:grtc:01:
/images/1997/s/sinsear.zip 78 **+ Sinsear by Neuron - SNY97:grfx:03:
| : 640x256x128
/images/1997/s/sk-beach.zip 44 *+ Beach by Skylla - X97:grfx:17:
/images/1997/s/stacy482.zip 294 **+ Stacey 482 by Facade -
| X97:grfx:06: : Tied for 6th
| place
/images/1997/t/tears.zip 54 *** Tears by Lazur - SCE97:grfx:07:
/images/1997/t/tfm-x97.zip 58 *+ Lady in Black by TFM -
| X97:grfx:11:
/images/1997/v/vorlonhw.zip 166 + Vorlon Home World by Krion -
| SNY97:grtc:05: : 640x480x16m
/images/1997/w/whipped.zip 501 **+ Whipped Cream by Mirage -
| X97:grfx:09:
/images/1997/w/wrd_vict.zip 79 ***+ Victim of the Fate by Ward -
| SCE97:grfx:02:
/images/1997/x/x_gfx97.zip 113 *+ The Cloak of Darkness by Fatal
| Vision - X97:grfx:14: : Tied for
| 14th place
-- /code ------------------------------------------------------------------->
/demosrc/intros/snowtro.zip 63 * Snow Effects by Natas of Lithium :
| Ugly, I have seen much better
| snow effects. This looks more
| like a buggy diagonal starfield.
| Assembler
/effects/floor/matrix.zip 93 **+ Matrix Demo by Simon Hern : An
| example of an infinite tiled
| floor effect like the one used
| for the floors in doom.
| Assembler, C/C++
/effects/pallette/fadecode.zip 31 *** Palette Routines by Esak : Smooth
| palette fading routines, palette
| rotation, etc. Assembler, C/C++,
| Text
/effects/pallette/palrot.zip 2 *+ Palette Rotation by Draeden of VLA
| : Just an asm file containing a
| palette rotation routine.
| Assembler
/effects/phong/otmphong.doc 23 *** OTM Phong by Voltaire of OTM :
| Good tutorial explaining how to
| approximate phong shading using
| a model based on linear
| interpolation of angles. Text
/effects/raster/rastdemo.arj 183 ** Raster Routines by Krazy One of
| Chaos : 3 different raster
| effects, made for a never
| finished demo. Assembler
/effects/raster/raster9.zip 31 **+ Rasters Bars by Type One of TFL-
| TDV : A classic raster bar
| effect with some vector balls
| moving on the foreground.
| Assembler
/effects/rotozoom/texmpsrc.zip 48 ** Slimy Rotozoomer by SliQ : A slimy
| version of the wellknown
| rotozoomer effect. C/C++
/effects/rotozoom/tf-texmp.zip 34 **+ Fullscreen Rotozoomer by The Faker
| of Aardvark Assembler
/effects/stars/hstar_c.zip 17 * C Horizontal Stars by Darion :
| Displays a very basic horizontal
| starfield. C/C++
/effects/stars/ldstars.zip 9 *** 3D Starfield by Legend of Blitz :
| This is just a basic starfield.
| What makes it special is the 3D
| glasses support.
/effects/stars/otstars.zip 17 *+ 3D Starfield by Vulture of Outlaw
| Triad : A tutorial on 3D
| starfield effects. Assembler
/effects/texmap/bastxmap.txt 8 **+ 4 Sided Polygon Texture Mapper by
| Alan Parker : Although this
| texture mapper is coded in GFA
| Basic for the Atari ST the code
| is comprehensible enough to be
| useful for PC owners. Basic
/effects/texmap/text_eng.zip 226 **+ Texture Mapper by Lee Lorenz :
| Hardly any comments included
| with the source, but the source
| is not very hard to understand.
| C/C++
/effects/texmap/textmap.zip 10 *+ Texture Map by Robert Schmidt of
| Ztiff Zox Softwear : Document on
| how to map a 2D texture onto a
| 3D parallellogram. Useful to
| understand the mathematics
| behind texture mapping, but too
| slow for a decent realtime
| implementation. Text
/effects/texmap/texture.zip 110 ** Texture Mapper by Fantom of
| Ultimate Brains : There are no
| comments included with the
| source, so you'll need to spend
| some time before you totaly
| understand what's going on.
| Assembler
/effects/texmap/tmaptut.zip 64 **** Texture Mapping Tutorial by
| Tumblin of Bodies In Motion :
| Excellent tutorial on texture
| mapping. A must for starters!
| Text
-- /party ------------------------------------------------------------------>
/invites/1997/crs-ss1.zip 8 Scene Strike Invitation Text by
| Corrosion
/pictures/scn-pics.zip 1411 Scenery '97 Pictures by RAM -
| SNY97:::
/reports/1997/dce-tg97.zip 2039 *** The Gathering '97 Party Report by
| Dance - TG97::: :
| 386DX,,GUS/SB,14MB
/results/1997/scn-res.zip 0 Scenery '97 Results - SNY97:::
/results/1997/sn97.res 7 Scenest '97 Results - SCE97:::
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:: "/music Jungle, The Solution (Finally)"
:: Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@hornet.org
_____Introduction
"/music *** ratings are evil and inaccurate." That's what everyone said...
until we stopped doing them. In the wake of a rating-less /music archive, we
have a veritable jungle of new tunes with no way to tell in advance which
ones are worth listening to.
On 08 Apr 1997, the automated cataloging system for /incoming/music went
online. Since that date, 734 new ratingless songs have been cataloged on the
Hornet Archive. This averages out to about 9.2 songs per day. Tell me, what
65 new tunes did you listen to last week? Or the week before that? You
didn't. There's too much.
Maybe 130 megs of new /music each month doesn't matter to you, but it matters
a great deal to me. There's no point in having a 9 gig archive if 7 gigs of
it is crap. To be perfectly honest, it's just not fun to go looking through
/music anymore.
Quality control is going to be implemented.
Songs are going to be deleted.
_____How?
Aye... this is the tricky part. What you are about to read is the result of
2 months careful planning and preparation. I have spent many long hours
mulling over the consequences and potential pitfalls involved with this
solution. At bare minimum, I am confident that it will work better than our
present situation.
Newly uploaded and cataloged files will be publicaly rated. That's right.
I'm putting the power of rating music in _your_ hands. When you're looking
at a file listing, right next to all of the clickable mirrors and "ZipView",
you'll see a "Rating" tag. Once you click on that link, you will be given a
chance to rate the song yourself.
After a song has had at least 5 public votes with a ** or lower average
rating, the file will be removed. After 10 public votes with a **+ or
greater average rating, the file is "locked" (no more ratings taken).
_____But What About...?
You should immediately see several problems with this system. Here are the
solutions:
1. "I'm a new musician and I really suck. Any songs I upload are going to
get rated right off the archive. That's not fair! Can't I at least have
one song on your archive?"
Yes. I am proud to introduce the "immutable" song (which I'll refer
candidly to as the "IMU"). Every musician is given the option of having
a single IMU. An IMU is a song that can not be rated. It exists so that
even fledgling newbies have the opportunity to get noticed.
Immutable \Im*mu"ta*ble\, a. Not mutable; not capable or susceptible of
change; unchangeable; unalterable.
2. "I have at least 5 people on the 'net who don't like me. As soon as I
upload a song, they'll all give it a rating of * just to get it removed
from the archive."
In order to rate songs, you must first register. When you rate a song,
your handle will be listed right alongside the rating you gave the song.
If nasty trends start appearing, I will find a way to counter them. This
is one of those areas which may undergo drastic restructuring before I
finally find a system that works well.
3. "I want to rate songs, but I'm scared that the author will get upset with
me if I give his/her tune a poor rating."
The music scene has been growing out of control. It's time that some
people out there get a wakeup call, a slap in the face (so to speak).
This music scene madness must end. Have the balls to vote and make a
difference.
4. "My song got five ratings all below **. What exactly is going to happen
to my tune?"
The file will be physically removed from the archive. The database will
be updated to reflect this. Since I'm not going to actually remove the
database entry, it will still be possible to perform searches that include
REMOVEd songs. Removed songs will not appear by default in directory
indices or search engine results.
5. "Hey, if my file gets removed, can't I just try to sneak it back into
/incoming again and hope for a better rating? Or what happens if someone
else in my group accidentally uploads one of my songs that was already
REMOVEd?"
The reason the database entry is just modified (and not removed) is to
provide some sort of check against this exact thing. If your song gets
removed and you try to reupload it, the automated /music cataloger will
detect that the file had already been REMOVEd and delete it from
/incoming.
6. "But I'm really sneaky! I can just rename my song to something
different so that it won't be detected, and try to upload it again."
At this point, you have gone from using the Hornet Archive to abusing it.
I am going to be very upset if people force me to waste my time writing a
script to compensate for this.
7. "Can I vote on my own song?"
Uhm, no. :)
8. "Isn't it ironic that the same people who criticized you for having
ratings in the first place now condemn you now that they're gone? I'll
bet that makes you take comments a lot less seriously where matters of
/music rating are concerned."
What keen powers of observation you have.
_____Voter Authentication (The Simple Explanation)
So how does the voter authentication work?
If you want to vote, you'll register. That part of it is very similar to the
voting application I'm currently using for Music Contest 5. Fill out name,
handle, preferred email address, and submit.
Whenever you click to "Vote" on a song, your machine is automatically
validated without you having to type in any nasty username or password.
Click on "Rating", click on "***", and you're done. Simple, effective, and
secure.
_____Voter Authentication (The Complicated Explanation)
You can completely skip this section of the article if you want to.
When you register to vote, a random 16-24 character long alphanumeric string
is generated. This string is your unencrypted "pillbox". I'm using the word
"pillbox" because it sounds cute and is easy to remember. Your UPillbox
(unencrypted pillbox), is sent as a cookie from the Hornet Archive to your
browser, where it is tucked away for safe keeping.
Meanwhile...
The Hornet Archive temporarily has a local copy of your UPillbox. It crypts
it with DES (and a consistent salt value) and stores the output in a text
file formatted as USERNAME:CPillbox:ENVIRONMENT-INFO. Some boring
information is automatically provided to the Hornet Archive when you use a
web browser: what OS you're using, what browser you're using, what your IP
address is, etc. It's nothing exciting or particularly exploitable, but it
can be used to more uniquely identify you.
Snowman:9asf0d89mkj0k:FreeBSD 2.2.1, Netscape 4.0b5, ...
Necros:gmIa2xsi7xl9Y:Linux (Slackware) 3.2, Netscape 4.01, ...
Farmer:0jm980m0na0sn:Win95/NT, MSIE, I Love You Bill, ...
For all you Unix sysadmin homies in da house, you'll notice a vague
resemblance between this file and /etc/passwd. This is not a coincidence.
:)
Once your CPillbox and client information has been gathered, the entry is
written to a database and the local copy of your UPillbox destroyed. Repeat.
Once your UPillbox cookie has been set, any reference to it is removed on the
Hornet Archive. Only the DES-encrypted CPillbox versions are kept.
When you attempt to rate a song on the Hornet Archive, your UPillbox cookie
is harvested, crypted, and checked against known CPillbox values. From this,
two things are determined: 1. you are an authenticated voter, 2. what your
handle is. Your UPillbox (and our local CPillbox) will be regularly changed.
Think of this as transparently changing your password every time you log on.
So how do you crack the system?
First off, there is no point in trying to bribe GD or Phoenix for a copy of
the database. Since it contains only CPillbox entries (and not the UPillbox
keys that are really needed), it'll do you no good. DES is a funky one-way
algorithm... I couldn't figure out what your UPillbox was based on your
CPillbox even if I wanted to!
But to crack the system itself is easy. In fact, it was just done
successfully a few months ago in an international study to prove that DES was
an unreliable encryption algorithm. All you have to do is network a few
thousand Pentium Pro 200's and let them try different key combinations
uninterrupted for about 6 months. Blammo! Now you've discovered the secret
back door to Hornet Archive music ratings.
Any other security holes with this system will be patched as time goes on.
Keep in mind that what we're protecting are music ratings, not international
money transfers. I expect that DES encryption will be more than adequate.
:)
Many thanks go to Murray Stokely (murray@cdrom.com), who helped me hammer out
some of the more esoteric points in our encryption scheme.
_____Conclusion
Everything stated above may be tweaked or changed. I've just given the basic
outline of the system I'm working to attain. There are several other details
that I won't bother going into. You get the point. :)
I'm getting old and grumpy. Much of my grumpiness has to do with the
excessive amounts of lame email I received. Here are some tips if you wish to
write me about this /music change:
1. I will ignore all mails that do not suggest a possible, reasonable
solution for every problem pointed out.
2. I respect the opinions of scene veterans much more than newbies.
3. I don't care nearly as much about "being fair to everyone" as I do
"being fair to most people". If a change will make 80% of the people
happy and 20% sad, I'll probably make it.
4. Email should be constructive. When you write it, keep in mind that
the /music jungle is a problem we all face. We must work together to
overcome it.
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:: "Music Contest 5, The Time Has Come"
:: GD / Hornet - gd@hornet.org
_____Introduction
Been waiting for that chance to compete with your music? Don't want to spend
a lot of money to travel to a demo party? Music Contest 5 offers that and
more!
Music Contest is Hornet's annual Internet-based tracked music competition.
Entrants register and upload their songs to the Hornet Archive. Judges
register and download their assigned songs. No travel is required!
Unlike a demo party's music competition, Music Contest 5 offers separate
entry divisions for various skill levels. Additionally, you will be
competing with other musicians around the world!
_____New in MC5
This year one of the biggest changes to the contest is the addition of the
"intermediate" entry division. Three entry divisions allow entrants to enter
the level that most accurately reflects their skill.
_____MC5 Web Page
Snowman's web design and Stony's graphics combine to make the MC5 web page.
Everything you should need for the contest is available at the page:
http://www.hornet.org/music/contests/mc5 .
Forms for judging and entering are on the page, and you're one click away
from being registered! You can download the module players to be used for
judging. Also available are winning entries from past Music Contests: choose
from MP3, ZIP, or tracked format.
_____Conclusion
Music Contest 5 is the real deal! We hope you'll participate.
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:: "Music Contest 5, A Little Humor"
:: Snowman / Hornet - r3cgm@hornet.org
_____"Music Contest 5" or "Music Contest V"?
A bit of humor...
This is one of those things you might consider unimportant. In fact, we
didn't really care one way or the other ("5" or "V") as long as we were
consistent. Part of the MC5 Intro contained some 3D characters, "M", "C",
and "V".
Just for reference, Trixter is our coder, Stony our graphician, me (Snowman)
the musician, and GD is co-organizer of the contest.
> > > > > [Trixter] Yes, we should use the Roman Numeral "V". It looks
> > > > > more "official" for MC's 5th anniversary.
> > > >
> > > > [Stony] Well... I'll use the 5 (not V) after suggestions from
> > > > Snowman and GD... doesn't matter to me...
> > >
> > > [Trixter] Ack--Oh well, it doesn't matter to me, I guess.
> > > Changing some code...
> > >
> > [Snowman] Argr... OK, so Stony is doing "5" graphics. Retract my earlier
> > thing, since GD and I had also kind of settled on "5". Argr! This is so
> > goofy of a conversation... Trixter, how difficult is it for you to use
> > "5" instead of "V"?
>
> [Trixter] Argh argh argh... Okay, it's "5". Everyone agreed? "5"? "5".
>
[Snowman] I want everyone here to print this mail out, frame it, and hang it
on the wall. This is MCV.. er uhm.. MC5... arg... This is Music Contest Five
history in the making. :-D
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:: ".zip Waste Products"
:: Terminus / Theta + HVC - Jaanus.Kase@theta.fido.ee
[originally from comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos]
On 15 May 97, Dag-Erling Coidan Smrgrav wrote about "Re: music scene sucks.":
DS> "Of course 90% of the modscene is crud! 90% of *everything* is crud!"
This is true. And I have a suggestion to all you out there:
STOP OVERLOADING HORNET WITH BULLSHIT. NOW!
Tt was because of *you* that Hornet stopped rating music. It is because of
*you* that most of the archive and manpower is dedicated to music, goddamnit!
I wouldn't say it if it weren't true. But I've downloaded stuff from Hornet
only to find out that most of it is crap or whatever you call it.
As for me personally, I have uploaded only _one_ tune to Hornet. I'm thinking
of uploading another, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna do that. I uploaded my
song right before they stopped the rating system, so I haven't got my stuff
rated. Which is kinda disappointing - at least I would know if there were a
point in uploading more or not. Sure, if I had got a * or *+ and other songs
were of similar style, there would be no point in uploading them. If I got
*** or more, things were, of course different.
But I hate it when people upload all their goddamn productions that no one
except themselves listens to only to satisfy their own little ego. I know
it's an ego trip, to get your stuff mirrored round the world and stuph, but
hey, let's approach the thing with REASON. Although I do not deny creativity
which may be behind many things, but creativity is not enough IMHO.
Take the real world. Making good music is NOT enough. You have to know how to
sell it. Ok, the musicians don't do it directly, but that doesn't change the
point. The point is that besides content, there is presentation. With
presentation, you help people to get to what you're really trying to say. In
the Scene, it's not about selling. It's about whether people like your stuff.
Like Snowman said in the latest issue of DemoNews:
" [..] Hello people? If the only thing your page says is "Great music
utilities! Nothing yet, under construction.", don't submit it. "
It doesn't go for pages only, it goes for EVERYTHING. Including music and
demos. Self criticism is a feature many people lack. I hate to think it might
be the fault of a nation (Americans have sometimes been blamed for this) and
I still don't think it is about your ethnical or geographical background. It
is about what you are and who you do.
[ ... ]
And, returning to our earthly topic of whether music scene sucks or not, I
would say that before uploading ANYTHING, have it listened by at least few
friends of yours. And give it time. Do not listen it for a week and then
listen to it again. If it doesn't sound as fresh as when you first tracked
it, it's not worth it. Another solution is if people kept their stuff which
does not pass their initial test of whether to upload it or not, on their
personal homepages, which would allow people who are really interested in
them get to them remotely.
Upload only one song which is characteristic to your style or one of your
styles. Provide some method of contact or at least feedback. I'm happy to say
that this is the way I found my latest discovery on the scene, and namely MC
Dreamer. I was looking for Terminator ][ soundtracks (tracked versions of
coz) and I found it from Hornet. And there's the address of the guy's
homepage and BOOM - there's better music than I had ever expected. So I am
happy, and apparently he is happy to get one more fan. :)
So it goes.
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