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See Who? See Me.

A kludgy little guide to CU-SeeMe.

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Extremely dated, and proud!!!

(These pages stopped breathing around... oh, 1997?)

  1. Introduction

    2. Okay, I will admit it: I hang around a lot on CU-SeeMe. Ah, good ol' cornell reflector... home away from home. [NOTE: yeah, the "ol' cornell family" has become somewhat disbanded and now must get their collective fix on semi-private reflectors, but life is crazy, so what'd ya expect?]

    What is this thing? Well, you are better off not knowing, but since you asked, I offer now to you my personal reflections on this net-based video-conferencing tool that will suck the life right out of you.

    If you want to find out all the gory details on this product (and not have to hear some addict's twisted rants), click on "CU-SeeMe" at the top of this page and go right to the source. Otherwise, read on! For a very useful and current web publication on CU-SeeMe fun, mayhem, and gossip, please read the latest issue of The Reflector. Great starting point...

  2. Friends

    3. You make plenty of these on CU-SeeMe. And some enemies, too. But we will talk about that more later. Ah... such a sense of community. Plus, it is comforting to know there are folks who are nearly as dorky as you all over the world!

    If you would like to meet some of the people I have met on CU-SeeMe, check out my Page-O-Friends.

  3. Community

    4. Mm-hmm, just like the rest of net.dom, CU-SeeMe gives in to the peculiar notions behind human-civilization, with the usual net twists. You will meet folks you wish you were sharing a beer with (well, in the same room), and folks you wish you were hitting over the head with a beer bottle.

    You will be especially impressed with the number of thinkers who put names like "Show Me Yours" expecting buxom women to become inspired and disrobe. Outside of this, settle in and develop your net.personality to fit with the new-found visual image (little tougher for gender-hoaxing). It's just like a party! Well, with geeks. In black and white. In a tiny window, at 1.5 frames-per-second. And no bowls of snacks.

    Oh, and don't forget, lurkers are to be treated as the lower class citizens they are. Hey, this ain't IRC. (heh)

  4. Off-Line

    5. Wow... if you are really lucky, you will get to meet some of your friends in person! I have been extremely lucky and been able to do this for quite a bit of my cu-chums. Maybe if the stars are aligned just right, you can attend one of the semi-frequent "gatherings" and meet a whole SLEW of CU-SeeMe losers.. er, devotees!

    Be warned however, that the effects of the 1.5fps/grayscale/fisheye-lens factors more often than not improve people's looks and, hell, personalities. Fortunately, this has not been the case for any of my friends I have met! But just thought I would set ya thinking a bit...

  5. Recovery

    6. Hmmm... What are you talking about?

  6. General Advice

    7. Just go out and try it. Don't take things too seriously. Expect boring smalltalk (on the net? never!). RTFM. Don't be a jerk. Help out and party like crazy every now and again.