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| {{Infobox Website | |||
| | name = ] Temple of the Screaming Electron | |||
| | favicon = Totseicon.png | |||
| | logo = | |||
| | screenshot = <!-- Deleted image removed: ] --> | |||
| | caption = <!-- TOTSE's frontpage. --> | |||
| | url = http://www.totse.com/ | |||
| | commercial = Yes | |||
| | type = ] | |||
| | registration = Closed | |||
| | owner = Jeff Hunter | |||
| | author = Jeff Hunter | |||
| | launch date = 1989 (dial up BBS)<br /> 1997 (UBB)<br /> 2007 (vBulletin) | |||
| | end date = January 17th, 2009 | |||
| | current status = Closed as of January 17, 2009 | |||
| | revenue = Graphical advertisements (AdBrite) est. $100,000/yearly | |||
| }} | |||
| '''TOTSE''' {{Audio|Totse.ogg|listen}} ({{IPA2|'tɒt-si}},<ref name="totsemythos"></ref> commonly mispronounced as "tout-see," "toat-see," and "toats," {{IPA2|'tots}}) was a ] website and former ] dedicated to storing text files on a variety of subjects and viewpoints, many of which were unusual or controversial. The name is an ] for ''Temple of the Screaming Electron''. <!-- Please do not place "successor" or "migration" sites in this article - they WILL be removed. If there are any official successor sites, these need to be discussed on this articles talkpage and consensus reached before an entry can be made. Should such sites continue to be added, then this article will be protected from editing by new accounts. Thank you. --> | |||
| == I'm gunns miss Totse... =/ == | |||
| ==History== | |||
| <big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big><big>v'''It was good while it lasted...'''</big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big></big>vvv | |||
| TOTSE was started by Jeff Hunter, real name unknown (a founding member of ])<ref name="totsemythos" /> in 1989 as a ] BBS originally named "& the Temple of the Screaming Electron". The original &TOTSE specialized in small text files. (Hunter had an old 8088 PC XT clone with limited hard drive space; small text files were the only data he could store in reasonable quantity.)<ref name="totsemythos" /> | |||
| TOTSE became available on the Internet in 1997, and the dial-up BBS system was discontinued in the spring of 1998. TOTSE was closed on January 17, 2009, after a goodbye message was posted on the front page of the website by Jeff, thanking the users for the last 20 years.<ref>http://www.totse.com/community/showthread.php?t=2188554&page=1</ref> The ] chat channel remains open but the site has now closed. | |||
| After Totse was shut down, several posters created http://Totse2.net | |||
| ==Media attention== | |||
| TOTSE has been featured in the media, usually for members committing crimes or for its controversial text files. The site also appears on a 2006 Australian anti-terrorism poster<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/WWW/rwpattach.nsf/VAP/(5738DF09EBC4B7EAE52BF217B46ED3DA)~Outdoor.pdf/$file/Outdoor.pdf |description=National Security Information Campaign Poster|author=Australian Government|title=HELP PROTECT AUSTRALIA FROM TERRORISM|date=2005-08-30|accessdate=2007-01-22}}</ref> and a television advertisement. | |||
| Recent attention is due to the "]" of an electronic car park sign in ], ], designed to display the number of spaces left for each car park. The top two displays were replaced with "Fuck" and "Off", while the lower display read "totse".<ref>{{cite news |title= Rude awakening for dawn drivers |first= Louise |last= Acford |url= http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.990185.0.rude_awakening_for_dawn_drivers.php |date= 27 October 2006 |publisher= The Argus |accessdate= 2006-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Rude road signs tell drivers where to go| first=Stewart |last=Payne |publisher= Telegraph |date= 28 October 2006 |accessdate= 2006-10-30 |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/28/nmsg28.xml}}</ref> | |||
| A number of TOTSE members placed prank telephone calls to ] starting on November 21, 2006. When another TOTSE member reported them to Keller via email, he threatened legal action against TOTSE, specifically stating that the prank calls amounted to "conspiracy to obstruct commerce".<ref></ref> The situation was later resolved when a TOTSE moderator contacted Keller and apologized.{{Fact|date=January 2009}} | |||
| ==Community== | |||
| The community of TOTSE was an ] and ] channel. Some users of the community referred to themselves as "Totseans". Members engaged in discussion about a wide variety of topics including but not limited to ], ], ], ], ]s, ], ]s, ], ], ], the ], ], ], and ] projects. TOTSE is affectionately referred to by the users as &T, &TOTSE, and "The Temple". Although Hunter had an account<ref></ref> he rarely posted on the TOTSE forums as himself. In his announcement of TOTSE's closure, Hunter stated that when he started TOTSE his "idea was to have a place where all types of ideas could be spoken, traded, and exchanged, where no topic was off-limits or forbidden."<ref></ref> ; the TOTSE text file archive illustrates this.<ref></ref> | |||
| The forum software was running a highly modified version of ] 5.47a, which has been heavily criticized by several readers due to its age. Hunter purchased a copy of vBulletin, with the eventual upgrade occurring on April 4, 2007.<ref></ref> | |||
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| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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I'm gunns miss Totse... =/
vIt was good while it lasted...vvv