1. BBS: The Documentary subtitles - OpenSubtitles.org
Subtitles are machine translated. Foreign Parts Only. Very advanced search ... BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc ...
BBS: The Documentary subtitles. BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott Sadofsky of textfiles.com. Production work began in July 2001 and completed in December 2004. The finished product began shipping in May 2005. Although the documentary was released under the Creative Commons Attribute-ShareAlike 2.0 License[1], meaning that anyone can legally download it for free, Jason Scott Sadofsky has made it known that the downloadable version is only a taste of the full experience and recommends that individuals purchase the documentary DVDs.
2. So You Downloaded the Documentary
Downloading the episodes themselves misses out on a ton of features on the DVD; I made sure owning the DVD was worth it, so it has subtitles, commentary tracks, ...
In 2001, I decided that the history of the dial-up BBS was going to be lost or at least be a shadow of what it could have been. So I got myself a camera, started making phone calls and e-mails out to people, and started out on a journey. 20,000 miles of travel, 200 interviews, and 4 years later, I finally finished it, and the result is "BBS: The Documentary", a 3-DVD set about the BBS that's getting rave reviews. Of course, you know this already... because you're downloading it! Downloading the documentary is OK, thanks to the Creative Commons license! I released the entire production under what's called a "Creative Commons" license. Instead of becoming a part of the massive group of content providers that are threatening children and families with insane fines and jail time for watching movies, I decided I would instead encourage people to share or use portions of the story of the BBS. I think the history of the BBS is important for people who are using the Internet to know about. As someone who grew up using BBSes, I knew I wanted as many people to see it. Getting money out of every single person who watched it ever for all of time was not a goal. Granted, this production DID cost me a lot of money: tens of thousands of dollars and years of my life (editing alone was 8 solid months, hours a day, every day). But again, just the fact that this interests you and that you learn about BBSes is the important thing. So, some quick basics and you're on your way. Downloadi...
3. Get the BBS Documentary for Free
The BBS Documentary came on three DVD-ROM discs, each of them 9 gigabytes, and with all the features, subtitles, commentary tracks, and bonus items included.
The BBS Documentary was released under Creative Commons, and can be passed around and given away, screened, even sold with my complete blessing. (If you still want to say hi, you can mail me at bbsdocumentary@textfiles.com.)
4. BBS: The Documentary - Anarchivism
9 jun 2014 · All of the episodes are subtitled in English and include director's commentary tracks. The Artscene episode is the only one to include subtitles ...
5. BBS Documentary Update - ASCII by Jason Scott
The subtitle people have been just absolutely astounding. Christian Wirth has jumped in and has transcribed over 4 hours of footage and counting. And the ...
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6. BBS: The Documentary : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming
28 feb 2011 · This 3-DVD set contains many stories of the BBS, including: - The first BBSes and their unique look on the world - The experience of being a System Operator ( ...
The Bulletin Board System: it brought life online. Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and...
7. Three More BBS Documentary Updates - ASCII by Jason Scott
Every task in this project is really darned huge, and very time consuming. Just subtitles have been a big deal, not to mention the commentary tracks, or ...
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8. BBS: The Documentary : Jason Scott - Internet Archive
10 mei 2008 · Subject: One of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I love this documentary, and I agree with the comments. This documentary is an ...
Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connected the planet and redefined what it meant to use a computer there was a brave and pioneering band of...
