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Ben Halpern

Can you explain telnet to me? πŸ˜„

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Dan Bonomo • Edited

Sure Ben!

Telnet is an old internet protocol that's hardly used any longer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet

If you're on a mac or linux system, open the terminal and enter "telnet". When the telnet terminal opens, enter "o" (as in open), then enter towel.blinkenlights.nl.

Neato ASCII entertainment ensues.

And as an aside...
Thanks for making this website! I like it!