Pretty fucking low but the odds that you would have at least one story something like this are a lot higher. :)

In network theory, Serge is what is known as a hub. If you mapped out all the connections between people, Serge would be surrounded by a thicket of connections. I don't think that's an accident. Serge is the Mel Blanc of internet porn.



Last edited by Colin at Apr 17 2003, 05:32 AM

Colin,

You think Kevin Bacon sits aroung playing 6 Degrees of Serge Birbrair???

:blink:

It was early 1997 when I started my first site and was shut down by my ISP within two days after Persiankitty listed me. I guess many of us started out that way!

A few weeks later we (myself + two partners) each got one domain and started developing a site to see where it would get us. I was the only one with some success, so eventually we parted ways and I continued by myself.

My first sponsor was CE. There was also some other sponsor, I remember the site had a "medical theme" with nurses (sexclinic or something like that?).

Things started to take off when I became a YNOT member, and moved to my own server with AboveNet.

I have never had lunch or dinner with Serge, although I did meet him once (for a few minutes). :rolleyes:

Greetings,

Art

Probably ;-]

Interesting enough, Kevin Bacon isn't especially unusual in his number of connections to other actors. It's just historical accident that his name is married to the "Six Degrees" game.

I think Mel Blanc is listed in more movies than anyone else.

Porn stars are notoriously high on the most-connected list for actors. Ron Jeremy is very high.

FDR had 22,000 names in his appointment book.



Last edited by Colin at Apr 17 2003, 07:36 AM

put up my first porn site on tripod.com in Nov 96 after making few bucks on a mainstream site.
got a 6 cent check from IEG,
first domain registered on June 1st, 97




Last edited by slavdogg at Apr 17 2003, 07:48 AM

I first got online in '95...started webmastering (mainstream) in '96; and put up my first porn site (Amazin' Asians) in late '97. Back then, you could only register a domain through Network Solutions and only for 2 years...

Started in Aug/99..... met Serge in June/2006 while I was visiting a retirement home in Boca.


As a gesture of good faith, I offer to spring for a room for CJ and Slavik at the next convention.

Since '97...

Oh, domains at $70 for two years. And weren't they $100 briefly because of a government tax on them?

We had to buy thousands for search engines. It changed the SE game when prices were dropped to $10-$15 and people were able to start buying 1000 domains for $10,000.

"got a 6 cent check from IEG,"


Never sent them a click :D

Gerry had one of their 6 cent checks on his wall - It bounced at the bank :moon:

jeff, how is ally?

we'll be in nj next week

Serge,

She is well thank you.

Odd as it sounds , we will be in Florida next week. Running away for a much needed vacation.

heh, just left Seth@IEG's office, I'm sure he'll be flattered people still talk about him ;-)

r u his new driver?
;-000

once again, we are running away from each other
;-000

and your still a nobody

what a surprise

:unsure:

Forest, stop stalking me!

PLUUEEAASSSEEEEEE

I have much better things to do then to stalk you

like watch paint dry

:awinky:

HAHA Yeah we should do a 6 degrees of seperation with Serge...

He has been around....

Slav you have built up a pretty impressive domain portfolio since then!!

Wish I would had been smart with domains, one of the few mistakes I regret.... I blame Webfather... he was preaching about them, but he was such a dork - who would listen? hahaha Guess who is the dork now!!!

What a kewl thread :)

March 1, '99 for me. I had just quit a job working for the credit bureau as a skip tracer. I was tired of hunting down people to pay their bills...lol.

I was a total chat junkie from '95 'til then. I also had my very own personal geocities site too, made with Netscape Composer. I had no idea there was actual CODE behind the pages I made...hahaha.

I had a 'dancer' friend who asked me to put up a site for her. So, I started researching and after a couple of weeks, realized I could make far more money making my own sites, than a site for her...haha.

I started on a freehost too. Then I finally splurged and bought a few domains and a $25 a month host. I still wasn't making a whole lot of money, but then things turned around when I sold my first domain for $2k. I was estatic!!

I took the money and invested it into more domains, content etc etc. Best thing I ever did.

Worked with snoops for RookieClass for 2 years and then landed my current position with CQ2 and I've never looked back. :)

As for Serge, I didn't meet him until 2001 I believe. Snoops introduced us at one of the shows.

But my meeting with his beautiful wife ladylaw was pretty memorable for me. I was at a show in Vancouver. I was at the hotel wandering around and saw her sitting at a piano in the corner of a room, playing. I had no idea who she was. I walked over and we started talking and then we played a simple duet together...haha.

Low and behold, she is now Serge's wife. :)

I look back now and see how much people's lives have changed in the time I've been doing this. From marriages to having babies and even death.

This biz really isn't as big as it may seem.

Celebrating 3 years in June. I kinda feel out of place ;p



you dont really need 6 degrees for Serge, most people would only need 1 or 2 ;p



Last edited by DrGuile at Apr 17 2003, 11:49 AM

Interesting but not really surprising... how many countries are there and how many people that could be important from each... then you add in the corporations, departments of our own gov't that he might need, I just wonder if he remembered each of their faces lol...

Readers Digest Version:

--Oct 1 1997 Bought First Domain

--Oct 10 1997 Launched first site (with this fantastic idea that it would be a free site until we got people hooked on it then we would turn it into a pay site)

--Oct 15 1997 Asked PK for a link to my free site :)

--Oct 20 1997 Asked PK again for a link to my free site :unsure:

--Oct 25 1997 Begged PK for a link to my free site :inlove:

--Oct 30 1997 Got a call from my host (Mindspring) that we were pushing 100 times our agreed upon rate and the invoice for the FIRST MONTH was going to be $5,000. PK listed us!!! WOOPEEEEE! :wnw:

--Oct 30 1997 (15 minutes later) Turned on the new Join Pages for the members area!!! (we're in the money....we're in the money :rokk:

--Oct 30 1997 (15 minutes later) Check Stats..... 20 Signups!! :zoinks:

--Oct 30 1997 (15 minutes later) PK terminated us because we changed to a pay site and she never replied to an email since. :o


Now what?


Been trying to answer that question ever since :)



--T


(should give props to MikeAI, though....when things went bust with PK I met Mike and he listed us on AmateurIndex and I swear to you that from that point forward it was like taking candy from a baby.....well, until the great fall of 2002 :)





Last edited by SweetT at Apr 17 2003, 02:42 PM

Serge...

I think it was June 2000...I was in LA with RB and Fold to do some golfing. We were riding down the interstate in a RENTAL convertible when a HUGE, BLACK, 4X4 SUBURBAN with tinted windows and big Hella Lights and one of those push grills on the front comes rolling up behind us and tailgating us and honking and flashing ALL the lights. I was scared as shit. RB, in typical Brooklyn fashion, begins to cuss and holler and flip birds out the roof at this idiot who is threatening our lives. We came to a stop light at the next exit and the truck slides to stop directly to our left. I duck so that RB will got shot instead of me....when J$tyle$ sticks his head out the window and says "Sup?"

I almost cried :)


Figure the mathematical probablilty of people from THREE separate states driving in a FOURTH state in a RENTAL car and having someone from a FIFTH state roll up on them on the INTERSTATE. (Keep in mind there was no tradeshow, no nothing....we were out there golfing and Jonathon was either interviewing or had just started with CE (driving Ron's Suburban).

--T

NOW Lensman is your competition
;-)))

and he has advertising venues and you do not
;-)))))

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.p...threadid=126033

Serge...

I think it was June 2000...I was in LA with RB and Fold to do some golfing. We were riding down the interstate in a RENTAL convertible when a HUGE, BLACK, 4X4 SUBURBAN with tinted windows and big Hella Lights and one of those push grills on the front comes rolling up behind us and tailgating us and honking and flashing ALL the lights. I was scared as shit. RB, in typical Brooklyn fashion, begins to cuss and holler and flip birds out the roof at this idiot who is threatening our lives. We came to a stop light at the next exit and the truck slides to stop directly to our left. I duck so that RB will got shot instead of me....when J$tyle$ sticks his head out the window and says "Sup?"

I almost cried :)


Figure the mathematical probablilty of people from THREE separate states driving in a FOURTH state in a RENTAL car and having someone from a FIFTH state roll up on them on the INTERSTATE. (Keep in mind there was no tradeshow, no nothing....we were out there golfing and Jonathon was either interviewing or had just started with CE (driving Ron's Suburban).

--T[/b][/quote]
Holy Shit!!!!

Porners are coming, porners are coming!

we are EVERYWHERE!

Time to enter the Political Life!
;-0)))))

Oh, I have advertising venues at my disposal, you know that :)


If I know Joe as well as I think I do he will be a valid competitor....not like some of these people that think they can become a host with no investment. If you look around GFY for the past 72 hours I think there are threads on 2 or 3 different hosts that have gone bye-bye. :)


--T

Oh, I have advertising venues at my disposal, you know that :)


If I know Joe as well as I think I do he will be a valid competitor....not like some of these people that think they can become a host with no investment. If you look around GFY for the past 72 hours I think there are threads on 2 or 3 different hosts that have gone bye-bye. :)


--T[/b][/quote]
Good for all remaining players!

I belive that 5-7 hosters is more than enough!
;-=)))

LOL, I remember you asking me the difference between raws and uniques! :D

Oh, I have advertising venues at my disposal, you know that :)


If I know Joe as well as I think I do he will be a valid competitor....not like some of these people that think they can become a host with no investment. If you look around GFY for the past 72 hours I think there are threads on 2 or 3 different hosts that have gone bye-bye. :)


--T[/b][/quote]
their either going bye or getting bought out. Can't sale below cost or have bad service in any business, much less one that's as competive as the hosting biz is.

started in like march of '96 with a partner, my mainstream world boss at the time. My ideas, my work, his money.

Free site initially freeadult.com (which he has since LOST) fuckin idiot...

then started a paysite a few months later.

Ugly 'breakup' with him in 98 and been pluggin along ever since..

I was actually responsible for getting a 'name' into the business back then, didn't receive as much as a thank you even though he lives like a king now.. Ingrates :steemed:

ah well...

HAHAHAHA.....oh man Anthony...I was going to say something about you too *blush*.....yup....you DEFINITELY were there for me in my beginnings....I hadn't a CLUE! haha BUT, you gotta ask those questions to SOMEBODY right? Just glad it was youuuuuu! (where the hell is Moose these days anywayyyyyyy??)

I remember sitting at my puter talking to you on ICQ and thinking 'geez, this guy lives in FL and I'm in Vancouver. We'll NEVER meet in real life...'

Of course I was totally wrong (thankfully). You ended up moving to Van. and we've met and had lunch on a couple of occasions. :)


:rokk:



Last edited by gigi at Apr 17 2003, 12:45 PM

HAHAHAHA.....oh man Anthony...I was going to say something about you too *blush*.....yup....you DEFINITELY were there for me in my beginnings....I hadn't a CLUE! haha BUT, you gotta ask those questions to SOMEBODY right? Just glad it was youuuuuu! (where the hell is Moose these days anywayyyyyyy??)

I remember sitting at my puter talking to you on ICQ and thinking 'geez, this guy lives in FL and I'm in Vancouver. We'll NEVER meet in real life...'

Of course I was totally wrong (thankfully). You ended up moving to Van. and we've met and had lunch on a couple of occasions. :)


:rokk:[/b][/quote]
hehe, yeah life is funny isn't it?

Moose is here http://www.phatservers.net 300+ servers. Serving the TGP community and Free Site webmasters since 2002. =o)

Well I'll Be! I didn't know phatservers was him! Good for him!

Tell him I said 'howdy!' :)

What a trip down memory lane!

I was just a web surfer back in 97 that had (as most surfers do) saved up a ton of nudie pictures on my pc.

I was working at Pepsi and had no clue even how to build a website so One day I clicked on the Ynot button on PK's website and was dumb enough to post on the board that I had a ton of images and wanted to know what to do with them!

Well, Serge being Serge, jumped all over my newbie ass!

I started teaching myself html and registered the domain xxxwebmaster.com and put up my first site. Pushrod and Spanky gave me my first links - then PK, then a few others and every Monday I went over to Colin's site and stole his thumbnails and pictures cause we all had the same ZMaster content.

I met Jonathan and the WebMistress and attended the show down in Florida where I watched Serge get a lap dance at Denny's.

I was hooked and have been doing this ever since

At the end of this month I will have been in the adult business for 1 month! I started in mainstream hosting in 1997 so I do have some experience. Looking forward to this new avenue I have started down.

hehe, yeah life is funny isn't it?

Moose is here http://www.phatservers.net 300+ servers. Serving the TGP community and Free Site webmasters since 2002. =o)[/b][/quote]
2001 bro..

Just had our second birthday :rokk:


:bwave: GiGi

Bama, that was hillarious when I sent you to the office building and even gave you the floor number to sell thosae images like girlscouts sell cookies
;-))

tookj you a while to figure out I was pulling your leg
;-)))