On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:10:18AM -0400, der Mouse wrote: > Like, oh, just to pick an example, Usenet back in the dialup days.
Now that's a fond memory. I still vividly recall scrambling to figure out how I was going to convince Large Midwestern University to pay the phone bills that ballooned quickly with usage. I don't think I actually broke any regulations, but I'm certain I bent a few. But it was worth it. The peer-to-peer interactions with people engaged in similar computing efforts elsewhere provided a wealth of information, so if assessed purely on a bang/buck basis, it was a huge win. Hopefully we were able to pay back at least part of that by dispensing as much help as we could; a simple "thank you" just doesn't seem like quite enough to send someone who's just rescued you from the frying pan. ---Rsk _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
