To all those who have to pay by the minute for their ISP and/or suffer from
slow or difficult to get phone connections: I get it, okay? Sorry. You may
now safely stop posting your remarks on this topic.
Please see my suggestion posted 8:59am 12/17/99: Might Sun post attachments
on their hardware?
At 09:24 PM 11/17/99 -0200, you wrote:
>David Janszen wrote:
>
>> P.S. To those who feel that they were inconvenienced by the attachment that
>> Vincent kindly made for me, I think it is only fair to point out that
>> during downloads, other processes are generally not locked out, so it
>> should not be too hard to make productive use of one's time while receiving
>> a big attachment. Also, if someone does not have a posting site, I do not
>> really see the alternative. Lastly, in theory, such an attachment serves
>> more than just the one making the request.
>
> Please do not forget about us poor souls who download the list e-mail
>while online at their ISPs, and being charged by every extra minute. Add
>to this the pathetic performance I get out of my brazilian telephone
>line and you get the picture - extra lost time and extra charges.
> If the file is useful to only one person, exchange the file through
>private e-mail. Otherwise, put it in a homepage somewhere and post the
>URL. There are far too many more people that are not interested on any
>given file than otherwise on a list as big as this one. Why should the
>rest pay for something they do not want?
> It is not my intention to offend you by replying to your comment, just
>to explain my point of view. Please do not take it the wrong way.
>
>--
>---------------------------------------------------------------
> Alexandre Sieira Vilar - http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~asv
> Computer Engineering Student at PUC-Rio - GNU and Linux rock!
> 3rd kyu Aikikkai Aikidoka (as of November 28, 1998)
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>"The Art of Peace begins with you. Work on yourself and
>your appointed task in the Art of Peace. Everyone has a
>spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in
>some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here for no
>other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and
>manifest your innate enlightenment. Foster peace in your
>own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter."
>
> Morihei Ueshiba
>
>
>
David Janszen,
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Microcom Corp.
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