Hi, On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Christopher D Maher wrote: > How/why do you want to read people's emails? Three reasons:
Because if I have a question, it is reasonable to expect that someone else has already asked it, and there will be a reply to it elsewehere on the web. Google will (often) find an answer from someone that I can use. I expect that one one day, HR people start trawling the web for posts from the job applicants. This will give them a reasonable idea of the communication skills/helpfulness/personality of the applicants. Because every now and then, someone will put some thought into their emails, and I will learn something. - new distro, new application, new language, whatever. Which makes it worth the effort of putting up with the dross. Derek. > On 24/02/07, Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > Are there other uses? > > Yes. > > By reading developer lists in a project, I can quickly see who know > > what they are talking about. Thus, I get the name and address of people > > who know things - thus the interenet enables me to be put in touch with > > some clued up people. > > > > By putting a person's name into google, I can do a quick review of > > someone, and form an opinion of what they are like. By reading their > > emails, their personality & skills is obvious. The internet exposes a > > person and their personality. > > > > Most times, when someone writes to a list with some new thing, I will > > take their email address and prepend http:// and look the company up on > > the web... > > > > I find a new command in some aspect of the shell or language, and the man > > page is not clear. A quick google on "tutorial new_command" will often > > provide more information - so the internet is a repositary of information > > on using computers. > > > > In the course of work, something crashes with a weird error - a quick cut > > and paste of the error message into google gives some interesting answers. > > > > It allows remote management and upgrade of remote computers. I have, while > > living in Christrchurch upgraded kernels, installed software & tracked the > > performance of computers running in the United States. > > > > The internet is also a sure and accurate path to madness. How do I do > > this, - search, find some incomplete/outdated web page which you > > immediately follow, and the computer setup is now "toast". > > > > My favourite example is having hassles in running a debugger on C++ code. > > You search, and will find comments like, > > "add -g to the compile line" > > "add -g and -O2 to the compile line" > > In fact, if you want to make it do the best possible job of debugging, > > change the compile line to be > > " -g3 -ggdb -O0" > > which forces no optimisation, and adds extra information to help the > > debugger. > > > > > > So yes, more uses for the internet. > > > > Derek. > > > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2007, Reg wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, 23 February 2007 8:02 p.m. > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: internet use > > > > > > > Downloading pr0n > > > > > > > > Reading slashdot > > > > > > > > Downloading TV without ads and without reduction of 16:9 to 4:3 > > > > > > > > Are there other uses? > > > > > > All the previously stated plus chatting to family > > > > > > Reg > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Derek Smithies Ph.D. > > IndraNet Technologies Ltd. > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ph +64 3 365 6485 > > Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ > > > > > -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
