Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Pete Turnbull
On 22/04/2016 18:47, Swift Griggs wrote: #> I don't run a "full suite of servers". I run an SGI Challenge S that runs on minimal power (about 14-30W most of the time, thus sayeth my Kill-a-watt meter). It's the only system in my entire constellation of systems that stays on all the time. I

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Mike Stein
- Original Message - From: "Swift Griggs" Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 5:48 PM > On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Mike Stein wrote: >> What *is it* with the thin skins around here? > > Mike, sorry if I came across as being overly defensive or thin-skinned. > I really don't

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Swift Griggs
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Mike Stein wrote: > What *is it* with the thin skins around here? Mike, sorry if I came across as being overly defensive or thin-skinned. I really don't want to step on toes, I'd rather just kick it with folks who share my interests. In retrospect, it might have been

RE: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Jay West
Some feel there's thin skin, some feel there's condescension. As always - eye of the beholder. I believe Swift *could* have responded very differently, and I emailed him already off-list thanking him for "politely moving forward and giving the benefit of the doubt" which is what we should all

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Mike Stein
iccmp.org> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 1:47 PM Subject: Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from] > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Tony Aiuto wrote: >> Actually, I don't get this discussion at all. > > Okay, well you are entitled to your view, just like the rest o

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-22 Thread Swift Griggs
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, Tony Aiuto wrote: > Actually, I don't get this discussion at all. Okay, well you are entitled to your view, just like the rest of us, obviously. However, a bit less caviler condescension might lubricate the discussion more effectively. > I had a panix account years ago.

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-21 Thread John Willis
On Thursday, April 21, 2016, Tony Aiuto wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:45 PM, John Willis > > wrote: > > > > > > > > That's another thing I remember and miss from those days... your > > average > > > > ISP would provide NNTP

Re: shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-21 Thread Tony Aiuto
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:45 PM, John Willis wrote: > > > > > That's another thing I remember and miss from those days... your > average > > > ISP would provide NNTP and UNIX shell accounts, as well as a few megs > of > > > space to put up a personal web site in

shell accounts [was RE: strangest systems I've sent email from]

2016-04-21 Thread Rich Alderson
From: John Willis Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 8:02 AM > That's another thing I remember and miss from those days... your average > ISP would provide NNTP and UNIX shell accounts, as well as a few megs of > space to put up a personal web site in ~/public_html. I still read Usenet newsgroups