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 h
- 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 want to step on toes, I
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 bette
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 stri
tomatically
imply that I think that anyone who does get a kick out of that sort of thing is
an imbecile and that I'm smarter or better somehow than they are?
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- Original Message -
From: "Swift Griggs"
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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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. Ab
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 and UNIX shell accounts, as well as a few megs
> > of
> > > > space
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 ~/public_html.
> >
> > I still rea
>
> > 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 via GNUS under Emacs on my shell account on
> Pani
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 via
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