The perl script known as "Day Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...] > As for installing more software, as in the proposal for spam filters, > I have seen that I can install anything I want on a dos system with > little or no risk to the kernel, and even if it is damaged, repair > is quick and simple. But I have seen trying to install something in > Linux completely trash the drive. It may very well be that I dont > properly understand how to install linux apps, but in that case, it > may very well be that I am too stupid and lazy to read and properly > understand the documentation, and not lucid enough to locate the > right sources. Of course, this is also complicated by the habit I > got from dos where the documentation came with the app and was on > my own drive, readily available. OK gang, while the latest iteration of the program had some initial promise, it's broken down into meandering from topic to topic, only now withing a few sentences. I'm afraid that this is old, tired ground. Surely the program could monitor slashdot and a few other news sources and at least come up with something that remotely supported its position once in a while. The constant "DOS never broke, but Linux is frail" thread is silly, and completely shatters the illusion that there's anything generating the message. > whereas with linux apps, what seems to be happening is that they are > only offering documentation online, which means that you havta fill > out a form, and make yourself even more subject to spam. no thanx. > I have not had good luck with that. If this were even moderately true, the program would seem lifelike. As it is, it fails the Turing test badly on this point alone. Any fool can find a wealth of information on Linux without ever encountering a web form. And most of it can be read with a text-only browser to boot. > What I would advocate is a global user co-op, which like the BBS > nets, was actually owned by the sysops and users rather than some > non-personal organization in it for the money. I live in a rural > area, and see that our local co-op electric utility has delivered > electricity at far lower rates than most folks pay. This time of > year, with the hydro full of winter rain, we even sell what we > dont need, and our rates run about 4 cents/kwh. Just do it. :) I think the AI wants to build a global, cooperative network, with global reach, providing cheap access to all users. Hmmm... I've heard that before. > A coop ISP/Internet could do the same; make access between the user > base unimpeded, with every source of every post identified as to > just who sent it. The users, rather than the profit centered ISP > and the advertisers, would have control over who had access. It > would be a very competitive system, for without the spam, the > bandwidth pipes from the backbone to the user would be gonzo cheaper. Economies of no scale? Yeah, THAT'S it! OK, this one's amusing. - Bob > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
