Re: [ProgSoc] Re: [TFL] Re: Ideas

[Colin Yip <bozak@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, alister air wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Christian Kent wrote:
> 
> > I'm just pissed that the 9514 3288 modems are still operating and I miss
> > the shell access they once provided.  It was fast, basic, reliable, and
> > cheap to provide.
> 
> It's not exactly cheap to provide.  It's about as expensive as providing
> PPP.  The hardware's no different... it might mean less bandwidth going
> through, but that's it.  You still need the same number of modems, you
> still need a server to connect them to.

Heh, and ITD have enough problems already: trying to fix up all those PCs,
iMacs, and photocopy machines that get trashed by naive students everyday
(And to think I was still planning to apply for a job there)...

> In MacOS X news, I've compiled and installed openssh about ten minutes
> before finding a precompiled binary (grr...) and it worked heaps easier
> than ssh2 for Solaris.  All my Unixes are belong to OpenSSH.  Somebody set
> up SSH the bomb.

Hmmm, "Somebody set us up the SSH" sounds much better... :-)

> Alister
> 
> --
> 
> Welfare doesn't work, because it gives | Illiteracy blinds the spirit. 
> the poor incentives to remain poor.    | Study, soldier. (CNT leaflet)
> Instead, let's give the wealthy a huge |
> tax cut, so the poor will have an      | It's never too late
> incentive to become millionaires!      | To smash the state.

--
Col'n

-
You are subscribed to the progsoc mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a
message containing "unsubscribe" to progsoc-request@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au.
If you are having trouble, ask owner-progsoc@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au for help.