Re: Use //c to show ftp weather from Bureau of Meteorology

[Osgeld <osgeld@cheesefactory.us>]

On Jun 22, 2:25 pm, Tony Cianfaglione <ab...@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Osgeld wrote:
> > requires scripting of some sort, but seems like a better solution than
> > tony's (borderline spam) solution
>
>     How is it borderline spam when I get no financial benefit from
> suggesting what is a great service that still supports classic and legacy
> systems.  Everybody complains these days that the internet world has
> moved on and this freenet is fighting to stay alive so that it can offer
> free (for needy folks) and cheap accounts for hobbyists, legacy buffs to
> hang onto their older systems and connect directly with the internet and
> not worry about javascript garbage, cookies etc?
>
>     No wonder I hardly post on csa2 anymore with attitudes like this.  I
> fight to help keep the II alive everyday and offer support for anyone
> looking to do so.  And what do I get?  Accused of spamming the newsgroup.
> Get real!  So, are those folks who are bragging up Carte Blanche, the
> iDisk etc spamming?  Getting a cheap internet text account is a lot easier
> than writing scripts to try to connect your IIc to a PC and getting ftp to
> work over it.

I dont know that you are or are not getting kickback, here is my
thought when I saw it

"hey I have an apple connected to a pc"

first solution, get a long distance plan and check out this service
(continues with a newspaper ad) your just missing an 800 number and a
sales rep contact

its not my fault you didnt bother to keep up with the internet and the
only solution you have is to have someone provide you a service,
mostly what you get already on your pc and you just have to pipe it
over a serial port

whatever, sorry I posted to the op yes you need to spend 24$ a month
and get a special long distance plan just to receive a text file and
display it