Re: UNIX newbie question

[gregt@visix.com (Greg Thompson)]

[ pardon me while i rant for a little bit...]

>"jk" == Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com> writes:

  jk> I have learned more from Brian Tao talking about the Internet on
  jk> Genie's A2 than I have learned about the net in the past year by
  jk> reading c.s.a2.

  i hate to sound like a net fascist, but c.s.a2 isn't the place to
learn about the net.

  [ jk's stuff about wasted bandwidth, which i agree with 100% ]

  jk> Heck, we could be teaching each other about this wonderful world
  jk> of the Internet instead.

  again, this is c.s.a2, not some general net newsgroup, or unix
newsgroup.  there are groups for such things.  i don't read 'em,
'cause i don't care to hear about that kind of stuff, and i have other
sources for the info.  feel free to peruse them, ask questions, and
learn more than you've ever wanted to know about the net.

  jk> Rhetorical question...don't send e-mail to answer...but, how
  jk> many people are still using ftp when they should be using ncftp
  jk> instead? I do not think that the term ncftp has _ever_ once come
  jk> up in c.s.a2. Is it in the FAQ?  No. So, lots of Apple II folks
  jk> are still struggling with ftp.

  i've never used ncftp.  in fact, you're the only person i've ever
heard mention it.  i'm more than happy with regular ftp, and
ange-ftp/dired in emacs.

  jk> I guess my point is that just as I am clueless about compiling
  jk> unix source, I'm sure there are many Apple II people reading
  jk> c.s.a2 who are clueless to other aspects of the net. I'm not
  jk> trying to be the netiquette police, but I sure wish we could
  jk> learn more (and teach more) about the net from c.s.a2.

  why?  if you and other people want to learn more about the net, then
go ahead and read the newsgroups that are meant for that kind of info.
i'm sure there are more appropriate newsgroups out there than c.s.a2.

  jk> Oh well, all and all, I'd rather be here than on AOL <haha>.

  glad to hear it...

		-greg