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In article <367ba4ed.2422155044@news.alt.net>, beerguy@yankee.stadium 
says...
>
>On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:25:07 -0500, "Who Cares" <who@where.com> wrote:
>
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>>Chris Caputo <ccaputo@tofu.alt.net> wrote in message
>>>In the Customer Agreement the following:
>>>
>>>  "I understand that I am not to run unattended programs which
>>>   automatically retrieve news or email without my intervention."
>>
>>I did  not pay attention to this rule earlier.
>>What do you mean by unattended? Do you mean I have to baby sit the
>>computer while it is downloading some messages and I cannot even go
>>to restroom? And then how would you monitor the compliance of the
>>rule?
>>
>>
>Unattended is pretty self explanatory. Do you have a dictionary?  
>
Err, it's not quite as self-explanatory as you think. Some newsreaders 
can be configured for "off-line" reading of messages. When you log on, 
they automatically download some or all of the messages from 1 or more 
groups. This is quite a normal and useful thing to do. 


>NO, you can't go to the restroom while downloading or uploading. What
>happens if you are on the toilet and your computer causes a glitch in
>on one of Altopias machines? 
>
Well you'd better have pretty quick reactions regardless, 
sub-millisecond I'd say.


>How would you see the error message telling you that you must
>disconnect immediately or risk corrupting all the information on the
>computer you are connected to? 
>
The integrity of the server is not the client's problem. I suggest you 
enrol yourself on a software engineering course.


>Monitoring the compliance is simple. It's all in the logs. They are
>routinely scanned to find people who abuse the unattended rule. 
>
You know this for a fact?


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In article <36bdb702.327110520@news.classact.org>, ClassAct@skuz.net
proves he dropped out of skool before they did big words:
      
>Do I detect a certain hint of antipathy towards me?
>
No, just distaste and disgust.