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On 19 Dec 1998 16:54:18 GMT, mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro) wrote:

>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:
>>
>>>
>>>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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