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On Sat, 19 Dec 1998 12:25:50 -0600, raoulx@telstar.bungmunch.edu (J.
Raoul Xemblinosky III) wrote:

>In article <75glnq$673$2@dosa.alt.net>, 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?
>
>I resent the idea that I can't go take a dump while my newsreader
>is still running.

For me there have been times when I vomited all over myself rather
than leave my newsreader unattended.

>
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