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In article <nevin-2001960401320001@150.135.1.79>,
Nevin ":-]" Liber <nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU> wrote:
>In article <4doefv$jg5@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi
>Krishna Swamy) wrote:
>
>> I type "lynx http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rkswamy/www/"  at my prompt.
>> It works fine, but I was reading news and did not feel like
>> hitting "ctrl-z" and then running Lynx.
>
>Er, what's the point of having a system that has a CLI as a selling point
>when it's most adamant supporters start claiming that it is too painful to
>actually use it?  Yeah, sure CLIs are faster.

It is too painful when the load is 4 and it takes 12 seconds for
the "ctrl-z" to actually return you to your prompt.  I did not
feel like waiting 12 seconds to check on a URL for someone else.

As for CLI's, I don't care about what the hell you like or
how superior you think GUI's are over CLI's.  I like them both
for different things.  When you are limited to nothing but a CLI
then you're going to use a CLI anyway no matter how much you like
or dislike it.  Explain to me how I can get graphics when
connected through a non SLIP/PPP link and then I'll only use
a GUI. 

>> I was already compiling
>> some other stuff in the background with "make &"  and since
>> there were already about 35 other users on the machine making
>> the load around 4, I did not feel like like taking the time
>> to check the url since the machine was already too slow to start
>> with.
>
>Are you saying that lynx puts a significant load on your system?

It is too painful when the load is 4 and it takes 12 seconds for
the "ctrl-z" to actually return you to your prompt.  I did not
feel like waiting 12 seconds to check on a URL for someone else.

Ravi
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Ravi K. Swamy                http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rkswamy/www/
rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu         root@genom.com