🚀 go-pugleaf

In the sacred domain of uk.comp.os.linux, Steve Dodd <dirk@loth.demon.co.uk> babbled thusly:
> Lee Maguire <see-sig@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>> But (and this was my point) for someone wanting to check from an
>> external box if the machine was online then being able to access
>> it's webserver is as good an indication as a sucessful finger query.

> It wouldn't necessarily tell you that *I* was logged in, though. My machine
> dials out at some stupid time of the morning (ok, 7.30am <g>) under it's
> own steam. You'll rarely find me at the keyboard at that time..

Hasn't cheap rate ended by then? Why not set it off at 4am?
:)

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