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It sounds as if he operates in batch mode with regard to communication.
by motters 17y ago
It sounds as if he operates in batch mode with regard to communication.
- asb 17y agoIn 2007 at least, he opted to use a demon to email him pages rather than browse the web: For personal reasons, I do not browse the web from my computer. (I also have not net connection much of the time.) To look at page I send mail to a demon which runs wget and mails the page back to me. It is very efficient use of my time, but it is slow in real time. http://lwn.net/Articles/262570/ http://lwn.net/Articles/262570/
- elblanco 17y agoHe really is >this< close to being certifiable.
- radu_floricica 17y agoI hope it's a joke. I actually did this some 12 years ago. We only had email access at my high school, and I used to browse ftp sites by email. With emails being sent only twice a day. I leaned pretty quickly that all the good stuff is in /pub... saved me a full day of browsing.
- gaius 17y ago"I also have not net connection much of the time" Even that's quirky, when you can hardly buy a phone without Internet capability these days. You have to be deliberately avoiding a connection.
- henrikschroder 17y agoThose phones you speak of, do they run 100% Free Software? If not, rms isn't interested.
- wildjim 17y agoIs it really? Don't you get sick of being "always on" sometimes? Perhaps the averse reactions here have something to do with too many of us living in densely populated/over-populated or even over-stimulated environments; the short-attention-span generation?
- Ixiaus 17y agoSometimes I do... I give my self breaks, I also be sure to not watch television and read books often. It helps. Even when you are off the grid, you can still get 24/7 high-speed internet with bi-directional satellite!
- gaius 17y agoSure, but it doesn't mean I'm without a network connection. There is no situation that I'd want to be uncontactable by everyone. I've an IM client on my phone that a very few people know the account, that will always notify, even if I've chosen to ignore every other kind of message. RMS is just being ornery.