Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:05:57 05/06/00
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On May 06, 2000 at 00:20:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On May 05, 2000 at 10:58:16, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
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>>(1) You have to only wait for more "user-friendly" environment. And it'll appear
>>as soon as *ix would become popular on desktop computers.
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>I really don't think so. I think the unix 'folks' are more used to being
>a little more careful. IE I would _never_ run something sent via email, if
>it were possible to automate it. I'm simply not that trusting. But it is
>a matter of 'upbringing' no doubt.
>
>
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>>(2) I already wrote that average user would login as the administrator -- please
>>read below. Just look how that average user logged on on NT/Win2k.
>>
>>Eugene
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>I don't think the average unix user logs on as root. I don't do it except
>when doing system tasks that require it. On our 250+ unix hosts here, there
>are only two of us that even _know_ the root password.
>
>But in any case, news:
>
>I now have 120 gigs of disk ready. I will finish setting up the new ftp
>machine Monday, although it may take another day to get it online, as it is
>also our usenet news server and phasing that over takes a bit of time to get
>everything synchronized
>
>shortly there will be a 120gig partition for databases... hopefully by Tuesday
>at the latest.
How big are the 6 piece tablebases on average? How many do you think you will be
able to place on it? All?
Albert Silver
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