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Hello Wayne - 

CA>> Ever run across the BOFH files? 

WC>> Nope, not a clue. 

Comedy text files about a sysadmin who lies, cheats, steals,
and sabotages to keep his job. 

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CA>> From what Steven D. is saying the size of the actual
CA>> browser's binary is often the tip of an iceberg. Some
CA>> small browser binaries require HUGE libaries of support
CA>> files. :-\ 

WC> Oh sure, even the MultiMail OLR download mentioned needing
WC> Slackware 3.0 libc5.tgz to function. 

What I mean is often the libraries required by a particular
browser are not the same ones that are used by your
distribution/version of Linux which means you have to add to
what you have creating 'bloat'. 

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WC> It really only took a second to mess up and maybe 5 hours
WC> to retrieve everything, 22 minutes tape and the rest
WC> retrieving Linux packages off the net. 

I really get stressed out when I find myself in a situation
like that. Good that you knew what you had to do. :-) 

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WC> last time I went into such an esablishment was 15 years
WC> ago, Tanga Lounge in Tampa. 

It's been 16 years for me. 

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WC> Think Verizon :-( You know when it was GTE it didn't
WC> require authorization for SMTP and I recall them sending me
WC> an e-mail to the effect that would be soon be the case
WC> after they changed their name to Verizon thus leading to my
WC> current Linux SMTP problem that would otherwise not exist. 

I am annoyed that ISPs change long-established practices
without any consideration for all the software they are going
to 'break' and it annoys me that much of the software combined
two separate functions into one with no way to separate them.
Many DOS programs are failing because of these two things. 

CA>> Tape was necessary when there were no affordable
CA>> alternatives. QIC tape is, however, not entirely
CA>> dependable based on my experiences using it. 

WC> Alternatives cost and I don't have assets. I _was_ having
WC> trouble with the drive but a cotton swab dipped in alcohol
WC> fixed that. I still don't trust the old tapes either thus
WC> four identical copies. 

That is what I did, cotton swab and dupe backups. At $20 per
tape I was not happy with using tapes. 

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