S90405184%HSEPM1.HSE.NL@cunyvm.cuny.edu (03/15/91)
Hello, I've seen a few messages referring to amoeba now. Is there someone out there (Andy?) who could answer a few questions? For example: - What is it? - Is it public domain (like Minix or even true public domain)? - What is it intended for (made for)? Something like the Minix info-sheet would answer my questions for now, at least.E- What does it run on? least. I've seen today also a very good suggestion from someone. I don't remember who, but I think it does deliver a good in between solution to the split-up discussion. -- Everyone should compress and uuencode his diff's -- It does account for smaller messages (which some of us will like a *LOT*) and it decreases network load. Jan Evert van Grootheest, A debugger is one of those tools you don't need very often, but when you need it, you need it I*BAD*.
mjh@cs.vu.nl (Maarten J Huisjes) (03/20/91)
S90405184%HSEPM1.HSE.NL@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: } Hello, } I've seen a few messages referring to amoeba now. Is there someone out there } (Andy?) who could answer a few questions? } For example: } - What is it? } - Is it public domain (like Minix or even true public domain)? } - What is it intended for (made for)? You obviously didn't read the 'few messages referring to amoeba'. Please (re)read these. This is becoming a comedy of errors [ stuff deleted ] } -- Everyone should compress and uuencode his diff's -- NO! } It does account for smaller messages (which some of us will like a *LOT*) Yes, it does, but why do you like it a *LOT* } and it decreases network load. No it doesn't, it increases netload. Most news programms forward there news in compressed form (compressed news feed). Compress -> uuencode -> compress increases the netload. Besides you would have to uudecode and decompress the diff's before you can decide if you want them. -- Maarten Huisjes. mjh@cs.vu.nl (192.31.231.42) (..!uunet.uu.net!cs.vu.nl!mjh)
root@minixug.mugnet.org (MINIXUG-ONLINE System Manager) (03/23/91)
mjh@cs.vu.nl (Maarten J Huisjes) wrote: > This is becoming a comedy of errors This message is one as well, see below. > [ stuff deleted ] > > } -- Everyone should compress and uuencode his diff's -- > NO! YESSSSSSSSSSSS ! I myself posted quite some bytes contianing code, and if I would get a `gulden' for each flame I got, I wouldn't have to go to work anymore... Compression is indeed questionable, since _most_ (not all!) systems forward news in compressed format. Other systems (like my internal network) use compressing modem lines. However, all sources _should_ be encoded with either "uue(ncode)", or "atob". This ensures the correct transmission of the posted material over non-ASCII links like Bitnet (== IBM, EBCDIC, Yuck). Such links would otherwise truncate long lines, nuke TAB characters, munge certain sequences of characters, and more ... Try sending a 50,000 byte file _in_source_format_ to a BITNET host, and start praying. Chances are about 100% that you'll get a "please resend" or "@(&^$(*&$_#&" message back :-) Fred.