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Subject:Re: English for...Computer/a P.S. for slow modems From:Jack Shaw <jsh -at- SOFTWARE-AG -dot- DE> Date:Wed, 13 Apr 1994 08:54:58 MEZ
Sorry, I forgot to tell you: if you ftp to the
black.ox.ac.uk node to get "Susanne", do your
ftp and then knock off for lunch. It's about
1.4 MB big. If you're doing this on your milk
money, apply for an urban renewal loan before
you start your 2400-baud modem...
This might not be generally known, but when you
follow an ftp "get..." with a separate trailing
minus sign, you can read the content of something
rather than actually get it. Good to know for
perusing "00_index.txt" directory T/C's, etc.,
before you actually "get..." and buy the farm.
