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Comment: Why not? (Score 1) 415

by CrowdedBrainzzzsand9 (#42718505) Attached to: Why a Linux User Is Using Windows 3.1

Original posted solution sounded like a fun--if not optimal--solution. I remember an ancient Word Perfect on Windoze 3.1 being more productive than later word processors over more modern computers. Why? Software developers (I'm guilty of being one) have accelerated their gobbling of memory and processor cycles over the years so much that the poor HW folks can't keep up...despite the later's impressive results. The result: page downs are still painfully slow. But hey, I can format the document in Vulcan XML. Thanks.

Comment: Fewer embarrassing/career-fatal events (Score 1) 248

by CrowdedBrainzzzsand9 (#42082589) Attached to: Companies Getting Rid of Reply-all

At least three times I've seen an off-color joke sent in a reply-all, that included a company-wide address in the list that the sender didn't notice. Once, I similarly received an excel file with all salaries (very small company).

Except for the caberet, I say 'good riddance' to reply-all.

Comment: Re:No. (Score 1) 167

by CrowdedBrainzzzsand9 (#41059211) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Using a Sandbox To Deal With Spambots?

Agree about the mindless bots. Humans don't check the postings often, if ever. I blocked a class C IP block once. The event log showed attempted hourly postings 6 months later.

Some things that help:
--Moderate the forum: heavy human labor, but works. The nonsense of most spam is immediately obvious
--banned words: tricky to avoid banning legit postings. Best used in combination with moderation. But its pretty safe to ban the names of the commonly spammed drugs, expensive sports shoes and ladies' accessories, etc.

Comment: Re:Amateur Radio keeps getting better! (Score 1) 82

by CrowdedBrainzzzsand9 (#39727561) Attached to: Happy World Amateur Radio Day

I'm glad the ARS de-emphasized Morse code as a gateway to a license. Even the armed forces have abandoned it.

However, it's still fun and useful. It's amazing how horrible the signal can be and still grok the message....just modulation of static-y noise is enough.

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