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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 1997 19:32:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: CDROM image 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970917193149.311F-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <199709172245.IAA00439@word.smith.net.au>

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On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote:

> > > They've split it into smaller files. Thank God.
> > 
> > I don't think I'd be interested in doing this, but I might be willing
> > to just put the raw images that I use up for FTP.  The way I see it,
> > if you're a sophisticated enough user that you're burning your own
> > CDROMs, you're smart enough to use ftp reget if your connection dies
> > in the middle. ;-)
> 
> The only people I see actually finding this useful are those that are :
> 
>  - sophisticated enough to have a CD burner and some hope of driving it
>  - too short on resources to cut their own release
>  - too stupid to wait a little while and *buy* the damn disk when it
>    is released by WC
> 
> I think we could save these three guys some effort by buying them a 
> beer and stealing their hardware.

Haha!! ... this one goes into my archives.  Thanks.

> 
> mike
> 
> 
> 8)
> 
> 
> 
> 

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