From: nospam on
In article <slrnhqanks.1g29.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> >> If you need to upload through the security-sieve that is ftp, then there
> >> are quite literally dozens, if not hundreds, of programs to choose from.
> >> The Apple Finder is not one of them. This does not mean it is useless.
>
> > yet downloading through this same security sieve is fine?
>
> Evidently, though my downloading is from public servers with no
> passwords (things like source code)

so why is security a concern should you want to upload to one of those
servers? can't have it both ways.
From: Jolly Roger on
In article <slrnhqambk.1g29.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>,
Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <200320101617187933%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>
> nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <slrnhqallp.1g29.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>, Lewis
> > <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
> >> I am not speaking for everyone. I am pointing out that it is not
> >> useless.
>
> > to *you*.
>
> So, only you are allowed to speak for everyone?
>
> If it's not useless to me, then it is definitionally not useless; it has
> a use. Words too big for you?

This is precisely why I've placed nospam into my kill filter. He argues
for the sake of argument, and is very often plainly wrong to begin with.

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From: Jolly Roger on
In article <200320101529496989%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <ho38op$f82$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau
> <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
> > At one time, Apple did have a read/write FTP GUI. Sort of.
> > It was called Network Browser and it actually did go both ways.
> > But it crashed an awful lot, and it was not "seamlessly" integrated
> > with Finder.
>
> that was for os 9. you'd think in nearly ten years they could figure
> out why it crashed, along with rewriting it for os x.

It's obviously not a priority for Apple.

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From: nospam on
In article <jollyroger-507C7B.19231820032010(a)news.individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> This is precisely why I've placed nospam into my kill filter. He argues
> for the sake of argument, and is very often plainly wrong to begin with.

so what exactly is wrong with what i said? who are you to say what is
useful or useless for others?

would it be better if i said not very useful rather than useless?
From: Jolly Roger on
In article <200320101728414906%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>,
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-507C7B.19231820032010(a)news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > This is precisely why I've placed nospam into my kill filter. He argues
> > for the sake of argument, and is very often plainly wrong to begin with.
>
> so what exactly is wrong with what i said? who are you to say what is
> useful or useless for others?
>
> would it be better if i said not very useful rather than useless?

Oh, the irony!

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