Hi,
>>"James" == James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
James> John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > > First, you are removing a very important distinction: You have no
>> > > control over what is on the other end of the connection.
>> >
>> > Eh? So what?
>>
>> The point is that every single TCP/IP client that is in existance now
>> or ever will be has a free server available: netcat. This renders
>> other distinctions meaningless, I think.
James> Oh, purlease. This is sophistry.
Really? I think otherwise. I think your views are
fascist. Stop trying to control people, and impose your mores on
them. There. We have both called each others views names. Can we
get back to a sane discussion now?
James> When talking about common every day usage of a client like
James> TiK; now using netcat as a server might sound c00l, 3l33t and
James> funny on IRC, but how useful is it in real life? It's not.
Who are you to judge how useful some program is to me? I have
a couple of ldap clients, but no ldap server at the moment. I
am looking at the internals. At some point, I shall look into
connecting to a real server. I would resent anyone coming and
telling me I can't do thAT.
msnoj
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