Wednesday, January 22, 1997 4:00:01 AM Message From: The Hotline Users Mailing,Hotline@lists.fwparker.org,Internet Subject: The Hotline Users Digest #10 - 01/22/97 To: Geoff Le Feuvre The Hotline Users Mailing List ,Internet The Hotline Users Digest #10 - Wednesday, January 22, 1997 Re: Chat problem by Adam Hinkley Re: Chat problem by Phil Hilton Re: HotLine Doubler News Update? by David Murphy Cheesy by Re: Cheesy by Adam Hinkley Re: Cheesy by Terry Gregory Re: Cheesy by Phil Hilton ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Chat problem From: Adam Hinkley Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 11:47:48 +1100 >If its possible, how about alternate grey and white boxes per post. (IE: >John posts "Whats going on here", and "Whats going on here" would appear in >a white bar. Mark replies "Hello John" and it would appear "Hello John" in >a grey bar. Apple is trying to do something like this for System 7.7 in the >VIEW windows: alternate grey and white bars per item) Hmm that would be nice! It will have to wait until the text engine is multi-style though. ____________________________________________________________________ Adam Hinkley, developer of Hotline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Chat problem From: Phil Hilton Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 19:48:03 -0500 >I think you're making the wrong comparison. Hotline is not really like a web >browser, it's like First Class, or Telefinder, or Hermes (aka Herpes) or any >other BBS software. The client (if there's a specialized client) is free; the >server is what brings in the dough. Why do people buy server licenses? Not to >put up ad banners, but rather for special-purpose bulletin boards, or things >like that. ahh, I C. With that in mind.. I'm transfering this topic to the PR list. I have some Ideas...... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: HotLine Doubler News Update? From: David Murphy Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 19:41:34 -0500 >However, this is unlikely to improve performance noticeably because >Hotline already schedules itself from interrupts. I think the matter is moot, since Hotline is already quite nimble (even on my 6115/60!). --David {^v^} Murphy - ------- - <"David Murphy" davidmurphy@earthlink.net> Hotline Nickname Registry: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Cheesy From: Thinkn@aol.com Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:06:11 -0500 (EST) Althongh I have tried.....I can't seem to get off the Hotline mailing list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Cheesy From: Adam Hinkley Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 15:29:07 +1100 >Althongh I have tried.....I can't seem to get off the Hotline mailing list. That's right, once subscribed, you are never allowed to leave. But for a modest fee... ____________________________________________________________________ Adam Hinkley, developer of Hotline ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Cheesy From: Terry Gregory Date: Tue, 21 Jan 97 21:25:18 -0700 >Althongh I have tried.....I can't seem to get off the Hotline mailing list. We are the Hotline Demons. We have your e-mail address, and we know where you live. We have been watching you. Nothing will save you now. If you run, we will follow. If you hide, we will find you. You will forever be our slave; an ear to our rantings. There is no escaping now. Muhahaha! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Cheesy From: Phil Hilton Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 23:47:29 -0500 >>Althongh I have tried.....I can't seem to get off the Hotline mailing list. > >We are the Hotline Demons. >We have your e-mail address, and we know where you live. >We have been watching you. Nothing will save you now. >If you run, we will follow. >If you hide, we will find you. >You will forever be our slave; an ear to our rantings. >There is no escaping now. >Muhahaha! I am the Hotline List Admin I have ALL of your addresses. I don't need to watch you, my minions do that for me. NOBODY will forever be an ear to your rantings. There are 182 people on this list, 181 of them don't care to hear your excesive babling. I guess that leaves 1. That would be you. In the future, please send all additional rants, comments, and blabbering to: tgregory@compusmart.ab.ca. thank you. :P I hate being a pain in the arse about this stuff, but C'MON! lets have a little respect! Atleast hinks kept it to one line! Cheesy, List Admin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of The Hotline Users Digest --- Internet Message Header Follows --- Received: from lists.fwparker.org by bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-4.0) id EAA15657; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 04:00:01 -0500 Message-Id: <199701220900.EAA15657.15657@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> From: The Hotline Users Mailing List To: The Hotline Users Mailing List Subject: The Hotline Users Digest #10 - 01/22/97 Date: Wed, 22 Jan 97 03:00:01 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: Bulk X-ListServer: LetterRip 1.0 by Fog City Software, Inc.