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[Monte Milanuk]

On 6/6/10 9:46 AM, Aahz wrote:
> but I prefer to rely on someone else's sysadmin and I
> really don't want to allow remote connections into my home network.

To each their own... while Panix is fairly relaxed as a shell host, I 
prefer to not have someone else telling me what I can and can't install 
or use, especially when I'm paying.  To be honest I can't SSH out from 
work anymore, so the remote connections / static IP is somewhat of a 
moot point.  What I was trying to say was I don't get the point of 
paying for an account on a provider clear across the country simply for 
the sake of getting Usenet access... especially when more and more large 
institutions are shutting theirs down (i.e. the death knoll for usenet 
as others have pointed out).  Perhaps it would count for 'geek' points, 
but I'm not too worried about that ;)

YMMV,

Monte