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RE: Cygwin-wnpp#20050902T2051 ITP: tinyirc - A real tiny IRC client
- From: One Angry User <angry at lusers dot org>
- To: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 13:45:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Cygwin-wnpp#20050902T2051 ITP: tinyirc - A real tiny IRC client
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- Reply-to: The Cygwin-Talk Malingering List <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: Blaaab Babble Boogle Bop <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
On a clear Monday, 5th day of September, 2005, Dave Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Jari Aalto
> >Sent: 03 September 2005 07:39
>
> > Christopher Faylor
> > <cgf-no-personal-reply-please-rDBXBDvO6BXQT0dZR+AlfA@>
> > writes:
> >
> >> On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 11:59:30PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> >>
> >>> Debian includes this. It's real small, basic and and handy. I had to
> >>> hand fix the C code to ake it work correctly in Cygwin rxvt.
> >>>
> >>> http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/tinyirc
> >>
> >> Did I miss a memo? What is all of the extra crap in the subject?
> >
> > It helps keeping better track of my emails and various mailing lists.
> >
> > Jari
>
> Let's see. That's 11 chars of alphanumerics and a timedate stamp. The
> amount of bits of entropy in the 11 alphanums at about 6.3bits/char is
> ~69.5, or in other words, that system allows Jari to send up to
> 858993459200000000000 emails every single minute, 24 hours a day, seven days
> a week, all year long, and still have a unique identifier for each one ...
Wow, spam heaven...
OAU