Cygwin-wnpp#20050902T2051 ITP: tinyirc - A real tiny IRC client

One Angry User angry@lusers.org
Tue Sep 6 12:28:00 GMT 2005


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



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