On Thu, 19 Jan 1995, Timothy C. May wrote:
Well, let's do the math. Since the remailer has to be connected at all times, of course, this implies $162 a month in connect charges, over and above the other charges. Or $187 a month including the line charge. Or $2244 a year.
This makes a "cheap Linux box" almost a moot point. This is a lot more than I'm willing to pay to run a remailer.
Best.com offers a dedicated 28.8kB line connection to the internet with $450 setup charge and $60 a month connect charge. This is a permanent connection, not a dial up connection. This works out to $720 per year, plus setup charge. This is as cheap as it gets for a box on the internet. Now this is OK if one wishes to run linux, and have a remailer as one hobby in addition to the main use of the box, but it is still a bit much to pay for a dedicated remailer. Now I just do not like linux. Sure it is a great operating system but it will not run codewright (Vi causes mental degeneration. Even though I detest, loath, and hate vi, vi takes up so much brainspace that I find myself issueing vi commands in editors that I use much more, and vastly prefer to vi. Vi is evil.) Therefore there is no way in the world I am going to waste a full internet connection and a PC on linux. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.catalog.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. | jamesd@netcom.com