At the Clan x86 forums, we're starting a Slackware Chain Letter type thingy. We're gonna mail eachother Slackware CD's, which the reciever will pass on, or copy and pass on the copy. Postage is about 4 dollars in Canada, says iago. He just mailed some to me today.

[url]http://ix86.cold-chaos.net/forum/index.php?topic=671.0[/url]

EDIT: If you want to get in line to recieve Slack CD's, please make your post at the x86 forums, so that its a simple order to follow instead of jumping between two forums.

That sounds really silly.

I know it does, but people do silly things. If we must be dumb, lets be dumb while spreading Slack.

Unless you're on dialup, it's probably easier just to download it from http://www.slackware.com/torrents :P

[quote author=iago link=topic=10609.msg100315#msg100315 date=1108698919]
Unless you're on dialup, it's probably easier just to download it from http://www.slackware.com/torrents :P
[/quote]

I'm on dialup. Thats my reason for having you mail them to me. Warrior wanted me to mail it to him because hes too lazy to get it himself.

Or just download it on dial-up.... :P

I already download stuff all night long, every night. I don't need that delayed a month by Slackware when I can have it mailed to me.

You should insert me in the second slot of the mailing chain. If you mail it to me surface mail, it'll just be a swift 2-3 month delivery time ;)

[quote author=Adron link=topic=10609.msg100371#msg100371 date=1108740826]
You should insert me in the second slot of the mailing chain. If you mail it to me surface mail, it'll just be a swift 2-3 month delivery time ;)
[/quote]Forgive my ignorance, but where on earth are you?!  Literally

Sweden :P

I'm gonna guess I should've guessed that, sine Mephisto's "Swedish Translation" topic was in Adron's forum...I SERIOUSLY need to become more aware of what is happening to me.  Does it really take that long to mail something there & get it back?

Dude.. surface mail. On a boat, yeah, it might.

If you ever send something to me, label it "Air Mail", so the delivery time shrinks to 4-6 working days :)

www.linuxiso.org even if you are not on broadband it will be faster. It is also cheaper.

No, not really. Do you know how slow 56k really is? 100MB per day.

700MB per CD.
x2 =
1400
/ 100
14

14 Days. Mailing is two.

Phone bills? Hey, might be cheaper too.

[quote author=JoeTheOdd link=topic=10609.msg100486#msg100486 date=1108788105]
No, not really. Do you know how slow 56k really is? 100MB per day.

700MB per CD.
x2 =
1400
/ 100
14

14 Days. Mailing is two.

Phone bills? Hey, might be cheaper too.
[/quote] a local call to the server you dial is not like long distance. It would still be cheaper. YZes someone mailing the cd stright to you would be faster, but having to wait for one person to get it and him to mail it to someone else who will mail it to you.

To mail a CD would be $.37.  HAVING to have phone service & internet service would be more per day, no?

Phone = $40? a month
Internet = $20? a month
$60? a month is about $2 a day.
Mailing something would take 4 days back & forth? 

4 days mailing = $.74
14 days downloading = $28?

Either way, mailing two full CDs is going to be faster if you use competent mail service, when compared to downloading via a 56k modem.

yay an new generation of chain letters. just what the world needed.... but sorry I think AOL already came up with the idea of spreading inadequate software via snail mail  ::)

[quote author=CrAz3D link=topic=10609.msg100535#msg100535 date=1108836739]
To mail a CD would be $.37. HAVING to have phone service & internet service would be more per day, no?

Phone = $40? a month
Internet = $20? a month
$60? a month is about $2 a day.
Mailing something would take 4 days back & forth?

4 days mailing = $.74
14 days downloading = $28?
[/quote] You act like you are not paying for the phone and internet service anyway.

@ Hostile: Well, those weren't CHAIN letters!