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From: flaps@utcs.uucp (Alan J Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: lock your terminal for lunch
Message-ID: <911@utcs.uucp>
Date: Sat, 12-Oct-85 23:19:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcs.911
Posted: Sat Oct 12 23:19:39 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 13-Oct-85 03:58:00 EDT
References: <132@pyuxv.UUCP> <790@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> <3291@pur-ee.UUCP> <1932@reed.UUCP>
Reply-To: flaps@utcs.UUCP (Alan J Rosenthal)
Organization: University of Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <1932@reed.UUCP> alexis@reed.UUCP (Alexis Dimitriadis) writes:
>Much as I dislike locks (tying up a hard-to-get terminal while
>the user is having his coffee strikes me as objectionable)

Allow me to point out a use for locks.. I frequently use my lock program
while leaving for just a minute or two (literally), not to keep the
terminal, but to avoid the overhead of logging in again, which takes a
couple of minutes, which is as long as I am leaving for.

Alan J Rosenthal