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Posted Oct 3, 2013 5:07 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: completion by tialaramex
Parent article: 30 years of GNU

I'm not a fan of log-into-remote-systems-on-tab-complete for sure. If nothing else, it introduces *crazy* latency into tab completion, which isn't really very pleasant.

As for the script-kiddy lockout, the sane thing to do is expire that kind of thing after some time interval, possibly progressive, so that once you realized you screwed up you just wait 30 minutes and can get back in.

If one is so dense as to keep spamming it over and over for over 30 minutes, well... maybe the lockout could work to teach one lessons in patience and care. :-D I know a younger me could probably have used them.


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