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Chris D said the following on 17/07/2008 13:30:
"stanley adelson" wrote in message
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VERY ANNOYING BECAUSE YOU BOTTOM POST

Sorry to hear your annoyed Stanley. But bottom posting a response or
comments is the generally accepted norm.

Regards....Chris

When readers of books die out, I wonder if it will be the norm in the
future - like talking about clockwise and anti-clockwise to people who
have only seen the 24-hour digital clock?

(Geoff Miller) wrote in news:-
net:



Clem writes:

That point is mute.


*Moot,* not "mute."

moot, adj.: deprived of practical significance : made abstract
or purely academic. (www.webster.com)



Geoff

--
"'Congressman Kucinich is holding up a pie chart, which is not
truly effective on radio,' Conan told his listeners."
-- Newsday.com


You are correct. It was a long night.

On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:10:46 -0500, Clem
wrote:

"Alan Erskine" wrote in
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"Clem" wrote in message
. 97.136...
As far as eliminating part-posts, I'm sure you know the idea was to cut
a big file into smaller pieces making it easier for the server to
handle. All the NG readers I ever used, assemble the individual files
seamlessly. It doesn't get much easier than that.

The problem with breaking big files into smaller sections is that not
all of them come through. If it's under, say, 3mb, it shouldn't be a
problem for most people these days (I've had cable for over five years).
OE can sort files by size, in addition to sorting by subject, poster
etc; if people are on a dial-up modem, they can simply exclude files
that are too large (tools, message rules, "where the message size is a
certain size").



What a server accepts or is still in the process of putting up for
download is something I have no control over. After I posted the files
I checked and all were there. It took less than 20 seconds to upload
the file which is a fraction of my download rate, approximately 6meg.

Someone said it took forever. Boo! Hoo! get rid of the dialup. What
are posters required to do, offer a guarantee that all files download in
"X" amount of time?

Agreed.

I don't understand some peoples approach to a file sized at over 34,000
lines being good, but a movie file part at 8,000 lines is bad?

Because 95% of the population is stupid. We need a serious culling.
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