Re: MSP in downloadable form?


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Re: MSP in downloadable form?

Posted By: Godot Date: 5/23/12 6:35 a.m.
In Response To: Re: MSP in downloadable form? (HHam)

: Also, has anything made the site much bigger than 100Mb? That might have been
: quite a bit ten years ago, and I suppose bandwidth is an issue if you had
: a ton of people downloading it all the time, but there are people only a
: couple of years younger than me that have no idea what a dial up modem
: sounds like. Couldn't you segment it or put it on a file sharing site? As
: for it getting out dated, why not just release an update every couple of
: years?
: Sorry if I sound demanding. I can't even fathom all of the effort you've put
: into this site, but I also can't get over the concept of the marathon
: story page, a large time sink in my youth, simply vanishing. It's the
: stuff of horror novels. *shudders*
Heh 100MB. Now that's a blast from the past. Just shows the age of the FAQ section. That figure probably dates from late '96 / early '97. The Story page is now measured in GBs... bazillions of them... give or take a few million.
Packaging the whole site up into a single download with working links etc would be a big job.
And of course... people would find all the secret stuff. ;)
Cheers
Hamish

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MSP in downloadable form? HHam 5/20/12 5:19 p.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? Godot 5/21/12 9:46 a.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? HHam 5/21/12 2:08 p.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? listener 5/21/12 3:06 p.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? HHam 5/21/12 4:51 p.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? Godot 5/23/12 6:35 a.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? diogenes 5/21/12 5:28 p.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? Document 5/22/12 10:05 a.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? Godot 5/23/12 6:37 a.m.

Re: MSP in downloadable form? Johannes Gunnar 5/23/12 10:09 a.m.

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: Heh 100MB. Now that's a blast from the past. Just shows the age of the FAQ : section. That figure probably dates from late '96 / early '97. The Story : page is now measured in GBs... bazillions of them... give or take a few : million. : Packaging the whole site up into a single download with working links etc : would be a big job. : And of course... people would find all the secret stuff. ;) : Cheers : Hamish

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MSP in downloadable form?	HHam	5/20/12 5:19 p.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	Godot	5/21/12 9:46 a.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	HHam	5/21/12 2:08 p.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	listener	5/21/12 3:06 p.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	HHam	5/21/12 4:51 p.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	Godot	5/23/12 6:35 a.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	diogenes	5/21/12 5:28 p.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	Document	5/22/12 10:05 a.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	Godot	5/23/12 6:37 a.m.
Re: MSP in downloadable form?	Johannes Gunnar	5/23/12 10:09 a.m.



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