| Re: Attn: JimBoss, Isis, etc..Astraweb, Giganews - speed? |
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| Hubchy (ablank.field@nothing.com) |
2009/09/01 17:44 |
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:40:49 -0500, Isis <isis55423@hotpop.com> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:31:46 +1000, Tim Howard <timhow99@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
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>:Smaller articles result in better propagation.
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>Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
Slightly OT but... I love your skeptical mantra. A great version of
Occam's Razor to apply to claims such as those made about alien
abductions, satanic ritual abuse, Homeopathy, etc.
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>If you mean that a 256 KB article has a better chance of propagating than a
>1.28 MB article, then I suppose you are correct.
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>You had better be, since you will need to post five times as many to equal the
>same amount of data.
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>If, as JimB0ss says, it is perfectly OK to post a 45 GB Blu-ray using 1.28 MB
>articles (that would be more than 35,000 articles), then why not post DVDs with
>35,000 articles?
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>256 KB wouldn't even be enough. (2000 yEnc)
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>But if smaller is better, then why not just post 64 KB articles? (5000 yEnc)
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>Wouldn't that be even better yet? (Your above statement would seem to say that.)
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>If you intend to draw a line in the sand where the most optimum article size
>resides, then please tell us the reasoning you used in making that
>determination.
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>I really would like to do an analysis of your binary posts. Where do you post
>and under what 'nym?
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>Isis
I'm clearly confused. I thought that when you talked about the
'largest sized article' (1.28 mbs) that you were referring to
something like a binary RAR (as part of a series). So, for instance, I
assumed that each 120 mb RAR posted in the Carl Dreyer 'My Metier'
film constitutes one article.
Maybe each RAR actually consists of vast numbers of articles?
Hubchy
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