How comes the archiving notion?
I've got a threadsuck utility finished that's awaiting testing from ita (nudge, nudge ;) ).
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Jon B. - Nov 09, 2002 12:29:40 am PST #1311 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Noumenon - Nov 09, 2002 12:32:11 am PST #1312 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
The threadsucker might break the bandwidth's back.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2002 12:32:34 am PST #1313 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In theory, that won't save any space unless we store the files off buffistas.org. I haven't run the numbers, but the HTML might very well be bigger than the data in the tables.
John H - Nov 09, 2002 12:33:51 am PST #1314 of 10000
The threadsucker might break the bandwidth's back.
Does the sucker work via hitting the server, or internally by grabbing stuff from the DB? If the latter, no bandwidth issues at all.
They shut the site down, if I read the fora right.
Don't they just charge us more? That seems wrong.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2002 12:36:43 am PST #1315 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If the info gets to a browser, there will be bandwidth issues.
As for the charging, I think they shut it down, and then ask for more money. At least, that's what some users have experienced.
John H - Nov 09, 2002 12:38:47 am PST #1316 of 10000
I think they shut it down, and then ask for more money
That's wrong like a wrong thing on National Wrong Day.
Perhaps we need to contact them soon and say "we might need more bandwidth" or something?
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2002 12:41:08 am PST #1317 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We're early in the month, so I'll just send out feelers.
Jon B. - Nov 09, 2002 12:43:06 am PST #1318 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Certainly less bandwidth is used threadsucking, say, 100 posts, than is used by retrieving 10 pages of 10 posts each.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2002 12:46:41 am PST #1319 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
'Tis true. As will the ability to set how many posts are displayed per page. Jon, where would you put that in the set profile page?
It already works, there's just nowhere to set it.
(Mine's 20).
Noumenon - Nov 09, 2002 12:49:35 am PST #1320 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
We should have a contingency plan, a way to get them their money quickly if we go over the limit, if our collective funds aren't liquid or accessible. Let several people know the URL for the credit-card money infusion, and the funds could reimburse them. How much money are we talking, anyway? Maybe we don't want to ever pay to go over the limit.