Thanks for the correction...you get the door prize.
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Eben King
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 12:49 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: RE: [SLUG] WiFI Ripoff
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Brian Radwanski wrote:
> On 3/30/06, Eben King < eben1@tampabay.rr.com
> <mailto:eben1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Brian Radwanski wrote:
>>
>>> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Banschbach, SFO
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:36 AM
>>>
>>>> Steve is correct.. also the Public Library also has
>>>> free WiFi.. but like the Lakeland WiFI... it restricts
>>>> you from the IM Clients.. I suppose that they dont
>>>> want the kiddies sucking down their bandwidth..
>>
>>> That is so ridiculous...because IM sucks down the bandwith doesn't
>>> it...its ascii text!
>>
>> Doesn't have to be -- you can send files or streaming audio/video
over
>> some.
> Most standard webpages dish up images and audio files also...I just
> don't see the point to it.
Maybe it's snobbery. Maybe it's xenophobia. Maybe they (the IT people)
evaluated bandwidth per person divided by utility. Whatever. I was
only
commenting on "it's only ASCII text", which it's not. Even in standard
IM
operation, it uses 8-bit text, beyond the realm of ASCII.
--
-eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
Answer: two spoonfuls in my cup, please.
Question: how much should I use? (why top-posting is bad)
http://www.fscked.co.uk/writing/top-posting-cuss.html
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