> From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Van: Ronn Blankenship
> >
> > Friday Sept. 21, 2001; 8:59 a.m. EDT
> >
> > Rumsfeld: Nukes Not Considered for Terrorist Retaliation
>
> Ronn (and others), please do NOT post entire articles here if they are
> already available on the WWW. Only post the URL; not everybody on this
list
Depends on the article and the circumstance. If it was intended to make
a point that was being argued it should be posted whole. Some sites hide
their info behind 'free registration' and similar gimmicks. It is way
too much of a bother to go thru all that and I won't do it--it's the
principle of the thing. Some URLs change frequently.
> has a toll-free number for their dial-up access, or a 24/7 broadband
> connection. Some us have to pay the phone company for every second they
are
> on-line; posting entire articles only leads to waste of bandwidth, more
time
> needed to download e-mail or read e-mail online, and a higher phone
bill.
You are implying one of three things here:
1. That you read these articles pointed at on the web. This would of
course be the same or probably greater bandwidth, phone charges. This
negates your reasoning above.
2. That you do NOT read these articles.
3. That you might read an article pointed at, but probably don't in the
majority of cases.
> If an article is not yet available on-line, put it on your own website
and
> post the URL, or send it off-list to people who ask for it.
Impractical, and burdensome. Water flows down the path of least
resistance.
> Thank you for your cooperation.
I would like to point out that unless a message is VERY long (>12k) the
amount of time to download it almost negligible--Fractions of a second.
It will not appreciably change your phone bill.
