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Originally posted by LabRat:
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we seem to be going to a lot of trouble to keep things as streamlined as possible. On general principle that's a good idea, but it might be a little unnecessary if everyone now has broadband or something.
I'm curious as to what you mean by this, Marcus. What is a lot of trouble? Is your question connected to KatieKate's question in this thread? If so, as you can see, connection speed is only one of a number of reasons why we do it this way.

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Yes, that and running the archive on plain text files were the main things I was thinking of. But I think it's an interesting question anyway. Look at the answers, then remember the speeds Lois and Clark would have been using in their homes and at work ten years ago...


Marcus L. Rowland
Forgotten Futures, The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game