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* Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long MessagesR Kym Horsell
`* Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long MessagesAhem A Rivet's Shot
 `- Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long MessagesR Kym Horsell

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Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long Messages

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From: kym...@kymhorsell.com (R Kym Horsell)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.astronomy
Subject: Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long Messages
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:30:05 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: R Kym Horsell - Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:30 UTC

In alt.astronomy NAPALM <trim@your.post> wrote:
> Salutations to ye netizens of ye olde Usenet. Do any of you know how to
> trim your posts before submitting?
>
> I have to spend most of my Usenet reading time scrolling past quoted
> text, rather than reading. Many posts appear as gangly hydras of broken
> quotational gibberish lines. This ungainly sight is a digital horror.
....

I think it's time to upgrade from a 300 baud modem.

I've studied up the offers from the ISP's in my area and managed to get
50 GB of broadband for $50 per year. Most of it rolls over from year to year.
Since I'm blind I don't need to see any youtubes, tic toks or similar stuff.
I figure people still using USENET then you're probably in a similar boat.

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 by: Ahem A Rivet's - Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:59 UTC

On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:30:05 -0000 (UTC)
R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> wrote:

> I think it's time to upgrade from a 300 baud modem.

I recall hearing an opinion that there was no point in anything
faster than a 300 baud modem since that was about as fast as he could
comfortably read text and faster than he could type. I concluded that he
didn't pay the phone bills.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,alt.astronomy
Subject: Re: NAPALM : Netizens Against Portly And Long Messages
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 by: R Kym Horsell - Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:19 UTC

In alt.astronomy Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2022 07:30:05 -0000 (UTC)
> R Kym Horsell <kym@kymhorsell.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it's time to upgrade from a 300 baud modem.
>
> I recall hearing an opinion that there was no point in anything
> faster than a 300 baud modem since that was about as fast as he could
> comfortably read text and faster than he could type. I concluded that he
> didn't pay the phone bills.

I guess the key concept we're looking for is "filtering".
I often post articles of 100 lines or more. Looking over a sample
they are about 5KB on avg.

On my el-cheapo current connection that would upload in around 1 mS
on my newsreader.
It takes me around 1/3 of a sec to react to the upload.
Then it takes me another 1/3 of a sec to type the character that takes
me to the first non-comment line in the post.
(I'll gloss over the text-to-speech part so I know what it says).
I takes me probably a second to decided if it's worth reading any more
and another 1/3 of a secont to hit "q". ;)

Man. Hoomins are slow!

--
[Small Numbers:]
Try to hold your breath continuously for .00003% of your lifetime.
It's such a teeny tiny percent it should be easy!

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