On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:14:38 +1100, Polygon <DeadParrot@the.Aviary> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:25:07 +0000, "|--Spike=-"
><|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
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>>There is nothing cheap when choosing to post, it is solely for the
>>benefit of other people and takes time and money whatever speed it is
>>posted at.
>>
>>People who complain about the slow speed things are uploaded at or
>>quality/ format are often the people that post nothing.
>>
>>Best way to my killfilter :)
>>
>>Why not make pars available on request ?
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>Thanks for the suggestion, Spike, and for your encouraging words :-)
>
>The idea of PARs on request is good for people who are downloading
>within a few days of posts going up, but after a few weeks, it becomes
>a liability. I don't know who your usenet provider is, but mine both
>have posts available back to August 2008, and I can imagine that what
>is posted today will still be there for any new visitor to see [and
>perhaps want to download] in another 5 - 6 years time. I can't forsee
>myself keeping .rar files that long to make PAR2 files if needed...
>
>So, I'll just post the standard 5 - 10% recovery files.
>
>And while I have mentioned recovery files, I've had a bit of a think
>about how to make the recovery files more efficient, and I have a few
>ideas. Assuming that someone makes a request for a specific file,
>I'll post it using my ideas on recovery file options.
>
>If anyone wants to know about/talk about these options, I'll do that
>separately.
>
>Polygon
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