Nicholas Bodley <nbodley at speakeasy dot net> wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 11:43:53 -0400, Doug Ewell <dewell at adelphia dot
> net> wrote:
>
>> It might not have been so bad if the post hadn't been 27 KB.
>
> Ow. I try to remember being on dialup, and with a slow modem, at that.
> (Back in 1990, I was running at 1,200 bps.)

I wasn't objecting because of my connection speed. I have cable modem,
which is as fast as I ever need it to be for retrieving text messages at
home.

Unfortunately, I have not yet upgraded my eyes and brain to the latest
high-speed standard, and so a 27 KB post still takes the same amount of
time to *read* as always.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/