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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#196739
Am I right in thinking not much????? isn't it pics and huge files that use up the bandwidth?????

:blah

[Edited on 2-7-2004 by ducky]
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Adam_C Custom Title Time!

1,180 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#196805
its people reading posts from the start, useless posts that are like 4 pages long.........

[Edited on 1-7-2004 by Adam_C]
Adam
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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#196817
oh, good then
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zac_smits Coolest Person Ever!

3,634 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#197014
so..our main problem is people that have over 2000posts...*cough,cough ,FRENZIX, cough*

hahahahahahahaha


what about smileys 🙂🙂:P:P:O:O:vader:vader

Zac
MOB: 0423890217

Purple Martin Fahrvergnugen

913 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#197112
frenzix wrote:i think 1 character = 1 kilobyte? 1000 kilobytes = a byte, 1000 bytes = a megabyte. ?? crap all really
hehe

1 unicode character = 2 bytes
1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1000 gigabytes = 1 terabyte

(Therefore you get 500 characters in one kilobyte, and a typical web page is about 50 kilobytes, plus graphics).
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1975 Kombi camper

ogtool Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#197163
1 unicode character = 2 bytes
1000 bytes = 1 kilobyte
1000 kilobytes = 1 megabyte
1000 megabytes = 1 gigabyte
1000 gigabytes = 1 terabyte
...you work in IT marketting?
: P

1 bit = a single digit number in base 2 (0 or 1)
1 byte = 8 bits
1 kilobyte = 1024 bytes
1 megabyte = 1024 kilobytes
1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes
1 terabyte = 1024 gigabytes
1 petabyte = 1024 terabytes

....and so on

But to answer the original post, each post uses bugger all data. The post text itself would only be < 1% of the total data transferred each time you view a thread. The code that is wrapped around the text for display purposes and the images make up a hell of a lot more data.

zac_smits Coolest Person Ever!

3,634 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#197345
i still think our problem comes from people like *crack*

<zac sits up...rubbing his face> okay, then, no problem at all here guys 😀🙂

zac
MOB: 0423890217

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#197529
well in english not enough to worry about EVER .. 95% of the bandwidth is jpg / gif / bmp

So all the post on here account for less than 5% of 20 GB
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#197534
well last night I had a thread which became quite popular 12 pages there was lots of conversation and vw chat and forum chat and for some reason it upset some folks and they had a go at me for threatening bandwidth probs etc...... the thread has now been deleted . If i did something wrong I would like to know so it doesnt happen again
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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#197541
:blahjust mates talking about their cars lives and laughs:blah
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$2.63 homebrand baja

0 posts · joined Feb 2004 ·

#197643
:blah thought it was evolving nicely too, sorta like keeping the wayward kids off the streets and away from vandalising others threads. 🙁 nobody luvs us guys 🙁 *gnatter gnatter gnatter hehehehe*,,, hey there are some nice fresh threads popping up.......muhahahahaha... (sorry jks k, I'm not really that bad ) :blah <<<< thats the little critter which started it all! blame him!

vwombat Hey Ho - Lets GO!

1,218 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#197645
sorta like keeping the wayward kids off the streets and away from vandalising others threads
Aaah! A conspiracy theory! And I fell right into it! Damn my foolishness!

zac_smits Coolest Person Ever!

3,634 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#197693
Posted by $2.63 Homebrand baja
thought it was evolving nicely too, sorta like keeping the wayward kids off the streets and away from vandalising others threads.
vandalising other threads?? ah you need a thread like us 'tomorrow people' hehehe

y don't you start the 'today people'???

zac

(oh and frenzix.......who said i didn't enjoy it???)

(joke)
MOB: 0423890217

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#197824
I'm thinking hiding post counts might be an idea.

Andrew

phatrat REALLY!

891 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#197826
vanderaj wrote:I'm thinking hiding post counts might be an idea.

Andrew

yes please and remove title

happy to be a test case.......

[Edited on 3-7-2004 by dakdat buggy]

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#197830
If you see "Lots"... that was me. Don't worry, they're not gone.

I'll restore it back when people stop posting non-VW stuff just to get more post counts.

Andrew

phatrat REALLY!

891 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#197834
vanderaj wrote:If you see "Lots"... that was me. Don't worry, they're not gone.

I'll restore it back when people stop posting non-VW stuff just to get more post counts.

Andrew

Andrew I love it..please leave it....

ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#198244
Let me state it clearly I was not posting NON VW stuff just to get post counts. This has been misconstrued, misrepresented I am offended
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ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#198245
by the way I like the no post count idea.......
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handycam king of something

1,338 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#198263
I do say that the other day i was postin on duckys (none vw post) wich it was a vw chat' And i had the best chat in ages i can never get the chat room 2 work. And all we were doing was chating about was valla our lives cars ect and "haveing a laugh " i realy dont give a sh@%^ about more posts . Its just something els 2 talk about and have a joke about. Its hard 2 get 2 know people on here cos some of us live so far a way i feel this kind of chat is a good ice brake r this is my 2c worth

[Edited on 4-7-2004 by handycam]

ducky Believer in Buggyism

1,238 posts · joined Aug 2003 ·

#198342
I agree handy, I cant get the chat room either. I really enjoyed the chat
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handycam king of something

1,338 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#198344
we will have a beer at valla il bring up a carton of tasie beer 4 u 2 try:P i havent drank in 2 years i will start again at valla
:duh

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#198672
Why can't you get into the chatroom? There's more than one method of getting on...

Happy to sort things out.

Andrew

Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#198676
vanderaj wrote:Happy to sort things out.

Andrew
Andrew is there a way a group of people can have a chat over a couple of days. I fined that not every one is on at the same time but you still like to keep up with what’s going on. Ok the thread that I think has started this was a small group talking about different thing mostly VW things but its good to share with people of interest. I’m sure the people involved including myself would be happy not to have a post count on this but I think it makes the whole VW experience better.:thumb

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#198678
"Test it out here" is probably your best forum for such a thread.

Threads in there get deleted regularly, though.

Andrew

vanderaj Administrator a suffusion of yellow

3,130 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#198680
btw, have a look through past threads in this forum.

Wooden stakes will help.

Andrew

Desert Moose Cut Cut Cut

2,098 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#198682
vanderaj wrote:btw, have a look through past threads in this forum.

Wooden stakes will help.

Andrew
lol ??? what ???? Wooden stakes

[Edited on 4-7-2004 by Desert Moose]