04991 [alt-beam] Re: New Bot is Born

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Message #04991

To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:35:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: New Bot is Born

On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Brandon Quakkelaar wrote:

> The picture was huge but I had no problem downloading and I know
> that I have a slow connection.

Note that in The Netherlands (and afaik most of Europe), we pay by
the second for our phone connection. No flat rate for local calls.

So if a picture takes a minute to download, and 100 Europeans get it
in their mailboxes, around $12 is spent. Not dramatic when it
happens once in a while. But if it becomes a habit...

Also note that mailboxes are limited in size, sometimes *very* limited.

Btw, this particular walker looked great :)
The message that came with it was too short on details, though.

Best,

Steve

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