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- From: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk (Roger Whitehead)
- Subject: Padding
- Cc: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 14:54:00 +0000
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- WASTING READERS' TIME
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- About once a month I archive the messages in this conference, ZIPping each
- batch to economise on space. Before I do so, I edit out the fortnightly
- homily from David Stodolsky. The difference is significant.
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- Here are the 'before and after' statistics for December (up to the 30th,
- inclusive):
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- Complete database - 122,329 bytes (100%)
- Purged database - 74,523 bytes (61%)
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- The absolute figures will vary with the capture and storage mechanism used on
- people's systems but the ratio of wheat and chaff will, I imagine, be broadly
- the same for everyone.
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- Roger
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- Roger Whitehead,
- Director,
- Office Futures,
- 14 Amy Road,
- Oxted,
- Surrey RH8 0PX
- England
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- Telephone: +44 883 713074
- Fax: +44 883 716793
- Email: rwhitehead@cix.compulink.co.uk
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