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Re: Temp pic space on LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 1 Jul 1999 04:13:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
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> Yes, it would be nice. Really, though, how much more difficult would
> it be to setup free webspace at any number of places and do the same
> thing, without requiring Todd to devote an ounce of effort to it?
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> Now, selling webspace or maybe including this as a perk for paid
> members, maybe that would be worth the time it took to do it, but
> duplicating what can already be done elsewhere seems a little silly,
> at least compared to all the other important things that are being
> worked on for Lugnet.
That's a great point, Mike.
On the one hand, if it's free, it has the potential to suck e-NOR-mous
amounts of bandwidth. Why, the first day that the 1999 LEGO catalog came
out and we had pics up at <http://www.lugnet.com/1999/>, someone posted the
URL to Slashdot and then there suddenly were 2.4 gigabytes of images going
out that day. The server and its net-connection can easily handle pumping
out that amount of bandwidth, but bandwidth still doesn't grow on trees.
And on the other hand, if it's not free, then what? Then people p&m about
charging money for something that other places (geocites, etc.) do for free.
And then you also run the risk of people posting kiddie porn or copyrighted
stuff and whatnot.
It's absolutely not a risk worth taking at this stage.
Again, maybe someday.
--Todd
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| (...) Well, while it "would be nice" I think it's something that should be so low on the official Todd list of priorities as to essentially not matter. Not that I set Todd's priorities or anything. Yes, it would be nice. Really, though, how much (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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