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DAT file updates
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Thu, 9 Sep 1999 17:28:18 GMT
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Todd,
With all the large models being submitted for Datsville, I was wondering if
there is the potential for gobbling up too much of your space. Particularly
I'm thinking about when people make updates to their buildings, add cars,
people, etc.
I think people right now are hesitant to post repeated updates of the same
model due to respect for your resources. Is this concern well-founded? Would
there be any way of having an updated .dat file replace the original, rather
than just being added to it?
I know your general rule is not to alter previous posts, but might this be a
worthwhile exception?
-John Van
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 | | Re: DAT file updates
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| People who post via newsreaders SHOULD be able to cancel the original and repost. But of course that plays havoc with threading as the reposted post is no longer at the top of a thread... the rest of the thread is orphaned. How about some sort of (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: DAT file updates
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| (...) Nah, don't worry about it. Disk space is so cheap these days. In fact, even at the rate that the news articles have been building up in recent months, it would still take more than 10 years to gobble up all the remaining disk space on the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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