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Re: Animal Tail Section end (NEW)
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Sat, 31 Jan 2004 18:15:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> The file size concern have gotten entirly out of hand.
I have to strongly disagree with this. If a file can be done just as well with fewer
bytes, that's a good thing. Good for downloading, good for maintaining the part,
good for storing the parts library.
> ... Therefore the amount addded in
> new files is 550 MB and total including current files is (550 + 35.3) 585.3 MB.
I won't argue with your figures, I think 585MB is a reasonable estimate.
> If 585.3 MB is too large for your hard drive then it's time to get a new hard
> drive. The current price on Pricewatch for a 20GB hard drive is $32 US which
> isn't very much even for a teenager mowing lawns for a living.
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> If bandwidth is your concern, we can get around that by sending you a copy of
> the library on CD.
That's all true, but it's more convenient -- for everyone -- to have a smaller
library that is easier to store and transmit. There are any number of reasons that
people can't/won't upgrade.
Add to this the fact that bloated[1] part files are frequently due to underuse of
primitives, overuse of decimals places, etc. There is definitely a case for keeping
an eye on the size of files, and looking more closely at files that are overly large.
--
Steve
1) "Bloated" meaning "bigger than it needs to be"; compare with "just as big as it
needs to be".
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| (...) If it's not broke why fix it? I think the one on the PT is just fine. The file size concern have gotten entirly out of hand. Let's do some math: Peeron has 3628 out of 5589 (64%) sets invertoried for a total of 8062 parts (this includes Moved (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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