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From: herbert@greathan.apana.org.au (Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~})
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: PC Doom SUCKS compared to this...
Date: 10 Aug 1994 17:47:06 +1000
Organization: Host greathan in Sydney, Australia
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Peter Deacon (peter@mulligan.spk.wa.us) wrote:
: Re: Re: PC Doom SUCKS compared to this...
:
: > It's not metered Internet useage we have to worry about...it's Mecklernet tha
: > you should be screaming about. How about pay-per-feature? How about all tha
: > nice freeware and shareware suddenly drying up? The Internet will never be
: > overloaded. That's the design fact. However, it can be overcapitalized.
: > Once the N.S.F. is totally out of the picture and Mecklermedia (i.e.
: > MecklerWeb) is totally in, you may be kissing goodbye to a lot of what you ar
: > currently taking for granted.
: There was a plan on the AARNET (Austrailan Achedemic Research Network)
: to meter everything floaing through that thing (the intire contry seems to be
: linked to the outside world via this net) I think they defeated the plan but
: it scared the heck out of me imagine paying $1 for a 1meg file via
: ftp...ouch! anyways video confrencing over the net is cool, voice however is
It has not been dropped. However, the plan will not be implemented until
January, 1st of 1996. Hope that in the mean time the government will
decide to fund the network.
: a waste of bandwith! Doom at least the newer versions of doom don't use much
: bandiwth at all I can play via modem at full speed as though I'm playing
: locally (I wish the os/2 version of doom would come out soon I can't bear to
: play without sound)
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A. B <=> True B. A <=> False
Email: <herbert@greathan.apana.org.au>
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