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RE: DSII free pdf!!! - the stampede

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:36:28 +0200
Subject: RE: DSII free pdf!!! - the stampede

Warren wrote:

>Everytime I download it says "##.# MB of 16.7 MB copied". The ##.#
being
>what ever the number of MB I've downloaded so far. Last time I've
>checked 16.7 MB is a far cry from 17.6 MB.

17,550,656 bytes *is* 16.7 MB. Due to computers using binary numbers
rather 
than decimal ones 1 MB is not 1,000,000 bytes but rather 2^20 =
1,048,576 
bytes; 17,550,656/1,048,576 = 16.7 once you've rounded to one decimal.

>Sigh... Maybe there's a 1.1 MB taxation for those of us that live in
the
>other side of The Pond.

I very much doubt it - more likely a problem with your ISP, since I have

exactly the same problem and I'm on the same side of the pond as Jon.

Paul, would it be possible to break the Dirtside-II.pdf file up into 4-5

smaller .pdf files like the .pdf MT is?

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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