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