From: John N Joyner <jnj@...>
Date: 2007-08-19T10:23:33+09:00
Subject: Re: Download Calvin+Hobbes Script

On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 09:29:03AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> Elliot Temple wrote:
> >I don't have a sense of how much is needed. 5 seconds? .5
> >seconds? Is requests per time or volume of data per time
> >more important to limit?

> >>James Britt wrote:
> You're encouraging people to download 112 MB via 3691 requests from 
> someone else's Web site.
> Right now, the only thing I see being limited is courtesy.

I'm no expert, but it seems to me that Mr. Britt makes a
reasonable point. I'd be interested to know whether
Mr. Temple's comment about 5 seconds/.5 seconds was meant
simply as a genuinely "open" question, or whether it was
intended as a comment of some kind.
- JJ
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John N Joyner
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