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Date: 12 Aug 2005 20:15:27
From: ChessliB
Subject: Earn a free download
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May I invite you to an upload competition?
The first one to upload 100 (unique) pictures of
famous chess players to http://chesslib.no will earn
a free download of Chesslib's main database (.3 690 894 games).
-af-
www.chesslib.no
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Date: 13 Aug 2005 20:07:27
From: Bark!
Subject: Re: Earn a free download
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Na njuzima:[email protected],
ChessliB <[email protected] > mukotrpnim radom izna�e ovu umotvorinu:
> May I invite you to an upload competition?
> The first one to upload 100 (unique) pictures of
> famous chess players to http://chesslib.no will earn
> a free download of Chesslib's main database (.3 690 894 games).
>
Which is heavy cca 3 GB and i have 56k.
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Date: 13 Aug 2005 23:27:04
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Earn a free download
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Bark! <[email protected] > wrote:
> ChessliB <[email protected]> mukotrpnim radom izna�e ovu umotvorinu:
>> May I invite you to an upload competition?
>> The first one to upload 100 (unique) pictures of
>> famous chess players to http://chesslib.no will earn
>> a free download of Chesslib's main database (.3 690 894 games).
>
> Which is heavy cca 3 GB and i have 56k.
I wouldn't expect it to be more than about 1Gb uncompressed; chess games
compress pretty well even with standard dictionary compression algorithms
(e.g., PKzip and gzip). I can't find the exact size of this download
but they have a compressed database of 2M games that's 183Mb.
And it's hardly chesslib's fault if you're stuck using ten-year-old
technology. You're just going to have to accept that there are plenty of
things you can't feasibly do on the internet with a 56k modem. I assume
you'd accept that you can't run the latest chess engine on a 486DX2, which
is about the same era...
Dave.
--
David Richerby Surprise Zen Toy (TM): it's like
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a fun child's toy that puts you in
touch with the universe but not like
you'd expect!
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Date: 14 Aug 2005 09:18:08
From: Bark!
Subject: Re: Earn a free download
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Na njuzima:eKk*[email protected],
David Richerby <[email protected] > mukotrpnim radom izna�e ovu
umotvorinu:
> Bark! <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ChessliB <[email protected]> mukotrpnim radom izna�e ovu
>> umotvorinu:
>>> May I invite you to an upload competition?
>>> The first one to upload 100 (unique) pictures of
>>> famous chess players to http://chesslib.no will earn
>>> a free download of Chesslib's main database (.3 690 894 games).
>>
>> Which is heavy cca 3 GB and i have 56k.
>
> I wouldn't expect it to be more than about 1Gb uncompressed; chess
> games compress pretty well even with standard dictionary compression
> algorithms (e.g., PKzip and gzip). I can't find the exact size of
> this download
> but they have a compressed database of 2M games that's 183Mb.
>
> And it's hardly chesslib's fault if you're stuck using ten-year-old
> technology. You're just going to have to accept that there are
> plenty of things you can't feasibly do on the internet with a 56k
> modem. I assume you'd accept that you can't run the latest chess
> engine on a 486DX2, which is about the same era...
>
>
> Dave.
I know. The machine is good, but broadband internet is not so popular
overhere because our monopolistic isp is just fucking us with prices. 384
kbps download and 512 MB (no flat rate) costs 15 bucks a month. Now you tell
me the prices in USA.
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Date: 13 Aug 2005 06:00:14
From: Anders Thulin
Subject: Re: Earn a free download
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ChessliB wrote:
> May I invite you to an upload competition?
> The first one to upload 100 (unique) pictures of
> famous chess players to http://chesslib.no will earn
> a free download of Chesslib's main database (.3 690 894 games).
I would like to warn anyone that photos are under much the same
copyright protection as music -- typically the photographer or
the customer for which he was taking the photos owns the rights.
If push comes to shove, with modern pictures there could be
trouble ahead. You may want to ask for clarification of related
issues before you upload anything.
--
Anders Thulin ath*algonet.se http://www.algonet.se/~ath
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