On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 04:46:12PM +0100, Dave Neary mentioned:
> 121 MB! Are they joking, or what??? Over a 56k modem that's going to
> take me the best part of 121000/5.5 seconds = 242000/11 = 22000 seconds
> = 366.6 minutes > 6 hours to download. That's 366 minutes at 1p/m
> off-peak, £3.66 to eircom (assuming the line stays up & close to full
> saturation) - is that for real?
Well...yeah...
> Anyone prepared to burn it off & meet up for pints later on in the week?
> I'll treat someone to a pint of creamiest guinness for a cd with
> staroffice & mozilla on it...
Oooh. That sounds tasty. I'm off for pints with work people on thursday.
Would people be interested in starting a weekly beer thing ? Some ILUG
heads went to Hughes a few weeks back, and it's perfect. Quiet, not smokey,
no music etc. And that's on a friday night.
I could do pints this friday...
Kate
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