Hang on, explaining or regurgitating what his parents told him? All this smacks of publicity stunt... both for the anxious parents (it'll help junior in our hyper-competitive society) and a middling Korean university (at best).
From the dark depths of his site:
"Why This Site Has Almost No Graphics
Several reasons:
Download times rule the Web, and since most users have access speeds on the order of 28.8 kbps, Web pages can be no more than 3 KB if they are to download in one second which is the required response time for hypertext navigation. Users do not keep their attention on the page if downloading exceeds 10 seconds, corresponding to 30 KB at modem speed. Keeping below these size limits rules out most graphics."
He definitely hasn't updated this baby in a looooong while.
Oh boy, here come the PIM wars...
Astronaut1: "Everybody knows Pocketinformant is *the* killer app."
Astronaut2: "Uh, I don't think so... Check out this Agenda Fusion feature."
Astro1: "Hey! What's that behind you..."
Astro2: "Huh?"
Computer: Emergency decompression complete. Have a nice day.
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OK: Couldn't resist a classic /. limerick from waaaaaaaay back:
My mailbox will always O flow
inflators, fellators, you know
I get lots of spam
Thanks to my mam
That woman named me Info
Apple ][e. Get that floppy out to boot. 300 baud modem (whoohoo) with acoustic coupler and two settings. I miss the magic...
Shades of 1984. Doubleplusgood....
Hang on, explaining or regurgitating what his parents told him? All this smacks of publicity stunt... both for the anxious parents (it'll help junior in our hyper-competitive society) and a middling Korean university (at best).
Yes, Pyongyang already is.
From the dark depths of his site:
"Why This Site Has Almost No Graphics Several reasons: Download times rule the Web, and since most users have access speeds on the order of 28.8 kbps, Web pages can be no more than 3 KB if they are to download in one second which is the required response time for hypertext navigation. Users do not keep their attention on the page if downloading exceeds 10 seconds, corresponding to 30 KB at modem speed. Keeping below these size limits rules out most graphics."
He definitely hasn't updated this baby in a looooong while.
Oh boy, here come the PIM wars... Astronaut1: "Everybody knows Pocketinformant is *the* killer app." Astronaut2: "Uh, I don't think so... Check out this Agenda Fusion feature." Astro1: "Hey! What's that behind you..." Astro2: "Huh?" Computer: Emergency decompression complete. Have a nice day.