189.17 kB beats my DSL which seems to top out around 167. On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Amanda Lee wrote: > Ha! ha! yah may need those bigger horses! if I stick with windblows but not > with Linux of course. > > I doubt this is any record but via my Comcast Cable Modem connection, it > took: > > 3610.59 seconds at 189.17KB > to download 683015842 Bytes > > Amanda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 3:53 PM > Subject: Re: RH7.2 w/Speakup enabled > > > > Hi, Amanda: > > > > Yeh, I know what you mean about knowing the lingo. Sorry. Didn't mean to > > assume in my earlier mail. > > > > The .iso image files are huge. About 680 mB each, approximately. They're > > fully loaded CD ROM images, in other words. > > > > Yes, you can always (almost) get a listing of files with ftp. Just use ls > > or dir. Both work. > > > > PS: Yes, the disk treadmill moves on as does the cpu speed treadmill. Are > > you ready for 300 gB disks in another year or so? > > > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Director > > Technology Research and Development > > Governmental Relations Group > > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > > http://www.openebook.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
